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To add how both I and my parents approached this


When I turned 16, I got the old family car. My dad drove a company car, my mom had a relatively new car, and I got the Olds that was the family car when I was growing up. In retrospect, that was an awesome car. Unfortunately, small cars were cool in the late 80's and I hated that battleship at the time. But it's what they provided me and I didn't have the resources to get what I wanted. So I sucked it up.

When my daughter turned 16, I did roughly the same thing. I went and bought myself a new car, and she got my ten year old Mazda 3 with 200k miles on it. That kinda reads like it's a clunker, but I have all the maintenance records on it, the vast majority of the miles are interstate highway miles, I know how it was driven and cared for throughout it's life, it's got traction control, antilock brakes, and full curtain air bags so it's as safe as a small car can be, and it has been pretty reliable thus far. She's mostly happy driving it, and I'm mostly happy with that as her car. If she wants something different, she can save up and buy it herself.

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Posted: 04/14/2022 at 11:55AM


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  What sayeth the lounge- what point does a Teenager deserve a decent car? ** -- bigbadbird 04/14/2022 10:42AM
  Depends on how much they can afford, including gas, maint and insurance. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 04/14/2022 1:04PM
  I'd say they deserve a vehicle that is as safe and reliable -- Tafkam Hokie 04/14/2022 11:44AM
  To add how both I and my parents approached this -- Tafkam Hokie 04/14/2022 11:55AM
  My dad had an old pickup, I drove it, I had an old pickup, my son drove it -- Vienna_Hokie 04/14/2022 12:49PM
  "Deserve" may be a bad word -- Tafkam Hokie 04/14/2022 1:09PM
  When i got my license, i got to use the fsmily vehicles -- WuhBuh-DC_Hokie 04/14/2022 1:45PM
  When they pay for it with their own money. ** -- Naelbis 04/14/2022 11:30AM
  Winner, winnner, chicken dinner! ** -- EDGEMAN 04/14/2022 11:35AM
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  I guess it depends on your definition of a "decent car." -- VTHokie2000 04/14/2022 11:24AM
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  Will Farrell approves. -- MP4VT2004 04/14/2022 12:47PM
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  Teach 'em how to hitchhike ** -- Coach McGuirk 04/14/2022 10:50AM
  When they can pay for it ** -- Vienna_Hokie 04/14/2022 10:49AM
  Is that still possible given the spike in car prices the past few years? -- HokieNoVA 04/14/2022 12:25PM
  I don't see car shortages and price spikes being forever -- Tafkam Hokie 04/14/2022 1:18PM
  The question was a decent car.... -- Vienna_Hokie 04/14/2022 12:29PM
  And insurance and maintenance. ** -- WuhBuh-DC_Hokie 04/14/2022 11:24AM
  ^^^^^^This ** -- Hoke 04/14/2022 10:54AM
  From the get-go. I don't want my kid in a POS that's unsafe. ** -- Brown Water 04/14/2022 10:49AM
  Exactly. I did not understand the point of the post ** -- MAHokie69 04/14/2022 12:22PM
  Then buy a POS that doesn't run...lol ** -- EDGEMAN 04/14/2022 11:36AM
  When teenager is at least 30. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/14/2022 10:47AM
  When they can afford it ** -- darnellm 04/14/2022 10:44AM
  I had to be 16 to get a license. A year later...I bought a car. -- great2bahokie 04/14/2022 10:44AM

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