<VV> RE:VV 15 years first car

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

First of all, every teenager's first car is GOING to get hit.  Trust me on 
this.  It is GOING to get smashed somehow.  If it's not another car that 
hits it, it will be a fire hydrant or a stop sign that JUMPS out into the 
street.  So, rule number one is to get something that won't kill all of you 
literally and figuratively when it gets hit.  Don't get a brand new 
car.  Don't look at the eyelashes batting when you're shopping for the 
first car.

Second, what sort of neighborhoods will your daughter be driving through 
when the fuel pump craps out or the fan belt breaks?  If it's a bad 
neighborhood, get her the most reliable Honda or Toyota you can find, a AAA 
membership, and check her oil change schedule and tire tread yourself to 
make sure she's not letting the car fall to pieces.  If you're not worried 
about what happens on the side of the road, get whatever you want, but get 
her a cellphone.

This comes from raising a now-21 year old boy and a now-24 year old 
girl.  They've each "gone through" several cars and earned enough money to 
buy their own cars... now a Mustang and a Turbo Eclipse.... after they each 
totalled, hailed, crashed, or burned previous cars to the ground.

:)
Dave Morris



At 06:34 PM 12/31/2004, you wrote:
>Dad,
>Did you start by asking her what she would like to have?  She may want a 
>dare I say a VW Microbus!  Giggle, giggle
>
>Alesia
>
>
>Here's one for the dads...my 15-year old daughter is due for her
>license
>next
>summer, so the inevitable "1st car" is not too far behind. Am trying to
>put
>my
>pro-corvair bias aside for a minute while considering if a vair is a
>wise
>choice. Safety, reliability, and cost to buy, operate, maintain, and
>insure
>are key elements - uniqueness is an added bonus...
>
>Looking for some input here...if it were your daughter, what would you
>do?
>
>Thnx
>
>Rod
>66 monza convt
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