Would you buy thiscar for your kid?

Salanis wrote: . You could always get her a P71. Then you *know* the insurance would be low.

my second recomendation

Very expensive repairs for a kid to burden (unless you pay for her repairs).

I always resented the kids whose parents bought them a car, insured it and paid for repairs, so I'm a bad one to ask this question.

I'll buy a car. We'll work on it together, and we'll negotiate on the insurance - if she can reasonably pay for it, she will. She's already got good grades, she's already attended Defensive Driving, and she's doing State Farm's new driver's program.

She's got some semblance of a work ethic.

When its time for my daughter to have her first car it will be the ugliest somewhat reliable beater I can find, kids are hard on cars, and I expect that she will cause a dent or two. Why screw up a perfectly good car by giving it to a kid?

Besides having a car that is embarrassing is a "character" building experience.

OK, here's a deal for ya. Buy ME a P71 and I will haul her anywhere she wants to go. LOL

Capt Slow wrote: Besides having a car that is embarrassing is a "character" building experience.

I was told this. I was also told that paying for it, its gas and its insurance "built character" too.

The jury's out as to whether it worked. However, I DO tend to appreciate my stuff as an adult.

Who the deuce buys a kid a 10 year old car for a first car. My first car was older than I was!

^Someone who doesn't want to leave his daughter stranded on the side of the road?

Good for you: it's probable you can fix the car. It's unlikely she can or wants to.

Character building is a 14 year old honda with no door handle, a mismatched fender and a gaping hole in the bumper. It was a hand me down pizza delivery car on a salvage title. God was that thing fun!

My sister on the other hand my sister was given an 18 year old Mustang II in E36 M3 brown. But my parrents actually bought it for her.

My honda lasted longer.

Don't compare Honda and Mercedes mileage. I'd rather put my daughter in a 260K Honda than a 130K Mercedes.

Escorts are reliable and cheap.

Yeah, OK, I'm off the Mercedes, even though I'm tempted to buy it.

Yeah, she'll learn how to work on whatever it is.

Yeah, I'm teaching her how to drive a manual - but it's her choice if she wants her car to be ATX or MTX.

Thanks for all the suggestions!