$5000-ish to spend on nieces mustang- which would you choose?

[SMKR]

Trying to help my bro in law that doesn't know shit about cars. He wants to spend around 5,000 for her first car. I've found these two so far- which would you choose for a 16 yr old girl?

1. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ht_28295wt_948


2. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_4781wt_948

[Geor!]

In asking for pics of niece before Denny. Get her a Civic and call it done.

[03trubluGT]

I would not buy a first car as a convertible. I've worked a couple of wrecks where girls have flipped Mustangs.


The black one is in much better shape, but has 50k more miles.

[Snatch Napkin]

Neither.

They are dreaming for a sucker at that price. Get her a much cheaper, more reliable car. It might not be as "cool" as a mustang is to a 16 year old girl, but those are shit with a high tag.

[Skidmark]

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?lastBeginningStartYear=1981&num_records=25&search_lang=en&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&search_type=both&distance=100&address=76021&marketZipError=false&make=&start_year=2003&end_year=2012&min_price=4000&max_price=5000&seller_type=b&transmission=Automatic&engine=&drive=&doors=&fuel=&max_mileage=100000&color=&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&keywords_display=&only_photo=1&only_price=1&sort_type=priceDESC&body_code=0&certified=&advanced=y&highlightFirstMakeModel=&showZipError=y&default_sort=priceDESC&systime=&dma=DALLAS-FT_WORTH_FN&rdm=1307817658702

[CJ-95GT]

The insurance will be higher on the vert, but that's the one I would choose for a first car. It's really no contest...

[Jimbo]

Lol @ buying a 16 yr old girl a mustang convertible.

[grove rat]

4dr civic or corolla

http://dallas.craigslist.org/search/cto?query=civic&srchType=T&minAsk=4500&maxAsk=5500

http://dallas.craigslist.org/search/cto?query=corolla&srchType=T&minAsk=4500&maxAsk=5500

[Osiris]

I agree, a mustang conv as a first car is a bad idea.

[yellowstang]

16 year old and Vert's are not a good idea. Guy I worked with bought his daughter a V6 Stang Vert and on the day she got out of school, she went too fast around a corner and flipped it. Injured 2 friends and killed herself.

[grove rat]

^holy fuck!

[yellowstang]

^holy fuck!

Yeah, it really messed him up. He left for the funeral and never came back. He pretty much stayed home and drank. He was divorced, kid lived in Florida so he was trying to be the "cool" Dad... The guilt of buying her that car pretty much did him in. My boss still talked to him, told us about some things he was going thru/doing.

[sc281]

4dr civic or corolla

http://dallas.craigslist.org/search/cto?query=civic&srchType=T&minAsk=4500&maxAsk=5500

http://dallas.craigslist.org/search/...00&maxAsk=5500

Yup.


The first car WILL get totalled at some point. Look at a vert for a second car.

[SMKR]

She has had a civic,, now has a corolla it's being sold today

[grove rat]

then step it up to a safer car like a volvo