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

[Unicorn Jeff]

Thought this was her 1st car?

[Geor!]

then step it up to a safer car like a volvo

I want a mid 90s 850 T-5. :/

A wagon would be sweet too, but those things are gigantic turds.

[SMKR]

Thought this was her 1st car?

First that she gets to pick and pay for

[GrayStangGT]

I wouldn't buy either of those mustangs, surely you can find a better V6 for that price.

[War Machine]

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

I know AJ's Nice cars who has the second for sale, I would keep looking

[War Machine]

I have a super nice 02 4 door civic 120k miles auto Ill sell ya for 4000

[Skidmark]

She's on her third car and is 16?

[Baba Ganoush]

Another vote for a safer car, not the convertible. The more steel and airbags, the better.

[helosailor]

Make/model discussion aside, I would say a hearty "hell no!" to either of those mustangs.
The vert with the engine bay pictures in black & white? Red flag! Even in b&w, I could see some major corrosion on all of the aluminum components.
The coupe, well, it sure does have a lot of "doo-dads" on it. There's bound to be neon on it somewhere. The alarm looks like it was wired up by a blind, drunk spider monkey.
Tell her if she wants a vert, wait till she's 18 and she can put her top down all she likes (see what I did there? ). There are plenty of cool, sporty, SAFE cars out there in that price range to choose from.

[YALE]

Internet Dads agree: no mustangs for our daughters.

[slow99]

She's on her third car and is 16?

No no, 3rd car. Wait, first car she's paying for. Oh wait, her dad wants to spend $5k on it... well fuck.

[Big A]

My first car at 16 was a 4 cylinder LX that would only screech the tires if I dropped the clutch from 4 grand or so. I loved that car, and was happy to have it.

Does she HAVE to have a Mustang? Wants and needs are two very different things. Perhaps if she had a "lesser" car she would be inclined to get the good grades and be the type of daughter that deserves something better.