Teenagers first car.........

[MattB]

Its not if they wreck, its when.... Buy a 2k car and call it a day.

This + a standard transmission.

[SSMAN]

Is he driving enough to really care for gas mileage?

All I can remember is when i was a kid with my first car, by the time I put gas in it , it was rough affording a date or anything else for that matter. Just trying to give him a step up. Gas and insurance is the biggest hit now days.

Right now he is 14. But by this time next year (15), I pla on having a car for him. He wanted a 2010 Camaro or Mustang. Just trying to stay away from that.

[wishitwasasvt]

Get a jeep, they are fairly cheap and get good gas mileage.. I mean hell it's probably going to end up wrecked anyhow..

[68RR]

I'd say a 97'-01 Taurus.. cheap- plenty in the boneyard for parts and still not too bad gas milage..

[SSMAN]

Its not if they wreck, its when.... Buy a 2k car and call it a day.

Don't agree. I never wrecked my first car. Yes, I know the odds are gainst me.

[MattB]

All I can remember is when i was a kid with my first car, by the time I put gas in it , it was rough affording a date or anything else for that matter. Just trying to give him a step up. Gas and insurance is the biggest hit now days.

Right now he is 14. But by this time next year (15), I pla on having a car for him. He wanted a 2010 Camaro or Mustang. Just trying to stay away from that.

If he wants a 2010 Mustang or Camaro, he can buy one himself IMO.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Thanks, as stated above, I should have caught that.

What is a continously variable transmission?

Definition: transmission with parts consisting of unobtainium, and mostly made up of glass like structures.

[BradM]

Just give him your camaro.

[Chas_svo]

That altima will cost you a ton down the road. I see 15 claims a week on those pos. The cat converters break up and get ingested into the engine and wipe out the rings.

Physics says...that can't happen?

[Unicorn Jeff]

Don't agree. I never wrecked my first car. Yes, I know the odds are gainst me.

X2. I had my first one when I was 19 or 20

[whitetrash]

Don't agree. I never wrecked my first car. Yes, I know the odds are gainst me.

Neither did I. But my dad did!

[sc281]

If I ever have a kid I'm going to buy them something nice, but at the same time I'm going to buy the biggest POS I can find on craigslist and make them park next to it everyday. So they know if they mess up in school or driving the nice car is history and they are stuck with the POS.

I like this. I'll never have kids but I am going to tell this to my uncle who has a 15 yr old.

[JimD]

Thanks, as stated above, I should have caught that.

What is a continously variable transmission?

Doesn't have fixed gears, produces infinite # of eng-wheel speed ratios. "supposedly" more fuel efficient. Heard alot of folks don't like b/c it feels like a slipping trans. IMO probably a POS!

[Blakeski]

Giving him the same deal my Mom gave me. I buy the first car (providing grades and attitude are in check) Insurance he has to pay for. From then on, he is on his own. He wrecks it, tough shit.

Incentives...very nice. My grandad gave me my first car...wish I had parents that cool!

[Aceman85turbo]

Physics says...that can't happen?

google "reversion"