[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by 455Grandville

I would not buy a 16 yr old a high powered car for safety reasons and insurance rates.
Get a safe sedan that’s good on gas.

This is my philosophy. I'd get her something like a mid-2000s Crown Vic and not care too much if she loved it or not. When she buys it, let that be the one she loves.
My son's first car was a '78 Bonneville. He beat the crap out of it, wrecked it a couple of times and bought for himself what he really wanted when he joined the Navy.
Funny, he's nostalgic about the Bonneville now and says he wouldn't mind having another.

[SRR]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

This is my philosophy. I'd get her something like a mid-2000s Crown Vic and not care too much if she loved it or not. When she buys it, let that be the one she loves.
My son's first car was a '78 Bonneville. He beat the crap out of it, wrecked it a couple of times and bought for himself what he really wanted when he joined the Navy.
Funny, he's nostalgic about the Bonneville now and says he wouldn't mind having another.

Cheap to buy, dependable and easy to work on, Plus a safe car.

[Chris65LeMans]

Those of you saying "get a small car to limit the number of passengers" must not remember your teenage years.

2 people can ride quite comfortably in the back of a CRX, and 3 people in an MR2 was easily doable. I had a Nissan 200SX (very small backseat) and used to do 4 hour drives with as many as 7 people in there. (at 100 mph+).

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

This is my philosophy. I'd get her something like a mid-2000s Crown Vic and not care too much if she loved it or not. When she buys it, let that be the one she loves.
My son's first car was a '78 Bonneville. He beat the crap out of it, wrecked it a couple of times and bought for himself what he really wanted when he joined the Navy.
Funny, he's nostalgic about the Bonneville now and says he wouldn't mind having another.

I gave my son a rust free 75 GV with a 455 that I saved from derby guys years ago, but it’s not going to be his daily driver.
My son works and saved his money so he bought 94 4wd Dakota 3.9 V6 with a 5 speed off my wife’s family. It’ll need a clutch and some front end work, but it’ll be perfect as he needs a truck to take his motor cross and 4 wheeler out to all the off road parks down here.
Hopefully we’ll be hauling it up from Texas by spring.