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If you had a 16 yr old girl...what kind of car?

Locust ForkLocust Fork Member Posts: 31,686 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2007 in General Discussion
I have been thinking over the whole.....vehicle....idea lately. She will not be mobile until December of next year so I am not even looking at buying anything now. I keep pondering the OLD TRUCK idea. I like the idea of the solid steel body between her and whatever she may plow into (praying now it never happens.) I don't like the idea of buying gas for a guzzler...and whatever we do end up getting will be driven a lot for certain.
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    CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chevy Lumina/Monte Carlo

    Olds Cutlass

    Pontiac Bonneville

    Something about that size. She can get 28+mpg and they're pretty reliable. The 3.1 and 3.8L motors are bullet proof and run forever.
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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    tsavo303tsavo303 Member Posts: 8,900 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    something she will be embarrassed to drive others in[:D]
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    SW 357MagSW 357Mag Member Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cubslover
    Chevy Lumina/Monte Carlo

    Olds Cutlass

    Pontiac Bonneville

    Something about that size. She can get 28+mpg and they're pretty reliable. The 3.1 and 3.8L motors are bullet proof and run forever.


    Every single one is a 16 year olds dream. [;)]

    Might consider a Chevy Blazer. I had a '98 and got about 20 mpg. Decent size vehicle.
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    William81William81 Member Posts: 24,596 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1...bought a Lumina for a family car in the 90's. It was considered one of the safest cars on the road at the time. My oldest son has one. Very reliable and 29 MPH on the highway.
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    11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    1992 Geo Metro.
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    catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    1980 F150 4x4
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    11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    2001 Mercury Grand Marquis LS.


    Edit: As a matter of fact, I know exactly where you can get one with low miles.
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    Jacob2008Jacob2008 Member Posts: 19,528 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Escort with an oil leak.

    [:D]

    Get her a viper, or a camaro, or a charger, or a challenger, or a duster, or something.


    Make sure you tell her JACOB talked you into it so i get a ride in it [:D][:D]
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    Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    Sold Wonderful Daughter Andrea an '83 F-150 with the 300 inch straight 6. She got a job, paid for gas and insurance and bought the truck from us. Couldn't bring many kids along, got rotten mileage - that reduced her travel radius - and pretty safe. We still have it, and it's 4 sale. On her 18th birthday, I gave her my '83 280 ZX to use for college. We still have it.

    Perfect Daughter Deanna was given wife's car - 2002 Subaru Legacy GT wagon - about the beginning of this school year - she's 17. This was against my wishes. She has no job. Is planning on going to the East Coast next year for college.

    I think the truck idea is really the smart move.

    Doug
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    bamafanbamafan Member Posts: 4,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gotta be cheap on gas, whatever it is.
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    LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,143 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    80's Volvo station wagon, I heard they use those at wrecking yards to compact other cars.
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    zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    '56 Chevy served me well ... speaking of 16 year old gals ... kept it
    parked in drive-ins for safety sake, a lot at night. Dangerous driving
    at night, you know![:D]
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    claysclays Member Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    My wife thought this was a nice present & it gets 33mpg.
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    GUNFUNCOGUNFUNCO Member Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Armoured. And her locked inside. I would have one key and the school could have the other.
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    11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by clays
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    My wife thought this was a nice present & it gets 33mpg.



    Too bad it's not the Boxster S.
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    KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
    edited November -1
    Whatever she could afford.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Something that the top will go down.. Maybe a Mustang [:D]
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    Locust ForkLocust Fork Member Posts: 31,686 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kodiakk...I do plan on having her work to pay at least for the insurance and she definately will have to earn her own gas money.....but living an hour out of the city means there aren't many jobs available. She may get a little bit of HAY type work...or maybe an odd job for someone with a little work she may can help with...but I don't think she could earn enough for an automobile I would let her drive.

    Plus....knowing the long distance she is likely to drive at times...I don't want to worry about break-downs, overheating, so I want to have something safe. I guess being from the deep south does a little to me that makes me want to treat her like my sweetie....and the bit of red neck in me wants her in a truck!
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    KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
    edited November -1
    Dependable is a Honda Civic and Accord and they are great MPG. Toyota Coralla's are also great on gas and maintenence record.
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    Msut77Msut77 Member Posts: 205 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does she want a truck or a girly car?

    If she wants a girly car that is kind of cheap get her a used Chrysler Sebring, Mitsubishi Lancer or Eclipse. My friends mother drives a Suzuki
    Aerio which gets good mileage and it is very roomy for its size.
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    dclocodcloco Member Posts: 2,967
    edited November -1
    Locust - you don't want an old steel dinosaur. The steel inside of the vehicle is what does the damage to the occupants.

    You would be wise to go with a Buick LeSabre with NO power options - windows, locks, sunroof, etc, etc - just the basics. Transmission is about the only weak link in these vehicles.

    Another option - cop car. Serious.
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    frankcastle13frankcastle13 Member Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    VW Jettas are very reliable with great gas mileage. I have a 91 with 42,000 miles on it and it gets about 30 MPG which is very nice right now.
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    KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by frankcastle13
    VW Jettas are very reliable with great gas mileage. I have a 91 with 42,000 miles on it and it gets about 30 MPG which is very nice right now.


    Now that's a hot little chick car. I always see some fine looking women in Jetta's. [:D]
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    matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    https://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=73115643
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    chollagardenschollagardens Member Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...what kind of car?

    A 2009 or 2010.
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    Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,700 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's hard to beat a Toyota Corolla for dependability and cost of ownership. We bought our daughter a new one when she graduated from High School. It saw her through college and she is still driving it today. Never any problems and it now has a bazillion miles on it.

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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    cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it is my daughter, she gets a late model VW Golf with the 1.9L TDI Diesel engine. I say that because that is what both my daughters are driving. The 02 gets 52 MPG and the Baby's 04 gets 45 on Biodiesel that I can brew from the Hospital's throwaway cooking oil for about $0.90/gallon.

    Your daughter should be driving a 2006 Corvette convertible and wearing a string Bikini. Good investment maybe???

    CP
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    Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    '83 Chevy Malibu, it'll run forever, it's made of steel, it's RWD and a solid frame for safty, it's so ugly her friends won't want a ride[:o)]
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    rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    I've been thru 2 teenage daughters driving
    while my wife and I worried hours
    into the nite and I always kept
    a supply of bondo and a cheap junyard's
    telephone number handy.If i had to
    do it all over again(God forbid) they
    would be driving M1097a1's and I'd still
    be saving money.
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    mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    a great idea,mmmmmmm..... i have a daughter touching 18yrs, thats the legal limit here to drive a car..even when she gets there, if she cannot afford to run it herself,(i shall help with insurance) she dont get!![^]
    & it will only have 2 seats, helps them to consentrate on driving!!! not been a taxi...[;)]
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    MVPMVP Member Posts: 25,074 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    1992 Geo Metro.

    I'll sell her mine. Cheap[:D]
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    MVPMVP Member Posts: 25,074 ✭
    edited November -1
    Buy her one of Those Honda Del Sol two seaters.
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    bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    trucks dont meet the same crash test levels as cars and are top heavy.. stay with a car.
    next, why are YOU buying her a car?
    teach her to borrow and take care of yours.
    if you have an old car, let her drive that one.
    insurance is cheaper on old cars.
    or, let her work for 1st car and let her buy her own.
    and yes....let her buy her OWN insurance too.
    welcome her to life the right way, dad.
    be responsible so she will take care of her property later on.[;)]
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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    dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take a look at a Saturn, our insurance agent told us the rates are better on them.
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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    Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Whatever one she can afford (along with her insurance, plates, gas, etc) to pay for IN CASH with money she's earned on her own, not with money given to her by mom/grandma or others.

    Baring that, get her one that's missing a minor part or 2 (like the engine or transmission)
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    nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,013 ******
    edited November -1
    Schwinn, Huffy, Mongoose, etc.
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    Jacob2008Jacob2008 Member Posts: 19,528 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Msut77
    Does she want a truck or a girly car?

    If she wants a girly car that is kind of cheap get her a used Chrysler Sebring, Mitsubishi Lancer or Eclipse. My friends mother drives a Suzuki
    Aerio which gets good mileage and it is very roomy for its size.


    I take that offensive!

    Lancers are all around get up and go cars, not girly![:D][:D]

    Get her a cadillac coupe deville rollin on 28's yo. maybe some hydraulics in that sucka. get a candy apple paint job with a candy red flames and you be the hippest sister in town
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    RustyBonesRustyBones Member Posts: 4,956
    edited November -1
    If you had a 16 yr old girl...what kind of car?

    something fast so her parents couldnt catch me
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    spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    Something that doesn't have a back seat and does have a manual transmission so that it provides one less opportunity for her to get in trouble.
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    Henry0ReillyHenry0Reilly Member Posts: 10,878 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do her a favor and get a manual transmission. If she learns it now she'll never have a problem learning it later.
    I used to recruit for the NRA until they sold us down the river (again!) in Heller v. DC. See my auctions (if any) under username henryreilly
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