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We are selling her car......yep....that one.
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It broke down again. I told her I was DONE. She could sell it....get what she could and good luck to her with whatever she ended up with. After some thought I might just give her the Escape and put the money toward something new for me....I don't know. Right now I just don't see an easy way to deal with this. I didn't really want to buy a car right now....but the Escape would be better for her than what she could afford. If she buys some "oober-cheap" crap car it will eventually lead to her driving that anyway. I don't know..... I just can't wrap my head around this right now.
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I haven't looked at the listing.....I tried to find it, but didn't really want to see it.
want to bet ???
She is a teenager.....it is amazing any of us live through this time in our lives.
I just want her to be safe. I don't want her breaking down and being stranded....or having a wreck. She is sooooo hard on cars. I don't think we are going to be "done" with this for a while though....no matter what we do.
which one?
or just a honda civic or accord. they are dang nead bullet-proof.
No more kook cars BMW is a rich persons car a used BMW is worse than a boat for sucking up spare cash
I started out with crap. I drove crap for years.
Learning curve, Mom. You can't start them out with a Beemer and expect them to be "okay" with a Camry.
Your bad.
I didn't say she wouldn't be fine with a crap car....I'm afraid she will pick out something that is TOO crappy actually. Then we are faced with repairs and worry. When it comes down to it....she is pretty fearless. I think she will go for a Jeep or some off road type thing.....lord help us.
what's wrong with a jeep? based on what I've heard they are pretty rock solid and tough as a tank
I didn't say she wouldn't be fine with a crap car....I'm afraid she will pick out something that is TOO crappy actually. Then we are faced with repairs and worry. When it comes down to it....she is pretty fearless. I think she will go for a Jeep or some off road type thing.....lord help us.
jeeps are cool, and it could be worse...she could want a van[B)][:0][:p][:D]
Doug
I love mine, I cannot imagine my inexperienced driver daughter behind the wheel of it. One swerve to miss a deer, cat, squirrel, rabbit, whatever....[xx(]
Gave her Mama's 5 year old Buick- it lasted 6 months. Then I gave her my 8 year old Toyota. She could not tear that one up. Get her an older Small Toyota or Nissan. Doubt she could tear those up. Got a buddy who has a 94 Nissan that survived 3 teenage boys. I think it has a bit over 300 k on it[^]
You got a mouse in your pocket? [}:)]
There should be no "WE'S" about it. She will not learn to be frugal with her money, if you keep wiping her chin for her. She is hard on vehicles because you keep shelling out the cash.
Tell her, her car, her responsibility, or learn to like walking.
Either that or throw away the idea of your own store. About time she act like a grown up isn't it?
Anyone have a good "cheap" car they want to part with. HEY! Didn't someone here come across a Mercades?
I didn't say she wouldn't be fine with a crap car....I'm afraid she will pick out something that is TOO crappy actually. Then we are faced with repairs and worry. When it comes down to it....she is pretty fearless. I think she will go for a Jeep or some off road type thing.....lord help us.
You know you can TELL her what she is allowed to have, right?
I get the whole "learn to do for yourself" thing....but HOW is a 17 yr old girl that works a couple days at McDonalds and is in school supposed to pay for car repairs. The suspension and two new tires this last time ran $1,700.00 Its either pay up or do without. Doing without means.....sitting on your but at home....no school....no work. There is just no way to see it everyone's way. She has to HAVE a job to make money.....she has to HAVE a car to get to work. I just don't get where people are coming from that say she should "do for herself." With the job a 17 yr old can get and stay in school....about $140 a week is the most I've seen her able to bring home.
Anyone have a good "cheap" car they want to part with. HEY! Didn't someone here come across a Mercades?
Being frugal with your money also means saving it. If she doesn't learn to build a nest egg now, she never will. She has no bills to speak of now. What will life be like for her when she has rent, car payment, utilities, groceries, ect? When I was her age, I worked. I bought all my own crap. I paid my own expenses. I partied my * off. AND I HAD MONEY in the bank.
SHE is going to have her hand in YOUR pockets till YOU stop it K.
OR.....
Go out and get the best used car we can find for the money she gets. Which means we take a chance on what we end up with and COULD end up having future repairs and such.
I am guessing she will end up with 3 to 4,000 for her car in the shape it is in. Right now I am sharing a car WITH her. It isn't as horrible as I thought it would be. She gets her friends to come get her a lot of the time.....unless she is going to school or work....then I am stuck here at home or have to take the Camaro out. (which isn't the best thing to drive around every day.)
Get something with a V-6 or bigger. They can take a new driver better than a 4 cylinder.
Keep It Simple Silly. K.I.S.S.
I get the whole "learn to do for yourself" thing....but HOW is a 17 yr old girl that works a couple days at McDonalds and is in school supposed to pay for car repairs. The suspension and two new tires this last time ran $1,700.00 Its either pay up or do without. Doing without means.....sitting on your but at home....no school....no work. There is just no way to see it everyone's way. She has to HAVE a job to make money.....she has to HAVE a car to get to work. I just don't get where people are coming from that say she should "do for herself." With the job a 17 yr old can get and stay in school....about $140 a week is the most I've seen her able to bring home.
Anyone have a good "cheap" car they want to part with. HEY! Didn't someone here come across a Mercades?
17 is too late to start thinking about this imho. You should have had a plan years ago to keep from letting it get to this point. Not trying to lecture, just stating my opinion. This is YOUR fault, not hers. When you decide to let her stand on her own two feet it becomes her fault, not yours. Feed the habit and you may as well be giving the big a-ok
Larry keeps walking around murmuring and exhaling loudly.....he has had his fill also. I think we have about 10 more of these years to go....
I can ask my old man if he wants a BMW [;)]
Ive been cutting grass and doing what I can when I can. Ive saved up ... enough. Gave a friend 20 for graduation, pay my phone bill, spent a few bucks to get the family ice cream (dad shouldnt ALWAYS pay for stuff) etc. Ive got like.. 81 bucks. I didnt get a DIME of it handed to me. Dad was never that way. You never got ANYTHING for free.. If you needed money for the ball game, he'd ask what you were doing the next day cause the grass needs cutting. If it was already cut or whatever, he'd say next week no pay, or you can clean the garage (thats worth 50 IMO) [:D][:D]
And I dont blame him a bit.
If I were you, I would have not a leaf in the gutters, no stick on the ground, not a blade of grass taller than an inch, that camaro and the escape would be SPOTLESS and vacuumed, the kitchen floor would be clean enough to eat off of, you get the idea. Ive done it all, and I cant say it wasnt worth it in the end.
And on the mechanic boy, well, you DO know what I wanna go to school for, RIGHT? [:D]