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

[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?

[BradM]

Just give him your camaro.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[68RR]

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

[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..

[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.

[MattB]

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

This + a standard transmission.

[Shaggin Wagon]

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

[SSMAN]

The altima

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

What is a continously variable transmission?

[Ruffdaddy]

Is he driving enough to really care for gas mileage?

[FreightTrain]

Where is the option that the kid gets your old nissan and dad get's a new ride.

[Thehead]

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.

[BlackGT]

My parents gave me a choice.

1) Drive whatever we get you. You pay, Gas, Insurance, normal wear and tear maintenance...
2) Pick a vehicle with a cost of $X,XXX max price, (had to have their approval on make/model) I pay car payment, gas, maintenance, they pay insurance...

I liked option 2. If it was horrible on gas, that was my choice and I had to foot the bill for the fuel anyway...