Teen Car Abuse

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I think it should be up to the parents if they want to buy the teen a car or not, there isn't a blanket rule that all parents should or all parents shouldn't. The way my parents did it was they bought me a car after I had a job for 90 days. They were pretty sure I was going to wreck it so they got me a $500 piece of junk. Turned out it ran fine for 2 years, ugly as heck though. I think an $18,500 car would have been too expensive as my first car because my first car was severely abused. We raced it, drank (soda) in it, ate group lunches in it, played the aforementioned shopping cart soccer, figured out what happens when you put an automatic in first and keep the gas floored (answer: it shifts anyway), and what happens when you put it in reverse on the freeway (answer: nothing, it has a speed-lockout). …show more content…

Now, did I abuse the car because it was $500, or would I have treated it better if it was perhaps a $16,000 car? Answer: No, lots of teens have no respect or little respect for possessions that they didn't work for themselves. One of my friend's parents bought him a brand new Acura the same year, and he was scooting grocery carts across the parking lot with me. He also used his brand new car to show me if you hit a curb straight on very fast your front end pops up very high and it is hilarious! We also learned how it can break an axle! Granted I got all that out of my system and bought my $20,000 car 8 years ago and still treat it like it's my little baby. I think for my kids I will put $1000 or $1500 towards their first car, and they can either choose to buy a car worth that or add their own money to get what they want, after 2 or 3 years if they have treated that car fairly well then I'll co-sign for a car around $5000 of financing. 2 or 3 years after that they should be making enough money to finance a nicer car for

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