re: Did you, or do you plan to, make your kid pay for their first car?

I bought both kids their first car. Not new, but something practical with low miles and something they were happy with. They paid for gas in high school and gas/insurance/minor upkeep items in college. They knew it would be their trade in after college so they took pretty good care of them.
Fortunately, they had no big maintenance issues and it worked out okay for both.