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Buying a car for my son's 16th birthday

Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:00 pm
Posted by Pesci_Avocado
St Louis, MO
Member since Apr 2021
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:00 pm
This is a family tradition of ours passed down from generation to generation since the first Ford motor was made. We are looking at a car that costs less than 4 grand if possible We were looking at 1995 Hyundai, Honda or Toyota Corolla. What car would be ideal for him to get from school to work, baws?
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:00 pm to
Corolla
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89831 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:01 pm to
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We were looking at 1995 Hyundai, Honda or Toyota Corolla. What car would be ideal for him to get from school to work, baws?


A fricking '95 Hyundai? He'd be better off walking to and from work/school.

Christ, man...it's your kid. Spend a few grand more and make sure he's safe.
Posted by LSUSUPERSTAR
TX
Member since Jan 2005
16305 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:02 pm to
Old Tacoma.
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
15779 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:02 pm to
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a car that costs less than 4 grand


Don’t do that to your son. Either get him a good car or give him 4K in Uber/Lyft credits
Posted by slacker130
Your mom
Member since Jul 2010
7987 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:03 pm to
Good luck finding anything worth crap for $4k.

I just sold a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 110K, in great shape for $4.5K and had 4 folks lined up to buy. It was on craiglist for less than 45 min.

Seems like a tough time to buy. I'd go with the lowest mileage Honda $4k can afford, which will probably be 200k+.
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:03 pm to
A quarter century old car?
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm to
4k isn't gonna buy much these days.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm to
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Old Tacoma


This
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19054 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm to
What’s the tradition? Buying a shite old car for a kid?

How’s he gonna get any pussy in a 95 Hyundai
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm to
That car is 26 years old. You are doing him a service by buying him a clunker but damn. Get him something 10 years old that is safe and won't break down weekly.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm to
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How’s he gonna get any pussy in a 95 Hyundai



He wants a student, not a grandchild.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
17033 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:04 pm to
Corollas are reliable and easy to work on. I had a 97 Corolla I kept to 265K. Still had plenty of life left. General routine maintenance kept it ticking fine But I have two other vehicles and just didn't need it, sold it to a buddy who's kid needed transportation.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:05 pm to
95 is pretty old in 2021.

You should be able to get an early 00's civic for that range and have a more comfortable car.
The 90s economy cars are not nice by today's standards.

Tacoma is a good choice. I've had mine 10 years and put 100 000 miles on it abs the book value has actually gone up from what I paid for it ten years ago.
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 8:07 pm
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
29032 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:05 pm to
2021 F-350 recommendations incoming.
Posted by AUTailgater
Member since Sep 2020
37 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:06 pm to
Mazda Miata or older rx8. Give him something kind of cool
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 8:07 pm
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:08 pm to
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We were looking at 1995 death trap
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16448 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:10 pm to
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Mazda Miata


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Give him something kind of cool


Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:10 pm to
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We were looking at 1995 Hyundai, Honda or Toyota Corolla



Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61758 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:11 pm to
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Don’t do that to your son. Either get him a good car or give him 4K in Uber/Lyft credits



Don’t buy a 16 year old inexperienced new driver a new car. They are going to hit curbs, mailboxes, back into things. I’ve been very lucky that my oldest has only hit two things, both in a parking lot so he was moving slowly and the only damage is to the car and poles that he hit, so no kids were hurt.
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 8:12 pm
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