re: I need some truck buying help...looking to get a truck for my teenager

Dude just shut the frick up. You don't like my comment and not willing to discuss. Fine.

I'm not gonna talk about your kid so don't be an internet badass and talk about mine.

I bought my nephew a few years ago a nice used 4x4 Nissan Frontier 4- door from Enterprise Car Rental Sales group. The truck was a year or two old with less than 30,000 Miles. It was clean, in good shape, and took less of a hit paying his insurance.

It has been probably around 5 to 6 years and he is still driving that truck.

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LNCHBOX

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Well, you've managed to do it again. Hope you're happy... another successful derailment.

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I am willing to discuss. You're not willing to hear anything that goes against you.

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You never even discussed. You came in pretty hot right off the bat. You could have said man that's not true, I know several kids that are all good drivers etc.

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I'm not gonna talk about your kid so don't be an internete badass and talk about mine.

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Except you did.

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How so? Me saying 99.9% included your 19 month old child. Hyperbole my friend.

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LNCHBOX

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Not my fault

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Well duh.

Aww, all we need is Displaced and we can get all the people that are obsessed with me in one place.

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Aww, all we need is Displaced and we can get all the people that are obsessed with me in one place.

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No one is obsessed with you more than you, that's for sure.

You shut your mouth when you're talking to me.

You and I agree on some things and we disagree on some things that you are wrong about. I don't think that qualifies as an obsession.

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can get him a new Chevy Colorado for less than $25K. 

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Go look at your son's room and you will determine if he will trash a new truck or not. Does he take care of his stuff or not. His truck will be an extension of how he treats his things.

If it's a pain getting him to clean his room, then that new truck will be trashed also.

Since your mentioning a Colorado, what's wrong with an older Chevy Colorado in the 2005 and up range.(you can get a crew cab one for 5,000)
It is significantly cheaper and has modern safety features. They are very dependable trucks.

Heck I still have a beater 2002 Chevy S10 in my driveway with 160,000 miles and no major repairs. It was my son's first truck and never let him down. I kept it when he moved on. With a little bit of maintenance by a decent mechanic Chevy S10's or Colorados regularly make it to 250,000 or 300,000 miles.

I say buy him a dependable beater, invest the money you saved, and give him the money when he graduates college.

I've already told my boy who turns 14 in December that we are going to get him only what he feels like he can contribute. That is, for every dollar he earns to put toward a car/truck I'll chip in $2. We can afford to buy him something brand new but this is our way of making him take some ownership and responsibility from initiation. I have no doubt he'll have about 2-3K saved up over the next 2.5 years which means he'll get a 6-9K vehicle to dent up a few times.