How old were you when you got your car?------------[VOTE n' BUMP]

[skywhr]

i was 15 it was a ford escort exp dont remember which year, but it died in a head on collision RIP

 

[perry]

I was 16. My mom bought a brand new 94 Crown Vic off the showroom floor and gave me her 91 Escort Wagon for my birthday. I passed that car on to my sister when I left for college. Then it was donated to charity when she graduated HS.

 

[unxpurg8d]

Btw, two of my daughters are both 18 this year - both earned the money for their cars themselves, are both paying their insurance themselves, and I'm very proud of both of them.


Not to mention grateful...insurance for new drivers is STEEP!!!!!!! :Q

 

[geno]

I'm 17 and 6 Months ago I got my 1st car (I was 16). I bought my mom's 91 Dodge Shadow off of her. I can't say enough about this car - it's been so reliable for me and it's a blast to drive (even with only 93 horses). I'm trading her in for an '89 Shelby CSX this spring. Basically it's a Shelby modified Shadow (175HP). I'm sure everyone around here is sick of hearing about it by now So I'll leave it at that!

 

[Thegonagle]

Isla, it's wonderful to have caring parents. Neither of mine are wealthy in the least, but there's nothing they wouln't do for me or my sister if they could. Sometimes I wish I didn't have to work so hard while getting an education, so I'll try to save for my children's educations as soon as they're born (don't have any yet or any time soon.)

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Regardless of how successful (or not-so-successful) I am in life, I'm quite sure I will never just buy a car for my kids and give to them without them earning it in some big way. And no 16 year old of mine is getting ANY brand-new car even if it's the cheapest thing out there. In my late teens, I worked at a restaurant in one of the richest suburbs of Minneapolis. Nearly all the kids that got brand new cars from their parents had them relatively trashed within months. One girl got a second brand-new car less than a year later because she didn't take care of the first one!
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The kids who drove one of the family &quot;beaters&quot; or their own used car and worked cause their parents wouldn't (or couldn't) pay for their toys 'n' things seemed to have a much more appreciative (and realistic) attitude about life.

 

[novon]

17 - 84 Honda Accord DX
19 - 95 Acura Integra SE

 

[BoberFett]

17 - 1974 Dodge Monaco
18 - 1980 Honda Prelude

 

[Spoooon]

Hell, I didn't get a car till I was 18.

 

[Shack70]

I got mine when I was 18, after I got my first real job that made any decent amount of money!

 

[AlphaIVT]

IBHacknU, are you stupid? I said &quot;It won't happen&quot; Besides, who cares what you think, you're thousands of miles away.

 

[heng1028]

17 years old and i just got a Toyota Corolla