Daughter really picky on first car ?

[SNAKE CHARM]

I am about done looking for a car for my daughter she is going to turn 16 this August so me and the wife promised her a car for her Birthday ( Awsome Daughter excellent grades in school I might add).I have just about looked and showed her everything I can think off in the price range we want to spend 3-5k that's somewhat a clean car no slavage title, there is just nothing she has liked :shrug:. What does one do as a parent put you foot down pick a car and say here you go,or????

 

[ViciousJay]

Sit down with her, open a bottle of champign and toast her and say "honey you just saved me $8000" She'll ask how and you tell her, well since your so picky i dont have to buy you that 3-5K car, pay 2-5K for insurance and gas and everything else. Tell her to enjoy walking.

If she is too picky and doesnt like it she wont take care of it...

 

[SID297]

Tell her the budget she has to work with and let her look for it. Just make sure what she picks isn't a POS.

 

[Coiled03]

tell her the budget she has to work with and let her look for it. Just make sure what she picks isn't a pos.

+1

 

[Riddla]

Get her a beetle and call it a day. Its up to you not her.

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[pho_phizzat]

No offense but... you are.buying her a car. She should be happy with whatever she gets. If she doesn't like it tell her to buy her own car.

 

[Riptide]

Sit down with her, open a bottle of champign and toast her and say "honey you just saved me $8000" She'll ask how and you tell her, well since your so picky i dont have to buy you that 3-5K car, pay 2-5K for insurance and gas and everything else. Tell her to enjoy walking.

lol a scene right out of that old corey haim movie license to drive.

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[weems]

Get her a Civic, case closed.

 

[carrrnuttt]

Personally, I'd go with an older, naturally-aspirated Subaru. AWD for adverse weather, relatively economical, not fast enough to get into too much trouble with, and with the case of the Imprezas, not too shabby to look at.

 

[virginiafiveo]

dude, I bought my first car. if it were me, honey here is 1000$ go buy a car, get it registered and insured (and inspected if necessary) and go find a damn job to pay for it and save up for a better one.

 

[98 Saleen Cobra]

ahaha put your foot down man.. I had to work for my car (I had excellent grades too). Nothing was ever handed or bought for me. I paid for insurance, gas, car, worked part time and in high school. Give her that option and see how she likes it. The fact that you are even going to buy her a car is a awesome privlege to have!!

 

[Njc0las]

+1 be a man and put your foot down. If she's not happy with what you're offering, too bad.

 

[greenstang1313]

lol i know girls that were like that when they got their first car. my last girlfriend used to always say "my parents were such assholes and bought me a stupid ugly car for my first car" and I was like damnn you parents bought you a car and your complaining? i had to bag groceries for 2 years to save up to buy my first car

 

[SNAKE CHARM]

All good advice and trust me I have thought of that all. One thing to add she has been working at her cousins Deli so she does have some money saved to contribute, so I said what you put in I will match just to up the pot a bit. So today I found a super clean 88 Honda Accord with 68k original owner little old lady driver sent her the picture and said this is the one. She gets back to me and said " Is this a Joke are you serious" I was like we are haveing a talk tonight this is BS! The problem with today's kids is they expect everything to be handed to them, I don't raise my kids that way but she sees it with her friends and well right there is the problem.

 

[Njc0las]

All good advice and trust me I have thought of that all. One thing to add she has been working at her cousins Deli so she does have some money saved to contribute, so I said what you put in I will match just to up the pot a bit. So today I found a super clean 88 Honda Accord with 68k original owner little old lady driver sent her the picture and said this is the one. She gets back to me and said " Is this a Joke are you serious" I was like we are haveing a talk tonight this is BS! The problem with today's kids is they expect everything to be handed to them, I don't raise my kids that way but she sees it with her friends and well right there is the problem.

Hopefully she'll learn an important life lesson from this.

 

[HYBRED]

Tell her the budget she has to work with and let her look for it. Just make sure what she picks isn't a POS.

This.

 

[SLVRBLT]

All good advice and trust me I have thought of that all. One thing to add she has been working at her cousins Deli so she does have some money saved to contribute, so I said what you put in I will match just to up the pot a bit. So today I found a super clean 88 Honda Accord with 68k original owner little old lady driver sent her the picture and said this is the one. She gets back to me and said " Is this a Joke are you serious" I was like we are haveing a talk tonight this is BS! The problem with today's kids is they expect everything to be handed to them, I don't raise my kids that way but she sees it with her friends and well right there is the problem.

Sounds good to me. Watching those MTV shows doesnt help either. It's sad really.

 

[streetassasin]

My wife has a 02 sebring lxi vert and really likes it, got it for less than $4k with 90k on it back in Feb

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Yeah I think she deffinately needs a talking to. Sounds like she is spoiled and needs to learn real life lessons. Please dont let her grow up into the type of bitch that thinks the world owes her everything.

 

[fire_4_effect]

a budget is always good to stick with, however, when shopping for a well-deserved child... anything is possible; best of luck with the find.