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I am in need of a good, safe, reliable car for my 16 yr old daughter. Any suggestions? She needs it to be good on gas. I want her to be safe. We only have about 10K in the budget.
[quote=JoshB;5020024]10K, wow that's alot to spend.... I would spend 5 of it and save the other five for there college fund...
Well, that's the plan. My mother gave her the money. It would be nice not to spend it all. I just don't want to buy something that becomes a fixer upper. Unfortunately, they do not make Sherman tanks that are good on gas either.
i wouldnt get a jetta. modern vws are more maintenance intensive as the years go along and the maintenance itself is more expensive.
i would suggest something that is cheap to repair and is reliable. civics, accords, preludes, camrys, sentras, etc are all fine choices. i would also add a saturn sl series car to the list. great mileage, built to last, and bonus dent resistant body panels. an old cherokee may be a fine vehicle as well, bit bigger if you like that sort of thing; the chrysler inline6 engines are very reliable and get respectable mileage
as far as personal experience, when i was 16 i inhereted my grandmas 1986 maxima and drove it for a few hundred thousand miles(275k before i gave it to a family member who drove it well over 300k).
Get a 5 speed Early to Mid 90's Honda or Ford Ranger if they want a truck. Goto craigslist and limit your search to whatever your amount is! Personally I would only limit myself to spending no more then 3k for a 16 year old learning to drive.
I would get her a used Nissan Sentra. Pretty good car.
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OK, that would be if I were 16. Maybe an older Volvo. Built like a tank...
