Car for the kids

mcklovin77 said:
6000$ for a car for a kid is insane, especially supercharged. Kids see the name supercharged and they think it's a race car. I would buy a 1986 Chevy caprice or a 1978 caddilac. Bigger and the more steel the better. I tell my kids whatever they save up that I will match for their first car.
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And then when they out save you; what do you say? Gotta keep your word lol
 
cranito4to said:
They are 16, little late for that.
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Haaaa!! Now they know everything and you're taking 'stupid pills'! LOL The wifee and I took those 'stupid pills' for years too........then one day our boy said he understood why we were thinking the way we were! LMAO
 
B-Man said:
Haaaa!! Now they know everything and you're taking 'stupid pills'! LOL The wifee and I took those 'stupid pills' for years too........then one day our boy said he understood why we were thinking the way we were! LMAO
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Yep they always ask me for my opinion I told them and they are like IDK so I end up telling do what you think is right but I would do the way I told you. A few days after they come back with their tale between the legs you were right dad. If they don't like my answer when they are asking for permission for something, they always come back with but why, I'm like one they you will understand.
 
cranito4to said:
I have been looking on Craigslist up to $6000 and I ran into this. Just wondering what you guys think for a first car (truck). Haven't seen it yet but planning on. Appreciate any help.

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/d/nissan-frontier-super-charger/6587463010.html
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2500 was my limit when your kids learn to cut the grass # not smoke it, plus it gives them negotiating skills they will use for the rest of their Life, rather than Gimme Gimme I want !
My mom said you want it? You maintain it ! That begun my career as a Nascar Mechanic....
 
pondman said:
2500 was my limit when your kids learn to cut the grass # not smoke it, plus it gives them negotiating skills they will use for the rest of their Life, rather than Gimme Gimme I want !
My mom said you want it? You maintain it ! That begun my career as a Nascar Mechanic....
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That right there is the reason why I am looking for a car for them.I don't think so but if they smoke it , what do you want me to do, my concern is good manners, good grades, hard workers, and helpful around the house and they have all of the above. $2500 you could buy a car like 10 years ago maybe 5, with that amount now all you can get is crap metal and mechanical headache. Highschool kids and at the same time part-time job, that mean not a lot a money so why would I want my kids to have a headache when I can get something more reliable that isn't going to break every other day. I am not asking here how to raise my kids or how much should I spend on buying them a car.
 
cranito4to said:
That right there is the reason why I am looking for a car for them.I don't think so but if they smoke it , what do you want me to do, my concern is good manners, good grades, hard workers, and helpful around the house and they have all of the above. $2500 you could buy a car like 10 years ago maybe 5, with that amount now all you can get is crap metal and mechanical headache. Highschool kids and at the same time part-time job, that mean not a lot a money so why would I want my kids to have a headache when I can get something more reliable that isn't going to break every other day. I am not asking here how to raise my kids or how much should I spend on buying them a car.
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Watch out for the devil's lettuce! [emoji23]
My very first vehicle was a 1980 F100 that I had to rebuild the straight 6 to make road worthy. Dad and I were on the same page for my first vehicle, picked up a nice looking old truck that needed work.
Oh how the times have changed.
 
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