Nice Car for Someone's Kid

[wdc330i]

2013 128i convertible with stick. No sport, though.

http://www.bmwofgwinnettplace.com/detail-2013-bmw-1_series-128i-used-16355437.html

[Nick M3]

Eh. I wouldn't give a kid a convertible. :)

[wdc330i]

Eh. I wouldn't give a kid a convertible. :)

Probably not a great idea. Although I learned to drive in one and it was the family car. Not a 6 cylinder, though...

[Jeff_DML]

Eh. I wouldn't give a kid a convertible. :)

and I ain’t buying my kid a $25k first car:D

[bren]

and I ain’t buying my kid a $25k first car:D

I won't tell you some of what is parked on my kid's (high) school parking lot. :ack:

[Jeff_DML]

I won't tell you some of what is parked on my kid's (high) school parking lot. :ack:

same as my kids future high school but ain’t following suit

EDIT: Most kids would probably bitch it is a old 1 series and not a new 240 vert or M2:D

[wdc330i]

same as my kids future high school but ain’t following suit

EDIT: Most kids would probably bitch it is a old 1 series and not a new 240 vert or M2:D

Nice to know I have a SoCal kid's car ;)

Relevant question will be whether my son will get it in 5+ years. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I certainly hope they have reliable self-driving cars by then. :ack:

[John V]

Probably not a great idea. Although I learned to drive in one and it was the family car. Not a 6 cylinder, though...

A basically new BMW as a first car for a kid? Not only no but hell no.

[wdc330i]

A basically new BMW as a first car for a kid? Not only no but hell no.

Maybe I can find a 30-year-old Volvo somewhere. :)

[Theo]

On old well sorted E36 would be a great choice but very hard to find at this point.

[Jeff_DML]

On old well sorted E36 would be a great choice but very hard to find at this point.

You guys not teenagers at one time? :D If I buy my boys a car then it will be a low powered understeering fwd car. I might splurge for awd if I was east coast.

[bren]

We have our old 325ci in waiting (for 10 more years.) :lol:

I just have to figure out how to disable the DSC cut-off switch. :D

[John V]

You guys not teenagers at one time? :D If I buy my boys a car then it will be a low powered understeering fwd car. I might splurge for awd if I was east coast.

Realizing my opinion is not valid because I'm not a parent, I'm with you on this. A relatively new (safe) Prius, Corolla, Civic, Accord, Sentra... something that is slow, cheap to operate, cheap (relatively) to insure, won't require a lot of maintenance and repairs.

Another observation is that those of us who had to spend our own hard-earned money on our first cars took a lot better care of them than the kids whose parents gave them a car, in general.

[Josh (PA)]

You guys not teenagers at one time? :D If I buy my boys a car then it will be a low powered understeering fwd car. I might splurge for awd if I was east coast.

This is my my kids drive a $7,000 e46 325xiT.

[Plaz]

Realizing my opinion is not valid because I'm not a parent, I'm with you on this. A relatively new (safe) Prius, Corolla, Civic, Accord, Sentra... something that is slow, cheap to operate, cheap (relatively) to insure, won't require a lot of maintenance and repairs.

I'm with you on this. Just a couple of years away for us now.

I'd like to get something for her that has the "automatic braking in case of imminent collision" feature that's popping up in many new cars now, too.

[3LOU5]

Realizing my opinion is not valid because I'm not a parent, I'm with you on this. A relatively new (safe) Prius, Corolla, Civic, Accord, Sentra... something that is slow, cheap to operate, cheap (relatively) to insure, won't require a lot of maintenance and repairs.

Another observation is that those of us who had to spend our own hard-earned money on our first cars took a lot better care of them than the kids whose parents gave them a car, in general.

+1

My first car was one I bought from my sister: a 1980 Toyota Corolla SR-5 Liftback with a 5-speed stick. It was a simple, RWD car that not only was bulletproof, but easy to work on as well. Just enough to power to not get you into trouble, reliable, practical and fun-to-drive. (I voted for RWD, because I had a blast drifting and doing doughnuts with it during the winter....which further helped me understand how to control a car should it start doing things I didn't want it to).

I know for a fact that if a car was just handed to me without me working hard for it, I wouldn't take as good a care for it than if I bought it myself.

Looks very similar to this, minus the fancy wheels:

http://image.superstreetonline.com/f/28132643+re0+cr1+ar0/sstp-1008-01-o%2B1982-toyota-corolla-sr5-liftback%2Bside-view.jpg

[wdc330i]

There was a huge thread on the 2addicts site about a guy who bought his son a 2 series coupe. It was a reward for getting straight As in school. But there was considerable backlash from the community about it (a little bit of support, too.)

Here it is: http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1354831

Edit: Reading through now, it was lightly used.

[Plaz]

My daughter's HS parking lot is also full of expensive new (or newish) cars.

I see on a daily basis how cluelessly those kids drive too, it's horrifying. I feel lucky every time I get out of there unscathed.

[wdc330i]

Somehow I never realized that my Mazda GLC was RWD.

It was my car in college (I paid for half of it.)

LOL, no wonder it liked to do 180s in any kind of winter weather. I went to college in the Hudson Valley.

https://autopolis.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/1977-1980-mazda-glc-the-more-you-look-the-more-you-like/

[kognito]

My first 3 cars were convertibles, and none were supplied by my parents.

1968 Renault Caravelle, 1965 Corvair Monza, and a Fiat 850 spyder (don't remember the year)

The Corvair was owned by my dad before it was mine, but it was not given to me. I had to strip and paint our house before it was mine. Job took me almost 5 weeks to complete, so I never considered it to be a gift

[Alan]

No comment on this thread :eeps:

[wdc330i]

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[rumatt]

No comment on this thread :eeps:
:lol:

What did your kids first drive?

[FC]

Although not ideal as it can be seen as a party vehicle and it's not that safe, I'm kinda hoping the kids give me an excuse to buy a 4-door Wrangler. That's at least 7+ years away, so I have plenty of time to annoy you all about it.
:twisted:

First cars I was allowed to drive (in '96-99)

-State auction POS '84 Cavalier
-'85 MB 190D 2.2 (aka world slowest car) It was also beat to hell with nearly 200k miles when we got it.
-At times "my sister's" '91 corolla (this is '99+)
-At times the family car ('91 Taurus or '94 Mercury Sable - both wagons)

I never had a car truly mine or even mostly mine until I bought myself my '90 190E 2.6 in 2000.

[lip277]

LOL

My first car....
http://forums.carmudgeons.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11298&d=1495080885
I've always liked having unique cars. The Mustang was only 13 years old when I started driving it - but it was a 'classic' even then. Funny how that has not changed since.

[rumatt]

Damn dude, that's awesome.

[Alan]

:lol:

What did your kids first drive?

My sons first car was/is a 2015 A3 though we are supposed to be picking up his 340i next week ... my daughter who just got her license a few months ago has the 2017 A4.

[John V]

LOL

My first car....

I've always liked having unique cars. The Mustang was only 13 years old when I started driving it - but it was a 'classic' even then. Funny how that has not changed since.

My buddy's first car, circa 1991, was a '72 Chevelle Malibu (convertible) with a solid-lifter LT-1 out of a '70 Corvette. Four wheel drum brakes, lap belts, what were our parents thinking letting us go around in that car?

[kognito]

what were our parents thinking letting us go around in that car?

:lol: Ralph Nader wrote a book about my second car!

[Josh (PA)]

I inherited my first car when my grand father passed away. Plymouth Sundance. It treated me well. I traded it in on my 1994 325is when I graduated college and got a real job.

https://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/01/21/21/22/1990_plymouth_sundance_4_dr_std_hatchback-pic-28317-1600x1200.jpeg