[TR] cars for kids

[Michael Marr]

On the occasion of my second marriage, we combined two families - my two 
girls and Kathy's two boys and one girl.  The five kids' ages spanned five 
years - the oldest was 18.  I don't think there was an occasion when each 
had their own car, but during the five years that it took before the 
youngest went off to college, we had various extra vehicles that they 
shared.  There was an S10 pick-up (demolished by #1 son), an Olds Cutlass 
(outlasted all the kids), a couple of Tempos (one rolled by #2 son and one 
rusted away), an Audi 4000Q that used to be mine and that ALL the kids 
learned to drive a manual transmission on, and on which the clutch failed 
after a mere 225,000 miles (sold to an ice racer), and, last of all, a brand 
new Ranger pick-up that we leased for about $230/month.  My son drove it the 
year before he left for college and then it became MINE!!  Since then, I 
have parlayed that little Ranger into a nice extended cab F150 4X4.  So, it 
all worked out in the end.

And, I vote for a basic pick-up, 4 cylinder with stick, but get a new one 
and get the warranty.  For every "cheap" beater that i bought, I spent more 
than the purchase price in fixing it - and I did the fixing myself.  Buying 
a beater was a false economy in my case.  YMMV, however.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Loumetelko at aol.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] cars for kids


>I struggled greatly with this when my daughter turned sixteen and wanted /
> needed a vehicle.  Do I buy her a beater (or just shy of one) or buy  new 
> with
> dependability?  I would have been a basket case if the beater broke down 
> and
> some Samaritan gave her a ride and she never came home.
>
> Lou Metelko
> Auburn, Indiana
>
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