A Teens First Car

Apparently you've also become one of those old fogeys who jump to conclusions...the OP stated that she was a teen buying the car for herself. (Although others have questioned whether or not she's being serious.)

 

Save that money for a college education. Based on your spelling you really need it. By the way, that's 333 weeks of saving your $30, or 6.5 years

 

this is what all those "cash for clunkers" were good for

 

Yes, if the teen can afford to pay for it, keep up with the insurance premiums, buy the gasoline, and pay for the maintenance. A new car is an adult responsibility. If the teen has this sense of responsibility within himself/herself already, he/she will know whether or not a new car is in his/her best interest - and will be able to handle it. Most teens, however, are not ready to take on a new car - and with all of the costs and activities involved, the new car can just take away from the time the teen should be spending in preparing to become a college student or in getting prepared for some other adult endeavor.

 

Your skills with grammar certainly don't indicate someone with a 4 point GPA. I suggest that you work on those skills now, before you go to college. Otherwise you are going to be on an up hill path once you get there. All college courses require EXCELLENT capabilities in both oral and written communications.

So instead of going back to your high school to "help out", go back and build up your skills so that when you do enter a college or university, you will be prepared.

Good luck.

 

That's a poor excuse and it reflects badly on yourself.

 

HelpSaveMotherEarth:
I have an I Pod Touch Second generation. The auto-correction features are identical to those of your I Phone, and I can assure you they do not turn your posts into the pathethic excuse for a paragraph that you cynically call a "post." For instance, the I Phone will never turn the word "bought" into "baught," because that word doesn't exist! And yet you used it...

I am 22, and I consider myself a part of the current young generation. I absolutely abhor people like you. Thanks to dimwits like yourself (to say the least), a lot of older adults look down on us young adults. You permeate the image of the current young generation with your ridiculouosly ignorant, yet cynical demeanor. You are in the same category, at least in my book, as those people I remember from high school who were too busy being "cool" by having sex or taking the latest drug to actually pay a bit of attention in school. They were ignorant, yet cynical and abominably conceited--much like yourself.

I am going to ask you a huge favor. This forum is meant to be not only informational, but also a form of entertainment. People share their passion about the latest gadget, the latest vehicle, and all of its features. Then, someone like you comes in here with despicable spelling and grammar, which barely compares to that of an elementary school kid, and you expect and demand respect? Really? Unless you can properly structure a sentence with decent spelling, don't expect anybody to take you seriously.

 

Save that money and buy a 10 year old civic. $50K is a nice down payment on a house. I didn't buy a brand new car until my first home was PAID OFF, and I'm 26. Money management can get you whatever you want, if you're just a tiny bit patient.

And no teen should be driving a brand new anything as a first car, even if they can pay for it. It just shows poor judgement to spend your reserves that way when you are earning $30... a week.

 

Help! Save the kid!

 

Lock this thread already.

 

Okay, first of all, I'm not really all that old. Secondly I did jump to conclusions. I was responding to the first original post but yes, I did jump to some conclusions.

I misread the first post, or misinterpreted it, as a parent asking if a Prius was a good choice for a teen, not a teen asking if it was a good choice for herself.

Yes, it was a mistaken conclusion, but reading the first post how often would you think a teen themselves would have upwards of 30,000 to spend on a car?

So the framework inwhich I placed my opinions was misguided. It doesn't however change my feelings about those opinions.