I remember when I was that age. My parents were more than happy to get me a car but there were strict guidelines.
1) Under no circumstance, NO TURBO's (Don't know why, doesn't really make much sense, an audi a4 2.0 liter with a turbo ain't going to hurt no one.)
2) No speeding tickets or no car.
3) No racing.
4) No passengers in the back seat for the first 6 months. - They felt the more people in the car, the more distractions there were from the road.
5) Of course, no drinking or drugs

I had found a slightly preowned 300z that I was going to get, my dad drove it around the block and said, FORGET IT.. NO WAY. It was too fast.
I wound up with a bad ass Nissan Pathfinder (the first four door model) and got it in a manual transmission. It was just slow enough to keep me out of trouble. Had that car for 75,000 miles, 1 year of HS and 4 yrs of college.

I think the right car for teens is a v6 SUV of somesort. No 2 door sports cars or high HP vehicles.. Every one of my friends that got a sports car wrecked it at some point.

.02 by B

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