Chevrolet SSR

[@wot]

From experience: start out with something cheap, and mundane. Most kids want to run a car to its limit, and, at some point have one or more accidents. After a few years, things sart to calm down. I drove hopped-uped cars in the sixtes, and its a miracle I am still alive (in the country with no traffic!)

Do the right thing.

[Tim Penton]

COPO, The SSR is probably too much vehicle for a 16 year old unattended. Believe me I have seen more than my share of fatality crashes involving kids and fast vehicles. IMHO I plan on getting my son a relatively mundane good gas mileage every day vehicle (small truck, etc.) when he is old enough. I'll do like my dad did me and keep the muscle cars for nice weather cruising and car shows. Nothing wrong with racing at the track either once he gets some experience under his belt.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

WOW, i got my licence when i was 17 in the year 2000 and my FIRST daily beater was a 4-door 66 Chevelle with a 6 cylinder nad 65K original miles.... Wrecked it twice, bent the frame and kept fixing it. It ended up with a 283 V8 (when i over revved the 6 banger) Trust me get him a beater until he proves himself.

[StriperSS]

I have to agree with the majority. Get him something with much less power to start with.
Let him earn his way up over time. If he takes care of that one and stays ticket and collision free, then go in stages from there.
If I'd had that much power in my first car, I may not have been here now.

John

[Xplantdad]

I tend to agree, too!

My first car was a Nova with a 250 inline six...after awhile, that came out...and in went the 402

[x Baldwin Motion]

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I tend to agree, too!

My first car was a Nova with a 250 inline six...after awhile, that came out...and in went the 402










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Bruce that is sitting nice, did you leave the 6cyl springs in it?


as for the first cars for kids, I provided my daughters with a couple of different "beaters" that they didn't like. when they graduated from college I sold the beaters, let them split the cash for down payments on thier own choices.

yes, THEY got the payment booklets on them, NOT me.

[olredalert]

-----I have (sort of) been looking for a car for my brothers kid (my Godson) for awhile now and one of my wifes girlfriends gave me a good idea: A small S-10 style pick-up only allows them to bring one or two friends with them. Studies have been done about groups of kids riding around together and how much trouble and mayhem they can get into. The driver is paying way too much attention to what is going on in the backseat than the road. If it helps your decision any, you can use the little pickemup for all kinds of other stuff when you need to and when you take it away from him..........Bill S

[Born30YrsLate]

Yeah - give him a nice mid '90's Chevy Monte Carlo to learn "the tricks of the road"...although I can't say much - my dad let me by a '69 Camaro with a nice 350 and 4 speed the day after I got my license...he did let me drive it home but then made me park it for a year before letting me take it out on the road again - I guess he preferred that I "put miles" on his car...