Chevrolet SSR

[Salvatore]

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I can't really go against Charlie on this one, being as I've already bought Benjamin a '69 Nova SS with an L78!

[/ QUOTE ] Yea, But you didn't say it would be his FIRST car at 16 either! It may be his but in what time frame? Plus you are not kidding us.....you told your wife that so it would go over a little easier!!

[PeteLeathersac]

Although far from an SSR, about a month back I flipped a '94 Mitsu/Dodge Colt coupe to my oldest lad for his first car.. It was clean and tight also ran like a champ so I gave it a fresh round of brakes and a new gastank so should be reliable wheels for a while as he saves his dough for something better himself!.
Although nothing speedy, he couldn't be happier and seems more concerned w/ the CD player than power or speed!. One great thing too is being a 5-speed he had no choice but get onto it or walk...a few days later he was rowing like a champ!.

~ Pete

[Pat O'Connell]

I have the mentality that a first car should a least be partially covered financially by the child. My stepdaughter started off in an old Ford Taurus as a first car about 3 years ago, cost $400.00 and she paid for it out of her savings...We did a lot of maintenance/fixup on the car, and she really took pride of ownership because she paid for it herself (along with learning a lot about cars) My wife and I covered insurance and plates and she was responsible for gas money. I think it was a fairly easy way to enter into the responsibility of car ownership, in that she had a financial stake in the car, but knew that we'd help her with it along the way. She's now at Mercer Univ. in Atlanta working on a PharmD degree and stepped up to a Blazer for her daily ride. She still has the Taurus stored at my shop, and won't let it go because it was her first car that she bought. Now she wants to drive the Yenko!