Fear the daughter

Went out and got step-daughter her 'bumper car' to learn on. A used 2000 4x4 Jeep Grand Cherokee, lot of body armor to absorb all the impacts, 4x4 so I do not have to drive her to school in winter (her choice, we are moving to Ceresco about 25 miles north of Lincoln, and she wants to stay at Lincoln High, so she has to get to Lincoln on her own, instead of walk the 2 miles to the school in Ceresco). She will see it when we pick it up tonight, $3700 as is wholesale car. It's blue and has a sunroof, thats my reply when she goes how ugly it is. No rust, still has undercoating, garage kept you can tell as paint is not that bad from weathering.

Good shape considering, only 93,000 on it a few damp leaks here and there, only real chore is to replace power steering top line seal and those dumb plastic over halogen headlight covers. She and her friends get to 'detail' it, as stated piced it up as is ran it through car wash, inside is on her.

She gets her permit tomorrow, and let the fun begin.

Just what the world needs, another teenage girl with an SUV.

I just keep thinking about that insurance commercial with the pink SUV and that guy "I am a teenage girl.........' as he tears off the bumper of a car in the parking lot after bad news on the cell phone.

oldsoldier wrote: I just keep thinking about that insurance commercial with the pink SUV and that guy "I am a teenage girl.........' as he tears off the bumper of a car in the parking lot after bad news on the cell phone.

I love that commercial.

As you all probably remember, my first car was a 1994 Jeep Cherokee. 

There is a huge difference between a 94 jeep cherokee and a 2000 Grand cherokee...

FreeEnterprise wrote:   My parents purchased my sisters car, but I purchased all of my own... And I for sure took better care because of it. My sister kept "forgetting" to change her oil, and dumb dumb parents kept replacing her cars for her when she ruined them by being "forgetful".   It is what it is, if YOU pay for something you will typically take better care of it than if it is provided FOR you.   In most cases... Although I bet I will buy both my daughters cars when they are old enough... And based on the way they take care of the stuff I have given them over the years, I am sure they will take good care... So it could be an education/respect thing. Not really sure...

FreeEnterprise wrote: My father in law bought a brand new Saab 95 Aero back in 2000. The FRONT wheel fell off it with only 19,000 miles.   The driveshaft was welded poorly.

impulse418 wrote: FreeEnterprise wrote: My father in law bought a brand new Saab 95 Aero back in 2000. The FRONT wheel fell off it with only 19,000 miles.   The driveshaft was welded poorly.   It's a Saab, what else do you expect? What does he do for a living, only rich idiots buy Saab's

It's a SAAAAFFEEEE SAAAAAAAAB.

RIP.

My sister owned a ('94?) Saab 900(0? can't remember which) for 3-4 years.  We managed to find out that it had actually been in a horrendous accident, after the gas tank failed catastrophically, exposing the fact that the frame was actually two halves welded together.  Luckily there was nothing around to ignite the (also luckily) mostly empty gas tank when it happened.