Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

My first vehicle right after Dad told me about the no money thingy, was a 1950 Ford 4 door. Cost me a whole $50.oo and I drove it for a year. The floor wasn't in the best shape when I bought it and was non-existant when I drove it to the scrap yard. There were no safety checks in those days. We are talking 1963 here. It started, it ran, all the lights worked and when you stepped on the brake pedal it stopped. That was the safety check.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

No, but for $1500 more it has the electronic package with some of the warnings.

 

[toppop52]

Correct me if I'm wrong but a moderately priced car for a teen is under 25K the vehicles with eyesight, lane departure, auto brake, adaptive cruise control etc. are on the top of the line models which are over 30K.

So a good question for the day, thanks to riptides, what is a moderately priced car for a teen and as a parent are you obligated to buy a top of the line model with all the safety devices for their protection?
If you don't, does that make you a bad parent?

Our son was 16 in 1992, our daughter in 1996, he got a1985 Olds Firenza GT hatchback, she got a 1988 Cavalier Z24 convertible. Both were red, sporty, scoops, spoilers, stripes, nice throaty exhaust note from those 2.8 V6 monsters, putting out 125 h.p, each, got about 23 mpg, might have had $4000 in both, total, insurance was cheap and they were happy.

 

[toppop52]

A beautiful 67° here all afternoon, I treated the ladies to my gorgeous legs today, but did wear a sweatshirt.

Today is Lynn's 65th birthday, off to the Old West Steakhouse with some of the family. I'm having the tropical salad.

 

[Looking4new]

Happy Birthday Lynn!

 

[daugen]

Happy Birthday Lynne too.
spring for a nice dessert there Toppop...

Don, I thought I read you could get a new Chevy Cruze with the adaptive cruise/auto stop feature but I don't know which model. I'm sure the price leaders don't have them.

 

[300UGUY]

27 here in mid Michigan. Nothing better for the weekend. Got a bunch of little things done today, had to go to the township to go over the personal property tax for my wife's shop. Need to fill out another form, but no more $$. I had lunch with my contractor neighbor, he's had some health issues, is the same age as I am, and is basically retired. I welcomed him to the clan.... Then off to the feed mill for chicken feed, home to take care of the birds, fueled up the tractor, then worked in the shop for awhile.

Happy birthday, Lynne!

 

[txdon]

Happy Birthday Lynne too.
spring for a nice dessert there Toppop...

Don, I thought I read you could get a new Chevy Cruze with the adaptive cruise/auto stop feature but I don't know which model. I'm sure the price leaders don't have them.

Ahh, it's called the "teen driver safety system" - Chevrolet Teen Driver Safety System | Official Details Specs | Digital Trends
Standard in 2017 Cruze and under 25K, maybe under 20K. Good find.

 

[Buppies]

Happy birthday Mrs Randy

 

[sodamo]

A beautiful 67° here all afternoon, I treated the ladies to my gorgeous legs today, but did wear a sweatshirt.

Today is Lynn's 65th birthday, off to the Old West Steakhouse with some of the family. I'm having the tropical salad.

Happy Birthday, and many more