What Makes For A Good First Car?

When I think of a first car, it’s something I would want to keep my whole life. So it would have to be something that ha spotential

I’ve thought of buying a ‘90 dodge dakota V6 as my first car

Manners maketh car

My brother crashed his toyota avalon twice and he still fixing it, because he is 16 and was driving 75 MPH in a 65 zone, here the thing i told him his tires were bad they barely have any thread left but he still went on the freeway and called 10 mins later saying that he crashed. So the point is u need to teach your kids about tires oil changes etc. Be safe out there.

My first was(and still is) an old volvo, easy to fix. But the downside is if you’re a student like me, then the fuel consuption is a problem(gets even worse if you have high gas prices). I get about 19 mpg which is terrible

I think I’m getting an E30 318i for mad skids. First car :P

Everyone says get an old car, but I would say get a newer car with lots of safety feature (ABS, TC, ESP, Airbag), I’ve seen some of my friend got saved by the ESP and some crashed horribly because the ESP wasn’t there to save him. For us young driver we will drive FAST no matter what we drive any car with 100 BHP could go up to 100 MPH and at that speed if you crash you probably will die, so good suspension or ESP is a must for a first car. Better to drive something that is less likely to crash than something that easy to fix.

Just like me they can buy what ever they can afford to buy and run. So they would propably get a cheap awd or fwd manual car.

BMW E36 316i, my first car which is still my current car. I’ve had the car for more than a year now and the ownership experience has been good (aside from a few irritating repairs) and I’d highly recommend a good condition E30/E36/E46 316i or 318i as a first car.
PROS: things I love most about it-The clean design still looks great today-The interior still feels better than the ones in recent small hatchbacks-The handling characteristics is SO FUN 😄-Car has good fuel economy for its age-Parts are plentiful and DIY jobs are easy (with tonnes of online resources)
CONS:-316i is very average in terms of power, similar to a modern 1.4 polo, minus the efficiency of the small hatchback. As a general car it is not fast, but as a BMW it is very slow and underpowered-Being an older car, one should budget for repairs that may need to be done after purchases.-My car has been relatively problem-free aside from a period where it had various problems with the key fob, which needed to be repaired multiple times.-Lacking modern features if you need it (I’m fine without them)
BMWs may not be as unreliable as some people believe them to be, as with any used car it really depends on the car’s personal history and owners. If you find a great condition 3er, I’d say go for it! My particular car is in pristine condition with a like-new interior and I am so blessed to have found an E36 in such condition as most of them look quite sad here.

I’d Give em a BRZ. SImply because you can have fun like you would in a Genesis or a Fairlady Z, just without the high Horsepower, higher safety ratings, and if they know the true purpose of the BRZ, they would enjoy it. And the biggest thing is the size. Its a small 4-seater with pretty much the back seats as unuseable so no friends can get in there.
But if they want something with a turbo n not going to kill em, I’d think about getting them a Legacy Outback GT only because NO ONE would race em due to the fact they would think it’s a slow wagon. And with the legacy’s 50/50 Split torque and their awareness of this, They shouldn’t even try to do donuts or slide it. And if they want to modify it, we can do it together cuz I would’ve owned a Legacy GT. I just wouldn’t trust him cuz Its very spacious and he might try to get lucky.