hawkeye08
Elite Member
Good stories, having 3 girls go through this, i learned that they are not all the same.
Oldest would drive whatever, 92 Suburban, 98 Yukon, 84 Fiero, didn't matter as long as it ran. We ended up later buying her a reliable car (Fiero needed vacuum lines and some TLC) for around $4000 (2004 Impala base model with V6). She drove it all over, loved the car. She got married and her husband did not care for the because he did not like it. After some years of abuse, they sold it when they bought a 2003 Honda minivan.
Middle daughter claimed the 92 Suburban, had 258,000 miles, needed little things on regular basis, AC didn't work (even after some work) and she wanted to take it cross country. I was concerned that a small issue would strand her somewhere so bought her a 94 Silverado extended cab with 117,000 miles. She wouldn't drive it, claimed the canopy made it too hard to see back.. I removed canopy and put bed cover on it and held my ground. She ended up taking it and still has it 80,000 miles later. She even tried to keep it out of the salty winter roads, but it has some rust now (they moved back west in the last year from Maryland). She still gives me a bad time about her 92 Suburban.
Youngest daughter also drove what we had, mostly 98 Yukon. She wanted something more when in college and had seen what we had done for her sisters. She decided she wanted a $8000 car, with us paying half and her paying the other. It took her a few years to pay off the loan for her half. She saved money and had a big down payment when she bought her 2018 Equinox herself.
Each daughter is very different, but they are all know how to work for what they want.
Oldest would drive whatever, 92 Suburban, 98 Yukon, 84 Fiero, didn't matter as long as it ran. We ended up later buying her a reliable car (Fiero needed vacuum lines and some TLC) for around $4000 (2004 Impala base model with V6). She drove it all over, loved the car. She got married and her husband did not care for the because he did not like it. After some years of abuse, they sold it when they bought a 2003 Honda minivan.
Middle daughter claimed the 92 Suburban, had 258,000 miles, needed little things on regular basis, AC didn't work (even after some work) and she wanted to take it cross country. I was concerned that a small issue would strand her somewhere so bought her a 94 Silverado extended cab with 117,000 miles. She wouldn't drive it, claimed the canopy made it too hard to see back.. I removed canopy and put bed cover on it and held my ground. She ended up taking it and still has it 80,000 miles later. She even tried to keep it out of the salty winter roads, but it has some rust now (they moved back west in the last year from Maryland). She still gives me a bad time about her 92 Suburban.
Youngest daughter also drove what we had, mostly 98 Yukon. She wanted something more when in college and had seen what we had done for her sisters. She decided she wanted a $8000 car, with us paying half and her paying the other. It took her a few years to pay off the loan for her half. She saved money and had a big down payment when she bought her 2018 Equinox herself.
Each daughter is very different, but they are all know how to work for what they want.
