Timber Floor Au

Son has come home from school, he is 17 and a real nice lad. Never whinges, but...

He leaves school in about 4 or 5 weeks, having completed his HS'doodahh.. so fingers crossed on results.. he wants a few months off, and then its either tafe or uni...

but..

He has decided he wants a car, and he has been saving since he was out of nappies..

So we said , if you buy a new car we will try and up your savings, so you can get a new car..

My view is a nice sexy little Suzy Swift...

I am not sure he is into these, and welcome any suggestions...

other options I have seen mentioned by him are a BMW 1 , lol !! as if !!
erm.. a mazda 3 .. and a Yaris thing..

Any ideas , welcomed please... or should we just buy him a Annual Buspass !!!

asher

well if you want peace of mind buy the bus pass!!

biggy

If you are buying it for him then I say he should be very thankful for whatever he gets. A nice orange Holden Barina they r nifty lookin wee things

Timber Floor Au

Was kinda after ideas on car types lol !!

Donna&Neil

Hi I've got a Yaris, great nippy little thing, so good on fuel BUT I really want a Suzuki Swift. Typical women I guess ( sorry to all the females out there )

Donna

Fly Away

I've got a lovely BMW 1 series which has only done 15000 miles in 3 years. I was going to sell it, but I can fling it in the container for your son if you want! Trouble is, you'll have to get it from Adelaide. LOL.

Scrawni 2

I have a Yaris too, excellent little car. I put £30 a month in mine so really good on fuel.

Mandy

FluffyTheCampfireSlayer

The Yaris is supposed to be a very good little car in it's class - one of the best. Personally, I would go for the Swift though - nice looking little things that they are!

Urno

I've got a new Corolla, and when it went in the other day for modification, they gave me a Yaris for the day.

I thought the Yaris was a great car, and automatic transmission was very easy in city traffic.

BUT, getting back in the Corolla was like getting in a tank compared to the Yaris (and on consideration i prefered the manual gears), so given that teenagers in cars are prone to excitable driving habits you might like consider it on safety grounds.

And if you're considering a Mazda 3, the Corolla is in the same price bracket...

Wendy

Oi!! There's nothing wrong with Barina's Really cheap to run too ($40 fills her up and she does 400k on it)

UGLY BETTY

Dont buy a 17 yr old a NEW car let him do a couple of years in a older car then the bumps and scrapes dont hurt.Trust me we have a very careful 17 year old daughter and it does happen.We got her alittle hyundai excel and it is great.

Poppett44

I too have a little Holden Barina (orange!!) she's great on fuel,,one tankful lasts me weeks! not sure if it would have the right image for a 17yr old though!!

Wendy

I make my OH go to work in mine for now, it saves us loads on petrol. It's even got flowery seat covers - I'm soooo cruel

Poppett44

Oooh,,where d'ya get flowery seat covers from??

Wendy

I got them from K-mart, they were on special at $30. It's also got a flowery steering wheel cover (they are black with pink flowers)