I will do that , thanks
IMHO I doubt a new Driver will keep it under the 7.5 / 10 / 12k miles. get them the 15k or 20k!
Itās about the driver needs. I drive for work and stuff, and Iām sitting at 4k miles per year with a 10k MPY lease. I will say I donāt go out as much as others due to me working 24/7ā¦ but nearly all of those miles are highway miles.
I think 12k is reasonable for most teenagers, thatās comparable to what most of my ānormalā peers drive.
I know Hershey but you arenāt in Southern California. Teens in SoCal driveā¦a LOT, and go everywhereā¦a lot. I know that I burned 20k /yr in my car back then. And pandemic is over, so more driving! whee!
Beach, Movies, parties, Beach, Skiing, Beach (Lol) , LA ā OC, LA->Riverside, Concerts, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, San Diegoā¦ the list goes on and on.
Fair enough. You guys live it up for sure. One of my close friends Amelia moved back to SoCal after living in PA for a few years, Iāve heard some crazy stories from her.
I drove a Ford Taurus. It was fine.
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My father owned a car dealership when I was in high school, and sometimes Iād have 3 or 4 different cars in the same week.
Some were great, some were humiliating to be seen in.
Iād leave the keys in the glove box when I got to school in Car A, and it wasnāt uncommon to come out at the end of the day to find Car B in the same spot with the keys in the same place.
Many of these vehicles lacked the latest safety features. IāM STARTING TO THINK MY DAD WAS TRYING TO KILL ME.
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I had a hand-me-down Mercury Sable. My friends nicknamed it the DiSableā¦
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Absolutely. There is no price for safety of a loved one. If money was the issue, I would get the clunker myself and give the new car to my daughter.
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LOL coolest story ever. My dad was a mechanic so mine and my brothers cars were always bought with mechanical issues for cheap. He would repair and off we would go.
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Came in for the āI drove a model T when I was a teenā stories.
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I, too, would consider a cheap lease for a responsible young adult. When this question came up for my 16-year old daughter in 2018, we were fortunate enough to buy a 2004 Volvo V70 with 82K miles from the original owner (every maintenance record in a folder) for only $1,400ā¦he basically gifted that car to us because he trusted his neighbor (who, in turn, worked with and knew my older sister), and felt comfortable knowing that it was going to a good home. I bought it a bit early in December of 2017 (Xmas gift), and it now has 96K miles and going strong.
Sure beats the '82 Citation that cost $200 and had massive rust problems all along the floor board that I drove as a 17-year old in 1992! That thing was a literal death trap. It caught fire and died one year later.
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My wife first car when she got her learners permit 2015(she came to USA 
2012) to present
1994 integra 4 door
2017 equinox
2020 x4m
Personally i would never give anyone a brand new car who just got their permit
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I think everyone has their opinions about what is appropriate for a first time driver. We ended up going the CPO route and bought a 2019 Hyundai Accent for $12k OTD. I wasnāt about to lease something for him because I still have to repair the curb rash on momās car from him 
There is nothing wrong with getting a brand new Corolla for $200/mo + optional protection for the peace of mind.
Although itās debatable whether prepaying for damage waivers is going to teach any YA/teen about personal responsibility
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I know. Just saying that any new car lease at $200/mo is better than any $5K beater.
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Leaf S. Limited range is good for a teen IMHO
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Lol they just borrow Dadās car
In normal times, an off lease nearly new car would strike a good balance (new enough to have good safety features, good tires, less mechanical issues but not brand new and already depreciated somewhat). These days who knows.
A cheap lease is probably fine. But frankly, the insurance could cost more than the lease payment. Iād keep that in mind and compare several decently leasing new cars (to the extend any still exist!) to some nicely discounted off-lease type cars (I think Sonatas for example are still sort of well priced used even in todayās market) and see how the insurance rates compare.
Iāve got some time before the kids are driving, but what I might do is buy a car about 3-5 years before the kids get licenses with an eye towards handing it down to them. Something safe, normcore, with warranty that Iāve kept maintained. I think thatās a good route, but obviously too late for that in this circumstance.
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