Used car for 16 year old son.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by nipper

Thanks to all of you for your excellent suggestions and advice. I can't believe I am actually getting him a car since I had to buy my own when I was a kid and had to pay for the insurance, gas, everything. First car was a 1965 Corvair. I loved it even though I could never get it to stop leaking oil!

Shoot...are you kiddin'??...Corvairs leaked oil off the production line...if they didn't, they ran 'em back thru the line until they did!!...

[jjjtronics]

Agree with the Jetta.
I got my son a 98 Jetta 2.0 ( manual ) about three years ago. GREAT car for a kid. It looks good, rides great and is very good on gas. All Jettas on those years suffer from Crank
( RPM ) sensor going bad, the sensor wiring degrades and the wires short, and the engine dies intermittently. If you get one, change the sensor ASAP. Also avoid the electric windows, and avoid auto trany.
I think a Civic is the best choice, but they are expensive and hard to find here. I had a Civic once and it was INCREDIBLY reliable.