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Originally posted by denton
It is a no-win situation.
If you're really brave, you could note that your daughter is now an adult, and that providing your own transportation comes with that. Being a good sport, you'll even let her trade in "her" car on anything she wants to buy for herself.
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Yeah No win, that is exactly how I feel. Damned if I do Damned if you don't. The worst part is I know for a fact that if my wife got the Highlander it would sit in the driveway most of the time because the wife would not want it getting messed up driving it to and from work, (same thing that happened with the 4 Runner)
Thanks for the reply.
I totally understand that my daughter is a good kid and I want to give her some of the advantages that I didn't have and I think I have. My parents sent my sister away to college and payed for her tuition (room and board and books) but they made her leave her car at home because they couldn't afford to replace it if she wore it out. I mean we gave my daughter a car that was in top notch A-1 shape and she has taken care of it and it is still a great car, I just can't see going out and buying a new car and giving her another $15,000 vehicle. I don't mind if she uses the 4 Runner to drive to school I even told my wife if it was that big of a deal to her, let our daughter use the 4 runner full time until we the Tercel and buy my daughter a bigger used car.
It is totally a mother wanting to make sure her kid is safe going to and from school and I want my daughter to be safe to I just do not see the logic in buying a $30,000 car and giving a 19 year old a second car when she has access to use it whenever she needs to already.
Really I guess I am just looking for some opinions to clarify in my head that I am doing the right thing or for someone to say i think your wife is right so I can justify doing this or not doing it.
The other thing was when I asked my wife if we bought another vehicle if it would strap us in the financial dept and she said well yeah but we could do it if she was careful. We just got ourselves out of that kind of situation, where we had to watch every penny and I don't think this is a good reason to go back to that.
This is all probably too much information and I probably shouldn't have posted a lot of this but I guess I just needed to vent.
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Thanks Guys and gals I respect your opinions and thoughts or I would not have posted this here.