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but I don't plan on giving my daughter a car. Now I may get a second car, smaller used, that she can use, but it will not be "hers". This will be more than my parents did, though I was allowed to use their cars on the rare occasion (mom had a Corvette and dad always had something fast and sporty too so that is probably the main reason why they would not let me drive their cars a lot). I was not allowed to have a car unless I bought it (same with my brother which thed did as they were allowed to work while in high school)and as they would not let me work I was in a catch-22. I did try to get jobs close by (3-5 miles) and would have rode my bike but never got any of the jobs I applied to. I would ride my bike to band camp in the summer since my mom would not take me about 5 miles or so. They did pay for my insurances, attached me to their policy so when I did drive their car I was covered. I had a weekly allowance that was a joke ($2 a week back in early 80s), so obviously I could pay for nothing except maybe a movie once or twice a month. I relied on my friends for rides basically everywhere since my mom did not want to drive me anywhere, it was like pulling teeth (she was sick of being a chauffer after my 2 older brothers), so I lost. But my 2 best friends both had cars, older models, which their parents got for them and I believe paid for everything, so I was able to get about. I did not have to pay for my insurance until after I graduated college, once I was working I took over that payment; and my dad did get me a car as a graduation gift for college (used Nissan wagon) so I could get about (this was after I had an accident in the car he has lent me for getting to work while I was in college....the brakes failed, think he felt guilty about that) |
I don't have to worry about this for about 5 more years - sm - 
