I really don't know. I had a Geo Metro for awhile which was amazing on gas milage. But I don't think they make those anymore. Mine was used, so *shrugs*. I guess I can't help there.
Well, I doubt it would be a brand new one. A relatively good one, but not brand new. Not seeing as the back story is that he totalled his mother's car the year before.
If it's set in or around Chicago, it would most likely be an American car rather than a foreign model. With all the steel mills, auto plants, Teamsters, etc. in the area, there's a lot of loyalty to the US car industry. When I was a kid, you'd get your tires slashed or your paint job keyed for having a foreign car parked in certain places. Obviously that's changed a lot, but there is still a higher percentage of US models in those parts than in other areas of the country.
Some uper middle class kids inherit grandparent's cars when they stop driving or buy new ones. Granma cars are are often Chryslers, Buicks, Lincolns or something like that. Bigger cars, expensive, usually four door models.
I kind of anticipated a smallish car (young people over here in particular would have a relatively small car to start with).
The car in the story would probably be a relatively new but second-hand (used) vehicle. Very good condition, but not a family-sized car because his parents wouldn't trust him with anthing too big.
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on 2007-07-30 07:06 pm (UTC)I really don't know. I had a Geo Metro for awhile which was amazing on gas milage. But I don't think they make those anymore. Mine was used, so *shrugs*. I guess I can't help there.
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on 2007-07-30 07:21 pm (UTC)hmmm...one of my friends had a Chevy Lumina. pretty cheap used I think.
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on 2007-07-30 08:36 pm (UTC)My parents would have bought it for me if they could.
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on 2007-07-30 08:50 pm (UTC)Thanks, though.
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on 2007-07-30 08:58 pm (UTC)I don't drive now, never mind knowing what you guys drive over there!
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on 2007-07-31 01:32 am (UTC)Nothing too fancy, but still brand new - and typically 4 door cars.
Since I never drove, I never got a car - although my brother did get a used Ford Escort when he was about 17.
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on 2007-08-02 04:06 am (UTC)Some uper middle class kids inherit grandparent's cars when they stop driving or buy new ones. Granma cars are are often Chryslers, Buicks, Lincolns or something like that. Bigger cars, expensive, usually four door models.
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on 2007-08-05 02:11 pm (UTC)I kind of anticipated a smallish car (young people over here in particular would have a relatively small car to start with).
The car in the story would probably be a relatively new but second-hand (used) vehicle. Very good condition, but not a family-sized car because his parents wouldn't trust him with anthing too big.