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[rosiedoes]

Okay, US kids: young person's car which may have been purchased as a present by parents: IN COMMENTS. GO.

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[pyraterose.livejournal.com]

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[shinko.livejournal.com]

My dad gave me his Ford Explorer. It's a 1997, but when it came out it was about 20k.

[darkmoon711.livejournal.com]

I'm buying myself a Toyota Yaris. It's one of the cheapest cars on the market here in the states. And it gets 40 mile per gallon in city.

My parents would have bought it for me if they could.

[nikitaquincy.livejournal.com]

My parents bought my brother a Ford Tempo. They didn't buy me a damn thing, LOL. Yeah, can you tell who their favourite is? ;)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

When I was in high school, a lot of friends got Chevy or Ford cars - maybe the occasional Pontiac.

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.

[ms-mindfunk.livejournal.com]

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.