Recommend a car for a newly licensed driver.

[wheresmycar]

requirement:
automatic transmission
higher ride height than most sedans.
easy to park in the city(small)

would be great but not necessary:
4 doors
4x100 wheel bolt pattern
parking sensors or rear camera

I'm thinking a honda fit or toyota yaris.
I'm not sure which cheap cars have parking sensors or rear cameras. Does a mazda 2 have them?

[jesus_ralliart]

i dont think any of those have parking sensors. However, they all fit that profile.

Pick an older, cheaper, reliable car though. Older will be cheaper to insure, cheaper to purchase, cheaper to maintain, and you(or whoever) wont care as much if a 5k car gets smashed up as much as a 10k+ car gets smashed up.

Craigslist find an older honda/acura.

[jpalamar]

New driver and newer car is just a statistic for an accident. Just get something cheap. Doesn't really matter what it is.

[lownslow95]

A piece of **** Honda civic.

[Scapegoat]

New driver and newer car is just a statistic for an accident.

please cite your source

[Renegade_]

A piece of **** Honda civic.

Problem solved.

Next question.

[dudewheresmycar]

Yeah a civic so it can get stolen in the city.. Get a pos neon or a auto sentra

[Renegade_]

Yeah a civic so it can get stolen in the city.. Get a pos neon or a auto sentra

Why would you ever drive a car in a city without complete coverage anyway... Always spring for the best you can.

[SHOdude]

A piece of **** Honda civic.
not in the city.. but you can put a cheap back up cam on anything

[lownslow95]

not in the city.. but you can put a cheap back up cam on anything

You can't drive a ****ty car in the city? :bigeek:

[schaffer]

Anything cheap.

[SHOdude]

You can't drive a ****ty car in the city? :bigeek:

No you cant drive a honda in the city

[Big_Jim]

Toyota echo 4 door. its tall enough that it looks like it'll fall over making a turn lol.

[01NightHawk]

You can install parking sensors in any vehicle (clean install - looks factory). As well as a rearview camera (although it's a ****ty bolt on camera with a suction cup screen...)


I'd say a cavalier. Just so any damages (if any) happen from lack of experience - they wouldn't be on a brand new car that would be jumping insurance cost as is.


If indeed you want a brand new car for whomever is receiving said car (if not yourself) Why not make a poll of the cars you're considering and have a vote?

[lownslow95]

No you cant drive a honda in the city

People drive them all the time.

[SHOdude]

People drive them all the time.

alright that was a vague statement, hondas are prone to theft in the city, i think the real question is whats your budget?

[Ej6Mike]

Civic .... easy to fix, fun to mess up... cheap to maintain.

[Chris B.]

'97-2002 Ford Escort.

[FocusDude]

'97-2002 Ford Escort.

X2.

Cheap, easy to maintain, and nobody would look twice at it

[mg23]

a prius lol

[mcperson2k]

please cite your source

I think he just isn't very good at writing what he wants to say.

[MySwtZ]

mazda 2 or ford fiesta

[MPowerKai]

late 80's early 90's jeep wrangler

[Shri2222]

Daewoo Lanos, Its perfect. It sucks, with a high chance a new driver will crash, why not destroy all that is horrid in the process jk

[fightinchunk]

what part of maplewood do you live? certain parts of the maplehood i would not bring my suby to. or the vert.