MY 19 y/o son in college in Fl. wants a car and if hr makes the deans list my wife and I MAY get him one. He may actually make the deans list and he wants a Jeep wrangler. 1. How unsafe are these cars? 2. What other makes/models would be nearly as cool for beach and just around St. Pete ridin…

When buying something for a 19 year old, I would forget COOL! Yes, Jeeps, and many other open 4 wheel drive vehicles, are very unsafe in the hands of a 19 year old, whether he makes the dean’s list or not. The best combination of safe and reasoably cool is the kind of car my neighbor’s son drives; …

I lived in St. Pete and cannot see the reason for a 4WD Jeep down there. They are noisy, uncomfortable on the highway, unreliable and get poor gas mileage. “Safe” is relative. Any late model vehicle with ABS, airbags and traction control is reasonably safe these days. I’d opt for a Honda Accord with…

I had a boss that had a CJ5 and his son wanted this Jeep as Dad had promised a car in a situation similar to yours. In a private conversation my boss told me he would feel better giving his son the .45 he carried over that Jeep.

If he has no car now, any quality, safe sedan should do. You’ll feel better buying him a car with a very good safety record regardless of what he “wants”. We had neighbors who rewarded their children with the use of vehicles of their choice for their good conduct. One died in a Corvette crash trave…

Your son may think a Wrangler is COOL now, but once Obama’s energy bill kicks in, the Wrangler will instantly be equated with “Wretched Excess” and your son will become a pariah among the college crowd. Frugal, lighter vehicles will be the cool 2 years from now!

Give us some features of Obama’s energy bill and please provide us with some idea where this bill sits in regards to implementation. Is your main reference with the pending CAFE standards? or something regarding some form of carbon dioxide reduction plan. What I am getting at is details so people …

The Cobalt does not look like a sports car. I looks like an economy car, which it is. For around town and beach use, the Wrangler isn’t a bad choice. For something more comfortable an Explorer Sport-Trac or a Nissan Xterra are also decent choices. If you get a Wrangler, opt for the Rubicon model. It…

New CAFE standards are pretty tough. In addition we will have some form of Carbon Tax, currently at $38 per ton, as well as likely a stiffer gas guzzler tax. The purpose of these energy taxes and standards is to: Comply with greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the international climate chang…

I’m going to make the assumption that you actually bothered to learn how a 4x4 handles, or were familiar with it before. The problem (not just with young folks) is that they buy these things just because they’re roomy or look cool and it never dawns on them to drive them any differently than a regu…

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Caddyman October 31, 2009, 4:48pm 4

19 year old boys try to buy “coolness”…But with a Jeep, all you get is a leaky, unreliable, high-maintenance death trap…If he is spending HIS money, that’s something else, but if he is spending YOUR money, then you get the final word…Is a Miata out of the question? or something like that? A 6 cylinder Mustang Convertible would be a better choice than the Jeep…

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