# The car for a teen

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** 850, volvo\
**Created:** [January 8, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691 "2011-01-08T15:54:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![IDance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4af34b/32.png) [@IDance](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IDance)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691/1 "2011-01-08T15:54:39Z")

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My 96 volvo was the first with side air bags and has front wheel drive for winter

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691/2 "2011-01-08T16:12:29Z")

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Congratulations.

If this will be your first winter driving experience, let me suggest that you make sure the car is properly prepared including good all-season tires or winter tires, and that you do absolutely everything much more slowly than you did in summer. And leave plenty of room around you.

Sincere best.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691/3 "2011-01-08T17:52:39Z")

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Note Winter tyres are far superior in snow and ice than (all season)\*

All season tyres really are three season tyres. Snow and ice are tough with the best of experienced drivers.

My first years of driving I had two accidents, both on ice. The first resulted in my hitting a fire plug the second was #17 of a 16 car 1 truck accident. I learned a lot from both of them. The only other accident I have had was a 16 year old driver the week after he got his license and the same day he got insurance.

Be careful and good luck.

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691/4 "2011-01-08T17:58:12Z")

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OK car for a teen as long as they have a good job, or mom and dad pay the repair bills. As a teen I wasn’t ready for $1000+ repair bills and that’s the norm with an old Volvo.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-for-a-teen/59691/5 "2011-01-08T21:09:32Z")

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I just drove what ever the old man had, never new but I do remember the day he came home with a 1962 T[Bird (it was 1968). I thought this was pretty cool.