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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 644238"><p>We did not buy difficult child a car and he is still car-less. His junior year in HS he drove DHs suv at night & on the weekends as needed. During his senior year, he had full reign over husband's suv while husband drove a much older & less luxurious work van so that difficult child could have the suv 24/7. Of course it was a mistake in hindsight albeit that difficult child was a easy child then. But</p><p>That's a whole other story.</p><p></p><p>We actually purchased a 4th car (a well maintained 10yo Taurus w 100k miles ) in 2011 when pc20 got his license (at 16) realizing that our older boys would need to share a car that summer when difficult child returned from school. Long story short- difficult child came</p><p>home stoned his first night home from school and never actually drove that car. </p><p></p><p>When difficult child appeared back in our lives a two years ago, we allowed him to use husband's suv with the idea that if he paid the insurance + $100 p month- it</p><p>would be his car. Of course, he did not</p><p>hold up his end. husband actually just sold that beloved SUV tonight.</p><p></p><p>The Taurus has since become pc17s to drive to and from school and work. It's so hard to live in the burbs without a car and both pcs are such joys that it's a pleasure to give them "wheels". It's also been a necessity with me back at work f/t.They've never had a conflict over who had dibs on driving it! Next year, pc20 will be a college senior & pc17 a college freshman- so p20 will have the car at school for the first time. We hope to swing a new car for easy child as a college grad gift but that's still up in the air.</p><p></p><p>Our insurance requires anyone living in our household to be insured on our vehicles - so we will probably have to re-add difficult child if he sticks around. Ugh. But we won't tell him! We don't let him drive our cars and he seems nonchalant about it and is apparently in no rush to buy his own wheels. Baffles me, but I am glad he is not driving!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 644238"] We did not buy difficult child a car and he is still car-less. His junior year in HS he drove DHs suv at night & on the weekends as needed. During his senior year, he had full reign over husband's suv while husband drove a much older & less luxurious work van so that difficult child could have the suv 24/7. Of course it was a mistake in hindsight albeit that difficult child was a easy child then. But That's a whole other story. We actually purchased a 4th car (a well maintained 10yo Taurus w 100k miles ) in 2011 when pc20 got his license (at 16) realizing that our older boys would need to share a car that summer when difficult child returned from school. Long story short- difficult child came home stoned his first night home from school and never actually drove that car. When difficult child appeared back in our lives a two years ago, we allowed him to use husband's suv with the idea that if he paid the insurance + $100 p month- it would be his car. Of course, he did not hold up his end. husband actually just sold that beloved SUV tonight. The Taurus has since become pc17s to drive to and from school and work. It's so hard to live in the burbs without a car and both pcs are such joys that it's a pleasure to give them "wheels". It's also been a necessity with me back at work f/t.They've never had a conflict over who had dibs on driving it! Next year, pc20 will be a college senior & pc17 a college freshman- so p20 will have the car at school for the first time. We hope to swing a new car for easy child as a college grad gift but that's still up in the air. Our insurance requires anyone living in our household to be insured on our vehicles - so we will probably have to re-add difficult child if he sticks around. Ugh. But we won't tell him! We don't let him drive our cars and he seems nonchalant about it and is apparently in no rush to buy his own wheels. Baffles me, but I am glad he is not driving! [/QUOTE]
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