Your welcome and I was just recently reminded when my 17 year old decided to test the bumper on the Maxima we bought him 4 months ago against a mini van. He was not paying attention and bam. He's ok, Maxima went through 40 hours of re constructive surgery at the house (insurance totaled it, we bought it back for $300 and fixed it to like new) and he learned a valuable lesson as he worked on moving a few tons of rocks in the backyard while I fixed his car. I have been there too a few times when I was that age, I'm hard headed that way. I survived, sadly some don't.

Anyhow let us know what you get her, them VWs get pretty good safety scores.
Lee

 

reminds me of this hehe

 

Late 90s Acura Integra is a dependable car... That is if you can find one that hasn't been beaten up by teens back then.

 

Well folks, I finally ended my car search. Here is our new baby...

2002 Audi A4 3.0 CVT
Dark blue/gray
65K miles, 1-owner car
loaded with all the toys and safety gizmos (front, rear, head and side airbags, ESP & traction control)
$9,500 + TTL

Car is in Phoenix, AZ and will ship for $500 to my door (arrives 07/15). Car has 18" chrome wheels (on a Kumho 245/40/ZR18) which I'm debating if I'll keep (way too shiny)... I stopped by my local Audi shop today to drive one... drives pretty well, and that 220HP of the 3.0 is quite zippy even mated to a slushbox (multitronic/CVT). I read that the 3.0 AT was better than with the 6MT, so I gotta go with the slushbox.

And today is my daughter's b'day - turned 16, and I got to show her the car. She was obviously excited, but will be even more when the car gets here. Its what she wants. Her first car, my very first German car.... Should be an experience.

Thanks to all for the inputs and suggestions... It was fun searching and driving all sorts of cars... at the end of the day, I returned to the Audi which was indeed that which my daughter and I wanted all along...

Pictures forthcoming real soon.....

 

Very nice car. Your daughter is very fortunate. Stylish and safe, I'm sure it will provide here with thousands of miles of trouble free driving as well as give you piece of mind.

 

Congragulations. But buy an extended warranty, if available, on that CVT. At the time that car was built (2002), CVT's were somewhat unreliable with V6s, and used mainly with low-powered fours.