I've driven Volvo's for years, and my daughter has been a passenger in them all her life. when she learned to drive, she drove an 88 244 with an M47. she went off to university, and I felt a better, safer, more reliable car would be the ticket, so i found a 97 Audi A4 Turbo that I hoped would allow her a little more confidence on the winter roads with the all wheel drive. She wouldn't drive it, and preferred to stay with the brick. Three years later, I have less trouble with that car than anything else in my garage.

As far as kids appreciating cars versus driving them into the ground, all i found I had to do was infuse a sense of responsibility for the car into her, force her to understand the expenses by having her pay for part of the insurance and any repair costs, and i found her respect for her old Volvo is great. Give a kid everything, and not help them understand they have been given a gift that is not forever, and it's a recipe for disaster. Kids who are given everything in the first place take it for granted, and they'll never respect a car, even their own, because of a false sense of entitlement.