Here is how it went for me.

I bought a 760 Turbo (1990) in 2000 simply because we needed another car and it seem interesting to me. When my oldest daughter was ready to drive I taught her how to drive and she pretty much knew she didn't have an option. I told her to get out the manual and change a tire and come get me when she was done. About 45 minutes later the tire was changed and she was pretty proud.

Four years later my second daughter was ready to drive, knew she had no real choice, took two hours to change the tire because she spent the first hour trying to talk her way out of it. Changed it and was pretty proud.

The second daughter is now driving it to college, with 326,000 miles. Original head, transmission and turbo. It's been an amazing vehicle. Her friends make fun of her dad and how cheap he is.

They both always commented how much nicer the car really was when compared to their friend's Honda civics, etc.

I just tried to reason with them about how truly unimportant a car really is. I never thought it was a good idea for the kid to have the nicest car in the family. That's why they got the 760 and the 850 and I kept my 240's for the parents.

I always loved this picture.