joe mcmillan

When I was a teenager there was not even any discussion about my parents buying a vehicle for me. It was for me and up to me if I wanted to drive. I bought and drove junkers for years until I could afford something nice.
When my four kids each went to highschool, we discussed grade points and what would be necessary for me to help them out with a car. The first three never made the grade point so no help from me and no drivers liscense until I no longer had to sign for them @ 18. The last one made the grades and got a car. By that time I only had her at home and could afford to make the purchase.
Earn it yourself one way or another and it will have more meaning to you.

Gpguy

Good luck, Jarred. There's a lot of people on here who forget what it's like to be 16 I think, and its to bad. It's been 26 years since I was 16, but my dad helped me with my first vehicle, 1: because it was more important to get good grades then dealing with d-bags who are pissed I never got their fry order right at the McDonald's drive through, and 2: because I lived to far in the sticks to get a job anyways. He would have had to drive me an hour each way to get me there, and that wasn't happening. I got his old '71 chev C10 pickup, which was pretty much (and is) my dream truck anyways. I appreciated it. Very much. It meant freedom. I was wrenching on it all the time (mostly just to keep it running) and even slowly put a nice stereo in it (as nice as you could get in 1989! Lol). Don't listen to these guys. Their "by the bootstraps" mentality is the reason they can't reply to a thread on here without making any English teacher cringe. The older they get, the better they were! Lol.

As for recommendations, my biggest recommendation is to find something as stock as possible. From what I can see, a lot of the problems you see on here and other forums is mechanical issues attributed to aftermarket accessories such as lift kits, poor wiring, etc... Most vehicles, when left stock, are pretty dependable. I bought a can am commander with a 6" lift and 33" tires on it, and before I pulled all that crap out and put it back to stock, I was blowing axles every time I looked at it. Don't buy someone else's mistake.

P.S. I wouldn't want a Honda Accord either. Lol

bigred90gt

At 16 years old you cannot enter into a legally binding contract and establish credit. If he finances the remainder, it will be on his parents credit with him making the payments. It will teach the value of making payments on time, but will do nothing for credit at his age.

fcancer

I dident no that.
I wouldent finance a damn thing then

a_Hummel20

So you're saying that a 4.0 student athlete, that plays 3-4 sports and practices 12 months a year doesn't deserve a vehicle if financially affordable? They should quit all sports to "get they're priorities straight" so they can have a vehicle to get to and from school/practices? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life. Not every kids desire is to drop out at 16 and get a job to grind the rest of they're life away.

STX4x405

I would stick with an 04-08 regular cab or crew cab, once you get an extended cab the safety isn't the best anymore. Well passenger safety atleast because there's no b pillar in between the front seat and backseat. I'm about to be 18, I worked for my dad installing floor and remodeling/building houses from my 6th grade year until the summer before my freshman year. Once freshman year started my dad shut his business down. Well I was a stupid little kid and spent my money on 2 nitro powered r/c 4x4 trucks (which are totally badass lol). Anyway the summer after freshman year I knew it was almost time to buy a truck so I started washing vehicles at our local ford dealership making $7.25 an hour. My dad specified that his son wasn't running around in some piece of crap truck, he wanted something under 10 years old with under 80,000 miles, I specified I wanted 4 wheel drive. I ended up saving $4,000 and I found a 2003 regular cab dodge ram 4.7 4x4 with 67,000 miles for $6,000, my parents pitched in the rest, that was In September of my sophomore year, December 6th of that year we drove 3.5 hours to go trade my dodge in on my 2005 regular cab stx 4x4 with 64,000 miles, the dealership gave me $8,000 for my dodge and let me pull my sound system out and my brand new tires off and my truck was 12,000 and I bought a $2,000 extended warranty. So my parents ended up financing a little over $6,000 after ttl, and I had my truck 4 days later to go take my driving test at DMV!!! And trust me every single thing I've done to the truck I've paid for it, and I respect it. The only time it sees a spec of mud is for work. Anyway I bought this truck bone stock and this is how it sits today and I paid for every single mod that's on it!!! Just work hard buddy, show your dad that you're willing to do whatever it takes to be in an f-150, show responsibility and he will most likely get you one!!! Good luck man! And welcome to the forum

Farmerbrad96

I just got my first truck and I worked for every dollar.

Zax

Jared, First off kudos for saving your money for your truck. My only piece of advice being GAS. These trucks are awesome but they can get very VERY expensive if you drive a lot. Love my truck and will never get rid of it but as a first car while going to school I'm glad I had a Ranger. Better gas and still cool in my book. Not to mention a bit cheaper all the way around. Still look awesome with a lift. Best of luck dude.

avvblanc01

can you please promise me you won't be that kid that buys a truck to look cool in the school parking lot?
Be the kid that gets a truck because they'll actually USE the truck for what it was made for.

Now that I have that rant out of the way, you can actually find a lot of good deals on 09+ trucks that are around the 10-15k mark. Don't be afraid of the XL trucks either. Sure they don't have fancy nav screens and leather, but they're perfectly great trucks with less stuff to break! I'm partially biased since I own one, but I love my XL eco!

kchill93

I've seen many 2005 to 07 models in a decent price range around here

And as far as all the people hollering about daddy shouldn't help his son buy a car need to go on somewhere. I drove around a beat up Mazda for the first part of high school and one day my mom and grandfather surprised me with an all black 2005 Mustang GT. Only thing I had to do was work for my grandfather for a summer and that was sufficient pay back to him( I played baseball throughout high school so no job. But i also have my college tuition paid for right now... = $28K over 4 years)

Turn several years later and I bought my first vehicle (although used) by myself. And SHOCKINGLY, I babied both of those vehicles and kept them pristine. So to say he won't appreciate it could be a little much. From what I see the OP would give a lot of care towards his vehicle.

Okay. I'm done lol