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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

A 74 Bug is not a good car for a kid of today to use as a daily driver. They are not a particularly safe vehicle, and he will almost surly have a wreck like most every teenager first time driver. ...

I agree with this. I wrecked my first car. It was a cheap clunker so it was totaled (although not much damage). I also wrecked and my wife's first VW (1966). It was not my fault), but the Crown Vic that hit me was barely damage and my car was crushed (and I ended up broken in the hospital). I also wrecked my first 911 (1974) and it was totaled (again not my fault). The high school kid in the VW that hit me ended up in the hospital.

I had bought the first '74 911 for my daughter to drive, but she just did not have the driving skill in traffic and was so distracted trying to use the clutch that I gave her our old Toyota 4Runnner instead and took the 911 myself. She liked it a lot better and learned to drive very well before she switched back to a manual. Based on that experience, I would get a 16-year-old a disposable automatic with better brakes and airbags. When they master that, maybe help them get something else.