Does anyone have any idea what might be a good starter car for a 16 year old living in Michigan? We get a ton of snow each year and she barely passed her driving test. I'm stressing about what car to get her

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I’d go for an old Lexus RX. They are dead nuts reliable, small enough to maneuver but large enough to be safe, and AWD.

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I agree, and great cars for teenagers. We installed a camera for backing up. Didn’t update the stereo.

Subaru. AWD is great in snow, the car is safe and reliable, and relatively inexpensive to fix.

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I would think you'd want a sedan with all wheel drive, they're small and easy to drive and handle the snow well, I have also good things about the subaru Outback

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Whatever car you get, just get her a dedicated set of snow tires/wheels (for use after thanksgiving to spring). Best safety feature you can invest in.

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Budget? Don't spend a ton b/c she's likely to beat it up (most first cars get beaten up).

Snow is fine if she has good tires. Use it as a teaching moment so she learns how to change her tires and the importance of decent tires.

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Jeep wrangler

Super high roll over risk

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High School Automotive teacher here.
Toyota is FWD good in the snow plus the most reliable car there is. Good for 300k or more.

Honda also FWD and reliable 2-300k
I worked at Honda in my younger days.


Ford mid size Fusions are good 13+ my last 3 Ford's all above 200k and my latest 2015 Fusion is at 190k

Subaru 2014+ they fixed the head gasket issues although pre 13 models are reliable but easy to pop a head gasket is they get overheated.

With all that said a car is only as good if it's been maintained.

I would go with an all wheel drive car or if she wants a suv hook her up with an explorer or perhaps a 4 runner

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