i'm 19, got my license 3 days after i turned 16, and had my first car given to me. it was nothing special, 93 s-10, and it was given to me by an uncle who didn't need it anymore. i didn't have a job, and my parents paid my insurance. i worked over the summer and lived off the money from that forever. i was planning on doing that again next summer but my parents told me if i didn't have a job by the end of the month i was losing my phone and truck. i got a job, and thanked them for it later. i also graduated 5th in the class and earned a full tuition scholarship to a couple different colleges. i dropped out for now, but thats a story for the rant section. i now can almost afford to move out on my own, make a truck payment, insurance, and cell phone, not to mention food, gas, and anything else.
moral of the story: be sure to help, because it would be tough to do without a car. but don't let them take advantage of it
