All this talk about station wagons brings memories of my youngest sister back. She hates station wagons, especially those with wood siding (remember those?) If one of her friends' mothers picked her up in one, she and her friend would duck down so they wouldn't be seen in those ugly cars.
We were going to try and get her a station wagon with wood siding for her 16th birthday, but it ended up costing too much. It would have been a great joke...
Had you gotten her something with a big motor, her opinion might have changed... And that one I had featured that faux woodgrain on the sides! [Contact paper?] ;)