Seriously! I've long said that when my son is old enough to drive, he'll drive whatever he can afford to buy for himself! If I won't spend $10K to get him a new car, why in h@## would I pay $10K for a weekend of debauchery?
On that note, my whole wedding cost about what her dress did, and I sold my Chevy Blazer to pay for it. After we were married we drove a used Ford Fiesta for the next three years.
Heh...you and I are from the same cut. We drove a POS early model Nissan Sentra (manual) for a couple years. Then we "stepped up" to a Chevy Corsica LOL!