My first car was a 1990 Oldmobile Cutlass Ciera, very similar to the car seen
here. It had been my dad's car, but around the time that I turned 16 in 1997, he bought my great uncle's Jeep for himself, and this Oldsmobile became the kids'/family car. I'm very lucky that my parents only made me pay for my gas, while they covered insurance and maintenance. I had two younger brothers, so it was expected that when I left for college, I would pass it down to my first brother who was turning 16 around that time, and then similar pass-down for the youngest brother. Alas, the first brother did not take great care of it, and then he totaled it on a snowy winter day. When youngest brother turned 16, he bought my dad's Jeep and my dad bought another used Jeep for himself. Within a few months, youngest brother totaled his Jeep, though it actually was the fault of the other driver (who fled the scene) -- they were on a winding side street often used as a cut-through where people drive too fast, and the other guy was speeding around a blind curve on the wrong side of the road, and my brother swerved to avoid a collision but ended up around a telephone pole.