Car for a terrible driver?

kag00

11:34a, 4/17/24

Wife just totaled her 4Runner. It was the third accident in about 6 months (backing into a post and hit a construction barrel). I fully suspect that she will wreck the next one as well and am looking to find something with all the safety feature while also being something that I won't get too angry about when it is wrecked in the future. Requirements are that it can fit 2 teenage boys in the back seat.

Edit: all of these are low speed accidents so the avoidance systems should help.

agnerd

11:48a, 4/17/24

Honda Fit to reduce the risk that she kills someone. She can have a bigger car when she earns it.

Flaith

11:52a, 4/17/24

Get her a bike and an Uber account for the boys? Goodness gracious

I would also seriously discuss having her go through a driving school or lessons. I can't imagine she has much defense against this as she is clearly not currently equipped to drive herself or anyone else safely.

https://houstondrivingschool.net/adult-driver-education/

https://www.courtesydriving.com/home/online_education.html

StockHorseAg

11:55a, 4/17/24

Or, to be on the safe side...
Get her a Gurkha

MGS

11:55a, 4/17/24

kag00

12:01p, 4/17/24

In reply to agnerd

agnerd said:
Honda Fit to reduce the risk that she kills someone. She can have a bigger car when she earns it.

I am definitely in the drive a beater until she "earns it" mode. She was fine for 5 years and then hits everything moving or stationary.

Seriously would love the active stopping features and loud prox alarms on a low end car if they exist.

tk for tu juan

12:14p, 4/17/24

Aggiemike96

12:18p, 4/17/24

Cancel her cell phone.

ac04

12:29p, 4/17/24

maybe some driving lessons? how do you hit 3 different things in 6 months

AgGrad99

12:32p, 4/17/24

Get her a used Hyundai Santa Fe.

You can get those fairly inexpensive, slightly used.

For Example:
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/39846d14-d7d0-4292-8550-ba9ca654c9b5/

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/331bc0b6-c46d-4c18-bd55-1ecdfe8d5599/?attribution_type=isa

Tim Weaver

12:33p, 4/17/24

On a serious note. Maybe get her vision checked?

Dill-Ag13

12:45p, 4/17/24

In reply to Tim Weaver

This. Somethings changed recently in her health?

kag00

12:47p, 4/17/24

In reply to Dill-Ag13

This is real and something being investigated as well.

Jbob04

12:52p, 4/17/24

Dang. Bet your insurance bill will be rough.

mm98

1:25p, 4/17/24

In reply to Jbob04

Jbob04 said:
Dang. Bet your insurance bill will be rough.

If anyone agrees to insures her...

1agswitchin4lanes

3:19p, 4/17/24

Nissan Altima?

Stat Monitor Repairman

3:26p, 4/17/24

Would investigate whether she's on some new medication in the past 6-months or so.

StockHorseAg

3:26p, 4/17/24

In reply to 1agswitchin4lanes

This is the correct answer.

NRH ag 10

9:54p, 4/17/24

Altima is the answer, any savvy driver will know to stay away from her.

PrestigeWorldwideAg12

11:25p, 4/17/24

Bus tickets?

JamesPShelley

8:21a, 4/18/24

That's some seriously crappy driving. She hits me I'm taking the house.

MikesFamousJava

9:46a, 4/18/24

Subaru Forester. Great safety features, great visibility, great AWD system, good cargo capacity for its size, good fuel economy, reliable. Side benefit: dudes won't hit on your wife 'cause they'll assume she's a lesbian (I kid, I kid). My wife and my 2nd daughter both drive Foresters and love them. We got our daughter that car for the same reason…she'd had multiple wrecks and we wanted her to have all the safety features. I drive an Outback BTW, so its safe to say that we're Subaru fans. Our other 2 daughters drive Mazda CX-5s, which are nice also.

ac04

10:34a, 4/18/24

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2023/07/13/body-count-these-are-the-safest-and-deadliest-three-year-old-used-cars/?sh=7426b2a27f1f

kag00

11:36a, 4/18/24

In reply to MikesFamousJava

Thanks. Forester has appeared on the list I have been looking at. It will just be an old one until a better one is earned.

Frankly with as much trouble as she has caused me some other guy is welcome to take her off my hands. (I kid…kind of )

rme

12:06p, 4/18/24

Lyft

Mr Mojo Risin

12:20p, 4/18/24

Only $14k

https://texags.com/forums/50/topics/3433300

America was built on speed, hot, nasty, badass speed.

CanyonAg77

12:30p, 4/18/24

Already has proper badging

Flaith

1:28p, 4/18/24

My brain immediately went to Citroen Cactus with the weird bumper pads all over it

Perhaps you can find a Saturn to take advantage of the dent resistant polymer side panels.

NoahAg

1:35p, 4/18/24

In reply to MikesFamousJava

MikesFamousJava said:
Subaru Forester. Great safety features, great visibility, great AWD system, good cargo capacity for its size, good fuel economy, reliable. Side benefit: dudes won't hit on your wife 'cause they'll assume she's a lesbian (I kid, I kid). My wife and my 2nd daughter both drive Foresters and love them. We got our daughter that car for the same reason…she'd had multiple wrecks and we wanted her to have all the safety features. I drive an Outback BTW, so its safe to say that we're Subaru fans. Our other 2 daughters drive Mazda CX-5s, which are nice also.

You want her to be a bad driver and a lesbian?

Kyle Field Shade Chaser

3:42p, 4/18/24

Base 2018-2022 Toyota Tundra SR or SR5.

Or back to a 4 Runner SR5 base.

Kyle Field Shade Chaser

3:43p, 4/18/24

In reply to Aggiemike96

Aggiemike96 said:
Cancel her cell phone.

100% this is it

Complete Idiot

5:29p, 4/18/24

Miata

You are practically at the corners all the time

Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno

7:23p, 4/18/24

In reply to kag00

kag00 said:
Thanks. Forester has appeared on the list I have been looking at. It will just be an old one until a better one is earned.

Frankly with as much trouble as she has caused me some other guy is welcome to take her off my hands. (I kid…kind of )

Pics?

Enzomatic

8:24p, 4/18/24

In reply to ac04

I think that the important list needs to be vehicles with lowest death rates of those being hit, not doing the hitting.

Obviously she can't be assured to hit only the vehicles on that list.

uujm

10:56a, 4/19/24

I'd do the math on how much insurance + car payment is going to be and compare that to just ubering. Especially how much insurance will be after she totals another and becomes uninsurable.