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Published: March 4, 2008
Selecting a teenager's first car is not something to be taken lightly
By Chuck Mai
Teens like cool cars. So do I. But "cool,” as I discovered, is in the eye of the beholder.

Take my son. After he received his driver's license, I graciously offered to let him have my beloved 1993 high-performance, convertible sports car as his own.

Nah, he didn't want it. His idea of cool is a bit different than mine. That, and I guess the ragtop, still had some Daddy stigma attached to it.

In the end, w...

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