the problems with boy childs & girlfriends is that they want to borrow your car to impress said girlfriend.
I've tried the usual stock answer " dont you think that if you picked her up in my new merc she would only be impressed by what she percieves you to be & not the real you"
off course I got the stock reply " your missing the point dad " & " yeh, but I'm willing to take the risk"
when I was a kid my own girlfriends were expensive enough. I didn't expect to be financing my kids conquest's as well.
you guys have got this to come