The cars that I got were never over $3000 when my dad bought them....and that was for the prism which he drove before I got it. The Lebaron was like $2400 or something like that....and that was my brothers. The Skylark was only a couple years old when my mom bought it and I was like 10 at the time. Speaking of Cavs though, my freind had a 86 and it was the biggest POS ever, but it was freakin' awesome cause it was ghetto fabulous. I just personally see that $5000 is too much to spend on a car for a kid. My dad did pay for my contour that I have now and that is because I am selling my talon for the same price as what I bought this one for ($1900) and I am paying him back. I just don't think kids should be given such nice expensive things when they are so young. They think that they should be given these things when later in life they are going to have to pay for these things. But I am just rambling now......and not making any sence.