[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by YWGT3

Hey Mad dog driver,

Perhaps consider writing a check for $16,000 as a tax-free gift to your daughter this year and the remaining $34,000 in 2023. At least, it will preclude you from paying taxes on $32,000. As for cars, the best gift is one that your daughter chooses. But make sure it's sturdy and reliable. My bodyshop guy is not a fan when it comes to Audis because some of the body panels are actually taped on for weight-saving measures. He's not a fan of Teslas or Mini Coopers for their structural design and workmanship as well.

Genius. Thank you!!

I'm not a fan of Audi's for that and numb steering, IMHO.

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I have the most amazing child. My daughter is finishing law school in the spring and hasn't put a foot wrong in life. She wants to move to a city in the southwest and I can't send her there in her old 3-series.

My budget is 50,000 and I'm open to German brands. She is a bit more level-headed than dad (whom she and my chief therapist have pronounced high-maintenance) and told me she wanted a 3-series diesel. And she wants the paint color to be black.

I was thinking a CPO 4 series convertible. She will only be young once and is a really good kid. She saved my life and I have to make her leave me to go to class and study.

Thanks for the suggestions!!

Without reading the whole thread I'm going to make a suggestion that someone may have already made, a car is a great gift but this is a once in a lifetime achievement. Perhaps a keepsake that will last a lifetime. A watch or something similar that she will always have as a reminder of your love and her achievement. Or a Porsche, something that she could also keep for a lifetime.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

Without reading the whole thread I'm going to make a suggestion that someone may have already made, a car is a great gift but this is a once in a lifetime achievement. Perhaps a keepsake that will last a lifetime. A watch or something similar that she will always have as a reminder of your love and her achievement. Or a Porsche, something that she could also keep for a lifetime.

I got her a special Mont Blanc Limited Edition Pen, my friend. Great minds think alike!! (Except on the Porsche. She's on her own there!!)

[Murf the Surf]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I got her a special Mont Blanc Limited Edition Pen, my friend. Great minds think alike!! (Except on the Porsche. She's on her own there!!)

Nice gift.....but there is no substitute.

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I got her a special Mont Blanc Limited Edition Pen, my friend. Great minds think alike!! (Except on the Porsche. She's on her own there!!)

What a cheapskate. The porch would have lasted her a lifetime.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

...Yaris...a car he liked...

Said no one ever... Right up there with "cool Prius"

[BMWGUYinCO]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I got her a special Mont Blanc Limited Edition Pen, my friend. Great minds think alike!! (Except on the Porsche. She's on her own there!!)

This. When I got my first professional job, my Dad gave me a Mont Blanc matching pen and pencil set. That was over 35 years ago, and I still have and use them!

[2008M36MT]

Originally Posted by BMWGUYinCO

This. When I got my first professional job, my Dad gave me a Mont Blanc matching pen and pencil set. That was over 35 years ago, and I still have and use them!

I lost my Mont Blanc pen my mom gave me on some random birthday within a month of getting it, fortunately I found it a year later but still. It's rarely used but part of my work travel kit.