I turned 16 in 95. In 94 mom and dad bought me a 88 or 89 Mazda mx6 for about $1500. Said I could drive it for a year and they would upgrade a little bit. It was a 5 speed and I wrecked it about 2 months after I turned 16 just as dad predicted. After that he gave me a budget number and told me to go find what I wanted in that price range. I think the budget was $4k. So I went out and got a jeep Cherokee 4x4. Over the next 2 years I would sell and buy the following:
jeep cherokee
ford probe gt
Chevy s10 blazer 4x4
jeep grand Cherokee

these never cost dad any more than the initial budget. Once I landed my athletic and academic scholarship dad went out and bought me a new ford ranger extended cab 4x4. Loved that truck and drove it for many years. My college didn't cost him a dime and I lived at home through school so. That was the deal we made my senior year of high school and we both lived up to our ends of the agreement