but if you get the boring reliable car first, then they might grow up not enjoying driving, and then not being into cars because they are just a conveyance and an appliance to them...and then one day they will not be buying that manual car to keep them in the market, or not modifying that old classic 2003 RS6 or something
I have owned a plethora of unreliable cars my entire life, and the two that left me stranded were the GMs - the Grand Prix with its "reliable" 3.8L and the Saab, each once. Not the Alfa, not the Mini, not the Audi...
Meh, different life philosophies I guess between us, hope the kid grows up loving cars, no matter what is driven.