Okay. I am going to put myself in your parents shoes. I am thinking, I sell the car and then give him some money to spend on a nice bike. Then he wants to go out with his friends and he's going to want to borrow my car, which I have spent a large chunk of my pay on. So then he get's in an accident and my insurance goes up. Ah, better to let him have his beater, even if it just sits in the driveway most of the time.