I'm with Tech on the easy come, easy go, no appreciation angle. Only you know the true character of the young man, but in general much of this younger generation (Gen Y/Millennials) have an "I want it now" attitude in the workplace. Too many of them seem to want their first house to be the house that their parents had after working 30 years to have, their first car to be the new high dollar ride, etc, etc. You say that you made your own kids save to buy their cars, and that the process taught them a good life lesson. Why would you do differently with a kid that you have no ties to? He needs to do something to invest some pain in the gain, either scrimping and saving, seeing the car sitting in your lot waiting for him as Bug says, or sweat equity like Tech says. I think it's a mistake to simply give him the car, but that's just my opinion.