Matt O.

Yesterday I drove by a 986 head on, I see it around campus alot (thought it was a prof). So I gave a quick wave, and as I pass him he gives me the CLASSIC look of "I'm better then you" as he rolls his eyes.

I know that is something really stupid to let get to you, but what a *****! He was probably 20, and had ECU plastered over the back window. Daddy probably got it for him for graduating high school (whoop-dy-friggin-do)... as if he could even FIND the engine of that car....

Anyway, done ranting.

Fixn2xlr8

I know what ya mean. "Daddy" seems to be much more giving today than when I was a kid. The way I look at it, a father that buys his child something like that has no faith in his kids ability to ever aquire it for himself. I bought every car I ever had, and took care of them. You wouldnt see me cutting doughnuts in the Walmart parking lot either. Tires came out of my pocket.

jabbadeznuts

Matt,

I just reciently purchased an '88 944. The agreement I had with my parents was that I would pay for it and pay for matenence. My parents helped with roughly 1/3 of the purchase cost.


I really and truly respect MY car and all cars more since I have the responsibility of maintaining one. I go to a private school, so mommy and daddy get Jimmy a brand dew bimmer for his 16th birthday.....


For me, my car is a point of pride. I bought the car, I take care of it, it's MY car.

PCinDC

When I was in high school, there was a guy there who drove either the Benz S500 his daddy bought for him, or if he grew tired of that, his mom's Jag XJS, or his dad's BMW 740I.

I debated for a long time whether or not it was jealousy that made me feel the way I did (sick to my stomach)....I came up with a "Yes you are jealous" and decided that from there a better attitude for me would be "If thats what the parents want to do with their money, good for them."

IceShark

Don't let it get to you. The styling of the 944 is timeless, I still get people that go out of their way to come up and make a compliment.

My favorite was when I had the thing in an open air stacked garage in Chicago and I would put on the car cover if I had to leave it for a few days. I was pulling the cover off and a woman came up to say how much she admired the car. Then she said her little girl, who loved the car also, would say the car had its pajamas on for sleep when the cover was on! <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

P944forScott

[quote]Originally posted by Matt Olde:
[QB]Yesterday I drove by a 986 head on, I see it around campus alot (thought it was a prof). So I gave a quick wave, and as I pass him he gives me the CLASSIC look of "I'm better then you" as he rolls his eyes.
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Just wait...
He probably won't have any preventative maintenance done on the car (unless daddy is taking care of that too) so when you see him on the side of the road you can:
A. Offer him $500 for the pos.
B. Give him the finger as you drive on by.

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Scootin159

[quote]Originally posted by Matt Olde:
<strong>Yesterday I drove by a 986 head on, I see it around campus alot (thought it was a prof). So I gave a quick wave, and as I pass him he gives me the CLASSIC look of "I'm better then you" as he rolls his eyes.

I know that is something really stupid to let get to you, but what a *****! He was probably 20, and had ECU plastered over the back window. Daddy probably got it for him for graduating high school (whoop-dy-friggin-do)... as if he could even FIND the engine of that car....

Anyway, done ranting.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Eh, I imagine most people know where the engine is in a Boxster, especially if they have one. I would be almost certain he couldn't tell you which way the crankshaft is pointing though (he would have a 50% chance of guessing though).

Then again, I've had people who have seen me working on me car if the engine was in the back (as I had the hood open). My uncle still doesn't believe me that the transmisison is in the back...even after I showed him the transmission...he just figured it was a real big differential.

SidViscous

Kid I bought my 84 from had gotten it from his Sister. He paid like $1000 for it, so heavily subsidized. But he's working his way through College to be a pilot, and for the most part respected the car, and was sad to see it go. Not allot of his money in it, but allot of sweat.

On the flipside. One day I was driving down Beacon street in Boston to go to a movie. Sun was very low and right out front. Impossible to see. Parked the car and went to the theatre. There was some Euro-trash who had apparently decided to pass someone in his brand new Viper and completely demolished the Front end. I can tell you I would have been driving like a Nun undr those low visibility conditions if I had actually paid for the car, hell I drove like a nun in my 84 Civic Hatchback that I DIDN'T pay for, but knew it would be hard for me to replace since I was low on Dough.

I agree flip him off next time. Or at least stop him and ask if you can look under the hood

Matt O.

I agree. I'm not going to sit here and say my dad never helped me out, or that he didn't BUY (100%) my first car, because he did.

He let me have the family hand-me-down, 84 Chrystler New Yorker, then we found the 87 924S and we got it for $2500. We did much of the work, and when it was wrecked we got $5,500 for it, and got my 944 a year later for $5,500. I've done most of the work, although he doesn't mind helping me out getting parts. I do my absolute best to find used parts, when, if I was to say "dad we gotta have the Porsche dealer fix it" he'd pay for it. But he knows I won't abuse that. For instance, when I screwed up the timing, he was the one who said we should take it in and he even paid for it.

Anyway, I'm not against parents helping their kids, but there has to be a point at which it becomes ridiculous. Me and my $2,500 924S when I was first starting college, compared to a $30K + Boxster... hmm...

-Matt

yoyoguy2

yeah, i dont' know how kids these days (yeah, i'm 19 and i talk about "kids these days" ) get all this stuff from their parents. shortly after i turned 16, my parents did give me a car, a 10 year old honda civic that had no tires and burned oil like mad. it was my mother's car, and it went to me instead of the meager trade in it would have probably provided. i worked all through high school, at LEAST 2 jobs at any one time, and i paid for just about everything. the same with the other cars i've owned, i paid for it all, if i couldn't afford it, it went on my credit card and i learned a valuable lesson about debt (it sucks, but it allows you to buy anything ) as i paid off what i could. i'm amazed that parents won't give their kids the responsibility, or MAKE them learn the responsibility associated with owning a car. if and when i have kids i intend to do the same thing my parents did, give them a start, help them if they really need it, but make them actually work for something if they want it. too many people make it to college with no idea how the world works...

DustinWayman

Well, to tell you all the truth, I am 18 years old and I bought both of the cars listed below and I do pay for all the parts/repairs on both of them. I am actually at my office right now making the money to pay for both of them. I love cars, and my family have always been into Porsche, with my father mainly racing them. My parents did buy me a 2002 Celica GT-S, but I did sell it and also paid them what they lost on the car to pay it off. I didnt feel I needed a new car, I ended up with a much better car though with my S2. Paid for in full, and the Title is in my name.

Thanks,
~Dustin Wayman

Dan Gallagher

neither of my parents helped me buy my cars, my mother lent me money when i needed a new clutch which i paid back. the only help i got was having my cars under my moms name/insurance so i dont have to pay a million dollars to the insurance company since i am 18 (17 when i bought the 944)

GOBOGIE

Buddies of mine in high school use to rouse me about having a nice sports car and I'd get the occassional spoil'd kid look from people, but little did they know that I work'd my butt off for it pumping gas and fixing tires after school and practice for what ever season it was (baseball/basketball/football).

Granted this kid may very well be a jerk and a spoil'd undeserving brat, but so what!!! Don't give him the effert of letting him bother you. Lord knows, what comes around goes around. Hard working guys like yourself always come out on top eventually (although it may not seem so at present). Trust me!!!

Keep you chin up Matt

Speedraser

Here is a view from the other side.
When I was 16, my parents bought me my first car -- a brand new 1983 Saab 900 Turbo. It had 18 miles on it when I took delivery on May 25, 1983 (a Wednesday, if I recall correctly). They bought it for me because 1) I was lucky and 2) they knew that I understood and appreciated the magnitude of the gift. I always took extremely good care of everything I had, and they had no doubt that I would respect that car. They were right. My high school parking lot was full of Mustangs, Camaros, and Firebirds. Not surprisingly, I had the only Saab. I was also virtually the only student in my high school who didn't wreck his car. I never understood how a kid could be given a car, wreck it, then be given a better car, but it happened with amazing frequency.

I took that Saab to college, at which point it was 2 years old with 50,000 miles and literally looked showroom new. I never looked at anyone like the kid in the Boxster looked at Matt Olde.

I still have that Saab, almost 20 years later. I have driven it over 263,000 miles, and it still runs beautifully. It still has the original clutch, even after towing snowmobile and boat trailers (I don't understand it either). The turbocharger has never been replaced, and it doesn't burn oil. Unfortunately, 19 salty winters have caused it to start to rust. Since it is my first car, I am going to put it away after this winter until I can throw some money at it and restore its cosmetics -- mechanically, it's going strong.

Not all kids who are given nice cars when they are "too" young are unappreciative snobs. Sadly, many are; don't give them the satisfaction of letting them get to you.
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nine-44

I got a diploma for graduation, I had to buy my 944. Bought first 88 944 $3500, wrecked it. Bought second 88 944 $2000, building it up with parts from first car. Found complete 951 engine $2200, now the current project.