OT: Young KIDS with expensive cars
12-18-2002, 06:27 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by P944forScott:
<strong>I meant no dis to parents helping out there kids.
Heck in 1975 my parents plunked down $600 after I graduated H.S. for a 1968 Opel kadet station wagon.
Ooooooooo! Awwwwwwwww!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Your parents didn't like you very well, did they?
No help here, on every car that i have owned... I'm only 21 and i have had 4 everyday cars. I get hit ALOT when i am sitting dead still. I've already been hit twice in this car sitting still in neighboring towns, once in the front, the other in back of the car.
Anyway, I do all of my own maintainence (except for the timing belt tension, although i do put it on myself and take it to the mechanic).
If you can have someone buy you a car and fix it too, good for you. I know that is what i plan to do for my kids. No worries.
<strong>I meant no dis to parents helping out there kids.
Heck in 1975 my parents plunked down $600 after I graduated H.S. for a 1968 Opel kadet station wagon.
Ooooooooo! Awwwwwwwww!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Your parents didn't like you very well, did they?
No help here, on every car that i have owned... I'm only 21 and i have had 4 everyday cars. I get hit ALOT when i am sitting dead still. I've already been hit twice in this car sitting still in neighboring towns, once in the front, the other in back of the car.
Anyway, I do all of my own maintainence (except for the timing belt tension, although i do put it on myself and take it to the mechanic).
If you can have someone buy you a car and fix it too, good for you. I know that is what i plan to do for my kids. No worries.
12-18-2002, 07:59 AM
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It's good when parents help their kids. It's bad when kids are spoiled.
But worst of all are people who use objects to make statements about social class, and treat other human beings badly on the basis of what they own or don't.
The US is chock-full of people who think that what they buy determines their worth as a human being. It's enough to make a thoughtful man puke. Class is something nobody talks about much in this country, but everybody thinks about all the time... measuring themselves against some imaginary yardstick. It makes me feel tired.
The only response to people who look down on you from the lofty eminence of all their "stuff" is to ignore them, and pity them.
But worst of all are people who use objects to make statements about social class, and treat other human beings badly on the basis of what they own or don't.
The US is chock-full of people who think that what they buy determines their worth as a human being. It's enough to make a thoughtful man puke. Class is something nobody talks about much in this country, but everybody thinks about all the time... measuring themselves against some imaginary yardstick. It makes me feel tired.
The only response to people who look down on you from the lofty eminence of all their "stuff" is to ignore them, and pity them.
12-18-2002, 08:02 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by ecpunk:
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Anyway, I do all of my own maintainence (except for the timing belt tension, although i do put it on myself and take it to the mechanic).
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Anyway, I do all of my own maintainence (except for the timing belt tension, although i do put it on myself and take it to the mechanic).
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12-18-2002, 08:25 AM
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My dad bought "my" car just a few weeks before I turned 19. I had maybe $2000 worth of savings which all went straight to his account, and for the past two years pretty much all the money I've gotten from part-time jobs I've used to pay up... luckily this is a no-interest loan 
Next year it should be all covered (I'm still about $1000 down), and I'll get the title.
This doesn't mean I paid the car in full, as I get quite a lot of maintenance financed by my parents... but I think I've done enough to appreciate what I have.
I do have a problem with the fact that I just can't drive the car as fast as it can go - think of SUVs that don't off-road, poseurs... - but maybe in few years... but it also works the other way, I don't think too highly of other kids driving fast cars with no skill.
OTOH if somebody buys his boy a Boxster, and the kid then actively goes to DE's etc to really learn to drive that car, then I have absolutely no problem with that.
Next year it should be all covered (I'm still about $1000 down), and I'll get the title.
This doesn't mean I paid the car in full, as I get quite a lot of maintenance financed by my parents... but I think I've done enough to appreciate what I have.
I do have a problem with the fact that I just can't drive the car as fast as it can go - think of SUVs that don't off-road, poseurs... - but maybe in few years... but it also works the other way, I don't think too highly of other kids driving fast cars with no skill.
OTOH if somebody buys his boy a Boxster, and the kid then actively goes to DE's etc to really learn to drive that car, then I have absolutely no problem with that.
12-18-2002, 11:53 AM
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A few years ago I went to a salvage looking for some Bose speakers from a Camaro and the guy directed me to 3 Z28s that he said were all in there compliments of the same kid, all under 15K miles. 
12-18-2002, 04:39 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by ElonDooberhead:
<strong>my buddy just sold his 98 E36 M3 for $30K to some people giving it to their 15yo kid.... how rediculious</strong><hr></blockquote>
unless i was going to die without the money, i wouldnt have sold it to them!
<strong>my buddy just sold his 98 E36 M3 for $30K to some people giving it to their 15yo kid.... how rediculious</strong><hr></blockquote>
unless i was going to die without the money, i wouldnt have sold it to them!
12-18-2002, 05:00 PM
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For me 17 got liscence, week later borrowed 1000 from parents for an 89 Pontiac 6000le (grandma car) Had to pay back the 1000 plus 600 becaause the tranny went. Totaled that car june of 01 got 700 from insurance company (non fault accident) Bought my 93 impreza for 700 (190,000 miles on the clock) Thats my daily and then in oct of this year had my dad co-sign for 7,500 on my Porsche. I've paid the insurance 100% since I got my liscence. Credit card helped me with maintainance.
12-18-2002, 06:02 PM
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I bought my first car when I was 18 and a senior in college. I paid $400 for a 15 year old Subaru wagon with 135,000 miles on it. It looked 25 years old and you could see the street throught the floorboards. I loved that car, and believe it or not, the women loved it too. It had a hole in the muffler and sounded like a race car to them!
With 4 wheel drive I could drive up the stairs of the admin building straight into the quad - until the clutch cable broke one icy night and I had to leave it halfway up the stairs until the next morning! I had quite a bit of explaining to do that day.
But I bought the car on my own and did it by working 3 jobs while taking 18 or 21 credit hours each semester. I didn't really sleep much for about 2 years. I was lucky enought to have my parents pay for about half of my schooling, but when hard times hit, I had to take over.
So when people like Matt tell their stories, I still get that little pang of anger/jealousy, even thought it was many years ago. Although, I was the beneficiary of a 'daddy's girl' for a short period, so I can't feel too badly. I dated a girl who came to school with a brand new 7-series BMW. Where she came from, it was ok, but not a Mercedes after all! It was fun until she realized that not everyone's father made 5 million a year. What a shock! She became a snob and ended up losing all of her friends. So money doesn't buy you happiness - but sometimes it helps!
With 4 wheel drive I could drive up the stairs of the admin building straight into the quad - until the clutch cable broke one icy night and I had to leave it halfway up the stairs until the next morning! I had quite a bit of explaining to do that day.
But I bought the car on my own and did it by working 3 jobs while taking 18 or 21 credit hours each semester. I didn't really sleep much for about 2 years. I was lucky enought to have my parents pay for about half of my schooling, but when hard times hit, I had to take over.
So when people like Matt tell their stories, I still get that little pang of anger/jealousy, even thought it was many years ago. Although, I was the beneficiary of a 'daddy's girl' for a short period, so I can't feel too badly. I dated a girl who came to school with a brand new 7-series BMW. Where she came from, it was ok, but not a Mercedes after all! It was fun until she realized that not everyone's father made 5 million a year. What a shock! She became a snob and ended up losing all of her friends. So money doesn't buy you happiness - but sometimes it helps!
12-18-2002, 06:06 PM
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[quote] So when people like Matt tell their stories, I still get that little pang of anger/jealousy <hr></blockquote>
At me? Just curious.
-Matt
At me? Just curious.
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12-18-2002, 08:11 PM
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NO MATT! Not at you, at the rich kid who doesn't appreciate what it takes to earn money! No offense intended in any way. <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
12-18-2002, 10:27 PM
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I'm only 16 and i just got an 86 944 na. I'm so happy. It was only 2600 dollars. I paid for half and owe my parents the rest. I'm definitely not a little rick kid. Only my mom works so we don't even have a big income. Nobody in my neighborhood has a car over 20,000 dollars. I've worked a few different jobs, and i was actually really planning on gettin a volkswagen, a 16v mk2. But i ran into this and couldn't pass it up. I'm super stoked. And oh yeah, i'm pretty cautious with it. I got it like 4 days ago and have yet to go over 80mph. I love it though, and want to put mods on it. I guess i better start savin up.
12-18-2002, 10:57 PM
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well, i remember i read this board back in the day (i think almost 1.5 years ago now!!! what an eternity!) and I realized begging my parents to buy me a 944 would never work. Alas, i worked in a warehouse with a bunch of mexicans and learned that makin a buck was not very easy. I finally saved up enuf to get me a e36 325i (the 944 maintenance scares the crap out of me). THe thing is, I was like the 50th kid at school to get a bimmer (altho most of them are auto). I love my car because its my own. It makes me feel good inside to know that I was one of the only kids at school to buy their own car. HOwever, now in college, cars just dont seem to matter as much. I kinda wish I didnt plunk down so much cash and work for a "sporty" car, although I dont regret my decision at all. When people find out i'm from "palos verdes" and that I drive what i drive, they kinda give me a bad stare. But hey, let them think what they want to think, i know deep down inside what i did to get what i have. Thats what makes driving my car all the much better.