Dad talked to dealer this morning
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Allen said:
Gotta agree w/ you here. Am I paying for my car by myself? Yup. Do I have a problem with this kid because he's not? No. He's 16, you can't expect him to afford it himself. And if you were a "rich dad", would you NOT hook your son up and give him things that you wished you had? Or would you be a d1ck and make him go buy some $100 beater.
In my eyes, as long as he cares for the car and appreciates it, then he's not spoiled.
SpecialK said:
I think you need to chill, SpecialK. While I give you credit for doing it all yourself, wouldn't you have had a better life if your parents at least paid your way through school or something? Did they even offer to? I dunno, if the parents can afford to send you to college, but refuse to, there's something wrong there. Not saying that your parents DID refuse or anything.
So let's see, would you consider ME spoiled? Because my parents gave me my first car (which was my mom's old car)...a POS '85 mercury Grand Marquis. They also bought me my first PC for $4500 in High School. They paid my way through college. And when the '85 Grand Marquis finally crapped out, my dad gave/sold me his 96 nissan pickup on the condition that I'd give him $7K for it when I got out of school. I paid it off within 6 months of beginning my job, while I was paying for my mp3.
So aside from cost of living, my parents gave me...
-College ($60K)
-My first car (in 1996, which was worth about $1K)
-MY own first PC (in 1996, which was $4500)
So does the above make me spoiled? You may think so, but I don't. Paying for your child's schooling a first car are both pretty standard nowadays. A lot of parents even pay for their kids' insurance (not mine though, and even worse they wouldn't put me under their account, so it cost me a LOT to insure).
And, yeah, they bought me a nice PC back in the day. But I needed it, as I was going to college for Computer science.
I paid because I wanted to, I didn't think that they needed to spend their money on my education. Once I was 18 I paid for everything, that was my decision, I am glad. I have worked hard for everything that I have. I am chilled, wtf are you talking about. I must be from the old school. I am not saying that me parents never bought me anything, they did, plenty. But cars and my college was on me, and that was my decision. I think you appreciate things much more if you work for them. That is just my opinion. My paernts are great, and always have been. I appreciate everyting they did for me. Can you put it to rest now. I am bored with this. We are off topic btw.
When I got my first car I asked my parents for it, they told me that if I wanted a nice car I would have to buy it myself, so I got a job saved up went to the dealer with $2000 put it down on what I thought was a nice car at the time (88 rennault GTA 2.0 very similar to a jetta) and financed the balanced.
Drove it home showed my parents, my dad asked how I paid for it I told him I put down $2K and finaced the rest. a month goes by and they are suppose to take the payment out of my bank account and they don't, I call the dealer he says sometimes there is a delay with paper work and they will probably take both payments next month, next month rolls around again no payment taken out, call the dealer, he says call the finance company gives me the number, I call them and find out that my Dad had gone and paid off the loan, and he didn't tell me.
When I asked him about it, he basically said that he would have bought me the car but just wanted to see what I would do to get one, and since I proved that I was willing to work for it and get it on my own, he was very proud and satisfied with that.
So if this persons dad wants to buy him a new car and the person earns it, I don't see a problem with. Everyones situation is different.
Drove it home showed my parents, my dad asked how I paid for it I told him I put down $2K and finaced the rest. a month goes by and they are suppose to take the payment out of my bank account and they don't, I call the dealer he says sometimes there is a delay with paper work and they will probably take both payments next month, next month rolls around again no payment taken out, call the dealer, he says call the finance company gives me the number, I call them and find out that my Dad had gone and paid off the loan, and he didn't tell me.
When I asked him about it, he basically said that he would have bought me the car but just wanted to see what I would do to get one, and since I proved that I was willing to work for it and get it on my own, he was very proud and satisfied with that.
So if this persons dad wants to buy him a new car and the person earns it, I don't see a problem with. Everyones situation is different.
PA_MP3_Man
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jroof said:
Sorry, I don't have any picture of the bulbs switched on at night. Basically, they have a blue/purplish tint and I think they make my car look pretty good at night. It's a bit more "clear" compared to the regular yellowish bulbs from the fog lights. I think one of my friend has a Super Plasma H4 bulb with more of a distinctive purple hue, which looks just as good as mine with a cheaper in price tag. They are not any better than OEM bulbs performance wise.
Gro Harlem
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bah......buying your kid a car is just the beginning to a spoiled ass kid who doesn't understand the value of money.
Watch that WRX be wrecked within a couple months......"daddy, i want a porshe boxster now". I had people like that in my school.....not a good way to raise your kids.
Watch that WRX be wrecked within a couple months......"daddy, i want a porshe boxster now". I had people like that in my school.....not a good way to raise your kids.
smithers_0990
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Wow! You guys take all this way to serious. If you dont think that its right to buy YOUR kids a car then dont, BUT don't even think of critiquing other peoples choices. Im 19 my parents bought my car (and all the mods). Im also paying for college as I speak, which is far more expensive than my P5. I have been working since i was 13 so that I could buy the things that I wanted. They bought me a good reliable car so that it would last me a long time, and I wouldn't have to worry about it breaking down on me all the time.
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this is possibly the funniest thing ive ever heard, ive called dealer myself and talked to the guy all the time, i just didnt want to sound like an annoying asshole to him so i told my dad to call.
Whats the big deal about my dad buying me a car? My dad has 35 trucks for his busness another payment isnt going to matter to him, im an only child to, and my parents see nothing wrong with buying me a car. Who says i dont work? who says im not going to be paying for all my mods? you guys are just guessing about everything. Ive saved up 2 grand so far to mod my car, and am working for my dad over the summer.
Whats the big deal about my dad buying me a car? My dad has 35 trucks for his busness another payment isnt going to matter to him, im an only child to, and my parents see nothing wrong with buying me a car. Who says i dont work? who says im not going to be paying for all my mods? you guys are just guessing about everything. Ive saved up 2 grand so far to mod my car, and am working for my dad over the summer.
MP3skaterNC
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yea i agree with digi, dont worry what people say, my parents have bought me alot of stuff too, they wanted to buy the rest of the mp3 actually, but i wanted to prove something i guess so i paid part. if you want to know an expensive thing for a parent to pay for try skateboarding. breaking a deck every week at 50 bucks a pop, wow, thank god i get them cheaper now. then the 10k for the broken arm. ugh
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