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#24
I hold nothing against that kid, or his dad. :shrug:
Ever think he earned it in some way or another? My first car was going to be a brand new S-281, but I didn't make the grades.
I don't see what the problem is. If I have the money when my kids are ready to drive, as long as they're doing good in school, and keeping their nose's clean, I'll get them anything they want.

Edit/ 130mph in a NPI is just as dangerous (if not more) than 130 in that thing.
 
#25
I do not have anything "against" them either. I just believe that if you do not work for something then you do not appreciate it as much. My first car was a 1969 Mustang Grande which cost $1000 and which my father loaned me the money to buy. I paid him back by washing cars at his buddy's Ford dealership for $2.50 an hour. I loved that car and I loved that job and I would be a whole different person without those life experiences.
 
#27
Kilgore Trout said:
I do not have anything "against" them either. I just believe that if you do not work for something then you do not appreciate it as much. My first car was a 1969 Mustang Grande which cost $1000 and which my father loaned me the money to buy. I paid him back by washing cars at his buddy's Ford dealership for $2.50 an hour. I loved that car and I loved that job and I would be a whole different person without those life experiences.
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thats why I asked if this kid was a douche bag. maybe hes a nice guy who works, does sports and makes good grades. I was wanting some more info before labeling him as some POS brat. :shrug: never know...
 
#30
actually this kid makes decent, but not amazingly spectaular grades. I know for a fact that he does not have a job. But he does play goalie in hockey.....back-up that is. SO try telling me hes doing something so good as to earn the car.. hah
 
#31
I live with my grandparents and they have money. But i wouldnt then and wouldnt now ask them for a DIME. They have never spoon feed me or anything. We live on a farm I raised tobacco for 4 yrs on my own. First 2 years i bought my first vehicle a 96 Ford F-150 300ci Inline 6 5 speed which i still have. Then next to years i saved and got my stang. Everyone around me is like this 2, even my 2 other friends i mentioned before. I just cannot stand the fact, a parent no matter how good or bad the kid is would even think about buying them a $10,000 - $50,000 up car. Make the kid earn it, Grades mean nothing! I know people that quit school that have way better things than me and its because they worked hard for it.

Man this subject has really go to me sorry LOL.
 
#32
No matter what, no 16 yr old deserves nor is able to handle that much HP. It's a story we see on a daily basis....youngsters speeding in a car with more HP than they can handle, crashing and sometimes dying.

When I was 18, I drove like a maniac and my car only had 90HP :nice: Yet, I still paid for every "upgrade" I did to the car with my own money.

That's one of the problems in society today as I see it; parents give their children too much and whatever they want, and the children do not learn the value of money, how to earn it, and how to save it for what they want. Now, there are times when that statement doesn't apply. Take my friend Brandon for example. His dad owns a very large sandwich chain here in Hawaii, they live in a multi million dollar home, and he drives an M3 his dad bought him. Yet, he works hard for the dad, buys his own stereo and car upgrades, and more importantly knows the value of hard work and money and is humble about his family and their good fortune.

Now, I'm not hating on rich people, because I'm technically "middle class" or even "upper middle class," but my parents taught me the value of money. When I was 16, and wanted a stereo system (the home type, with those 80's large tower speakers lol), I worked at a local grocery store all summer in order to buy it. My dad paid for it, and I gave him the money for it.

The same goes for my daughter. Although she's only 11, I make her do simple chores around the house in order to get what she wants (a DS game, for example). That way, I instill the "value of hard work in order to get what you want" into her.

My 2 cents.
 
#33
Kilgore Trout said:
I do not have anything "against" them either. I just believe that if you do not work for something then you do not appreciate it as much. My first car was a 1969 Mustang Grande which cost $1000 and which my father loaned me the money to buy. I paid him back by washing cars at his buddy's Ford dealership for $2.50 an hour. I loved that car and I loved that job and I would be a whole different person without those life experiences.
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I agree. My cousin was spoiled growing up. He didn't have to get a job until he was 18, he was handed a brand new, loaded '99 firebird for his high school graduation, and he ran the hell out of it because he knew that our rich grandfather would pay to fix it.

I've worked and gone to school since I was 15, I've paid all of my own stuff, with occasional financial help from the family, which I ALWAYS paid back. Our grandpa gave ME $500 for graduation.

Today, I'm 23, about to graduate with a BA, I have a '96 GT with a decent amount of mods and no car payment, and I live on my own with just my brother and get all the bills paid.

My cousin is 26, a college drop-out (after one semester) has 2 kids with a woman he doesn't even care about, JUST RECENTLY moved out of our grandfather's house and got own place, bounces between construction jobs, and drives a hyundai sonata.

I'd say I turned out a little better. Nothing wrong with hyundai's or construction work, but he had the means to pretty much do anything he wanted. I scratched and clawed my way up and I think it made me the man I am today.


Edit: And I don't care if the kid is a saint and a 16 year-old prodigy who has mastered brain surgery and will be the future leader of the free world. He still doesn't deserve to be HANDED anything. The way I look at it, nobody owes you *****, no matter how good you are. You should still have to earn it. Even if the kid were that good, that just proves that he should be good enough to be able to earn something like that on his own.
 
#34
i was 16 when i got my stang...but it just before i turned 17 off of a family friend..by the time i bought it i had been working for a couple of years and had saved up th emoney to buy it ,because i had planned on buying it because i liked it so much.......have not wrecked it yet ,because i respect my driving privleges and other people on the road and i do not drive like a maniac.........much lol
 
#36
you can't say that he will total it within a few years, that truely depends on the type of kid who is driving. some kids are alot more cautious then their peers. Other kids may be bitten to show it off in front of their friends or girls who feel they need something to prove and will suely at some point wreck it or hurt themselves. not every 17 year old with a mustang will drive it like an idiot. my 2 cents
 
#38
yeah. and i bet those parents of his will be regretting it IF anything bad happens. its a powerful car. and by the way, he decided not to drive the car to school because he knows straight up that kids will screw with it becuase of their jealousy/ hatred. haha
 
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