[QUOTE]Originally posted by Quik S2K
Hey Dcak, I got my first car at 15, does that make me spoiled?

 

I got my MY00 when I was 17. I am getting the 04 this month. I pay my own car note and insurane. I work and I am currently taking 16 hours this semester in college.

 

im 19 , and i pay half of the cars payments....its kinda normal in my country that your parents help u with the payments

 

I've been told I have a mental age of about 14. Does that count.

Although I'm fairly sure it's still a higher mental age than many on this board.

 

You gonna spoil me with Aloe?!?

 

im 16, turn 17 in feb. as far as payments, ive payed for about a 1/3 of my car, mom and pops help with the rest and as far as the high school thing, as long as you dont act stuck up and are cool with everyone, everyone will be cool with you.

 

I'm 29. My S is my company car. So I guess im spoiled cuz... I...don't ...actually...pay..for..it?

HMMMMM

Peace to all you 16 yr olds. When I was that age, my old man offered me a rusty 77 Gremlin for free or get a factory job and make payments on my own. I chose the latter. 88 Prelude was 1st car. I drove that car like Vin Diesel ! Replaced more clutches than I can count.

02 Suzuka

 

17... first car was an 02 WRX.. then an 03 RSX-S... now an 03 S2K....

 

Come on folks!!!! If you can afford it and your kids are respectful, responsible, and will take care of the car, get them whatever you want. Don't stick them with some shitbox ride just because your parents screwed you!!!! That, "I walked through snow 5 feet tall and pushed my Grandpa's Buick to and from school everyday after I pumped gas for 15 hours a day" line is crap and gets nothing accomplished. You can give a child a GT 2 and still teach them values that will allow them to be hardworking grown ups that can provide for themselves, it is HOW you teach them about values that makes the child. The car is irrelevant it is the values that you teach them that are the key. If they treat the S like crap and start acting like punks, then you take it away and keep it for yourself!! Then give them the family truckster!!! If your 18 and your parents bought you an S, consider yourself very fortunate, take care of it, respect your parents and understand how hard it is to pay for it. Your day will come. As my Dad always said, "You will have the rest of your life to work!!! Play while you can because it won't be long before you will be paying for your own car!!!" Young adults are alot smarter than we give them credit for, it is a different world!

 

02 formula red, bought when I was 17 now 18. I've also been working since I was 12, plus the stock market helped me afford the S, pay for college myself aswell.