[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo_pwr:
[B]Jay the fact that you had second thoughts to me, means that you believe you haven't earned it.

 

Yeah, take it and enjoy it, BUT....there is that "feeling of buying your own car and knowing it" that you will not be able to enjoy....I rememeber when i bought my first NEW car by myself, I was so proud, even if it was a 90 Geo Metro!

 

YoungS2K, did you skip grades or something? To be a licensed financial planner/stock broker at the age of 18 is almost unheard of, especially in these days of college degrees (unless of course you went to college early). Also, not to be intrusive or anything, but as a financial planner, with a pay of 40-50K a year, wouldn't want not want to spend 35K on a car? Just curious.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay Li:
[B]YoungS2K, did you skip grades or something?

 

Fair enough Jay, then can I suggest you make this gesture to your parents. Pay them back when you do have the money. Which your parents if they are like mine would never accept. If this is the case, do what I did when I got my first real bonus. I bought them a tour package ticket to France put it under their name and told them I got such a good deal that it was nonrefundable. They had such a good time and it made me feel good knowing that I could do something for them.

Hey doadea Geo's ROCK!

 

Actually YoungS2K, what I was saying was with a salary of 40-50K, 35K is a big chunk of it. Seems like you'd save more, that's all.

 

what would you know about saving, jay? everything's paid for.

and for the rest of you... he was never going to turn down that car. he was merely typing it out to make himself look like a thoughtful kid. he may well be a thoughtful kid, but he was NEVER intending to turn it down... that's my bet. a flash of an epiphany now long gone as you can read from his recent posts.

enjoy the car.

 

What do I know about saving? Plenty. It's how my parents go to where they are today. Just because it might be paid for, doesn't mean that I don't understand the value of money. Think what you want of me, it doesn't make a difference. But the way I am, if I'm going to take the car, I'm going to go to go all out...no guilt at all.

Edit: If I never intended to turn it down, then why would I have already rejected it once in the past? With all due respect to everyone on this board, I couldn't care less if they viewed me as a thoughtful kid or an idiot...it's not like I have anything to gain by lying...

 

I hope this thread help you relief some of that guilty feeling you have.
You are old enough to make a decision.
If you think you should take it, then take it.
A lot of factors need to be considered.
Personally, I would never have taken it unless it actually hurts them not to.
My mom would work 3 jobs if I tell her I want a NSX. In fact, she would even offer that if she finds out that's what I secretly want.

However, you are obviously in a different family and you have different principles.
There is no need to seek approvals from strangers to determine your best course of action.
My principles will never allow me to do it and my principles are the only thing I have 100% control over in my life. I will not abandon them.

My wife, on the other hand, took a used accord from her parents as a gift and whined about her sister getting a new car at the same time in high school. When she bought a new car, she sold that used car back to her parents. That's the same car she got as a gift.
I was obviously not happy about that, but if that's the way it works between her and her parents.......

 

Brokers.......salesmen........ Lucky bastids. They make sooooooo much money!

I just don't have the (im)moral capacity to be one.

-S2-