Help Please! Need to convince parents....
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University of Miami is 40k per year??? Wow.
My recommendation is to go to your dad and talk to him about how much 'tang you'll get driving an S at Miami. Living vicariously is a huge selling point. Trust me, the kids are getting out of the house and he's starting to think about 'tang!
You might offer to work part-time while you're taking classes to pay for gas, repairs, mods, insurance and tickets. Taking on some responsibility should count for something.
Get a red or yellow one if it is indeed Miami. Any other color in that city would be a shame.
Post a follow up if you can.
My recommendation is to go to your dad and talk to him about how much 'tang you'll get driving an S at Miami. Living vicariously is a huge selling point. Trust me, the kids are getting out of the house and he's starting to think about 'tang!
You might offer to work part-time while you're taking classes to pay for gas, repairs, mods, insurance and tickets. Taking on some responsibility should count for something.
Get a red or yellow one if it is indeed Miami. Any other color in that city would be a shame.
Post a follow up if you can.
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I wasn't a typical 18 yr old either. 
I still drove like a complete asshat. If I would have had more HP I would have (not probably would have, DEFINATLY would have) killed myself in a car.
The car my parents GAVE me to drive then was a 4,000LBS Diesel car. It had all the accelleration of an elephant running backwards. I didn't get anything decent to drive until I went out and bought it myself. (BTW-- I wrecked the diesel.)
Parents who give their kids sports cars are flat out irresponsible.
I still drove like a complete asshat. If I would have had more HP I would have (not probably would have, DEFINATLY would have) killed myself in a car.
The car my parents GAVE me to drive then was a 4,000LBS Diesel car. It had all the accelleration of an elephant running backwards. I didn't get anything decent to drive until I went out and bought it myself. (BTW-- I wrecked the diesel.)
Parents who give their kids sports cars are flat out irresponsible.
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Your goal in life for the next four years should be to concentrate on school . This time will mold how the rest of your life turns out. An S will be the anchor that drags you down. I now sound like my father, who was right , by the way. Youth is wasted on the young.
Just to put it in perspective, in my day (go, old man!) a Nissan Fairlady, or Datsun 1600 as it was called, had something like 96 hp, and could go 106 mph in perfect conditions. Even that was beyond the skill level of most of us; there is no doubt we would all be dead if we had today's cars.
Just to put it in perspective, in my day (go, old man!) a Nissan Fairlady, or Datsun 1600 as it was called, had something like 96 hp, and could go 106 mph in perfect conditions. Even that was beyond the skill level of most of us; there is no doubt we would all be dead if we had today's cars.
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yup you wont get much sympathy here.
I may help my kids get a car by loaning them money, but i'll never outright hand them things on a silver platter.
I bought and paid for every single car I've owned since I even started driving. paid my own gas, insurance, etc, everything. by 18 i was also living on my own, with rent, utilities, car payment, cell phone, etc. now i had a full time job, but even so, it was all mine and things i paid for myself.
I may help my kids get a car by loaning them money, but i'll never outright hand them things on a silver platter.
I bought and paid for every single car I've owned since I even started driving. paid my own gas, insurance, etc, everything. by 18 i was also living on my own, with rent, utilities, car payment, cell phone, etc. now i had a full time job, but even so, it was all mine and things i paid for myself.
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From: Chantilly
Originally Posted by ruexp67,May 1 2005, 10:51 PM
Parents who give their kids sports cars are flat out irresponsible.
*After thinking about what responsibility is, I retract the above statement and am in full agreement with what you said.
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Originally Posted by chipperman,May 1 2005, 06:57 PM
Your goal in life for the next four years should be to concentrate on school . This time will mold how the rest of your life turns out. An S will be the anchor that drags you down. I now sound like my father, who was right , by the way. Youth is wasted on the young.
Just to put it in perspective, in my day (go, old man!) a Nissan Fairlady, or Datsun 1600 as it was called, had something like 96 hp, and could go 106 mph in perfect conditions. Even that was beyond the skill level of most of us; there is no doubt we would all be dead if we had today's cars.
Just to put it in perspective, in my day (go, old man!) a Nissan Fairlady, or Datsun 1600 as it was called, had something like 96 hp, and could go 106 mph in perfect conditions. Even that was beyond the skill level of most of us; there is no doubt we would all be dead if we had today's cars.
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Not sure how old this guy is, but I'll bet he wasn't a "typical 18 yr old " either:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=287492
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=287492
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From: The Colony, TX
Originally Posted by zdave87,May 1 2005, 10:44 PM
If you truly want an S2000, get it on your own, you'll appreciate it alot more.
Its too easy to neglect something if you did not actually pay for it. Not to mention I think its pretty lame when a person tells me their parents bought "their" car for them. I can understand if your parents pass a Taurus down to you or something, but when it comes to a nice car, you really need to buy that on your own to truly appreciate it.