^ ...I am on the same page with you. I am 20 years old now, have a full time job, My own house (girl friend currently residing with me) Pay mortgage, insurance, car payment, cell phone, and utilities all on my own..Not to mention all the money I'm forking over to my girl tring to get her honor roll ass though Ole Miss....When she graduates and becomes a colledge professor I'm takin my HARD WORKIN ass to colledge and doing myself a favor..For the moment i'm making 16.50 per hour in a mill. Work is hard as hell, but pay's well. I've had a job since I was 13 year's old...And been working fulltime since I was 18 and still managing High school. When You earn your own way in life you respect what you have more. If everything is givin to you you'll never learn anything about the real world. I bought my 1st car when I was 15 from my mom. It was a 94 jeep cherokee that got me though high school. I had 160k miles on it before I graduated....After I got out on my own, got a good paying job, house, and so on I bought a 2002 s2000 ( Had a gsx right after high school...sold it before getting the s) Work for your stuff man you'll be glad you did later on in life, when momma and daddy's not there to help you out.

 

My dad LOANED me the money to buy my '82 Chevy S-10 in 1993. I didn't have a nice car until my Nissan Frontier, which I purchased on my own after joining the military.

I have spoken to a few youngsters with nice cars, the vast majority had their parents buy it for them. Amzingly enough, the cares tended to have mechanical problems, and were always filthy.

 

Concentrate on school and get whatever car your parents will buy you....There is no nobility in sacrificing an education by working some sh*t job you don't need to

 

You need to examine your comment about "saving my parents 40 grand a year".
It's more like paying your own way.

 

When I was in college, I didn't have a car. Life sucked, but too proud to ask....Best "revenge" is getting one yourself .

 

ruthless....yet so effective

 

Sorry...I have to go with your parents on this one. I hope they stick with their decision not to buy you this car.

 

get a job and then buy one. thats what i did. quit sucking on your mom's tit.

 

this is not a new age. There are still plenty of us young people who pay for their stuff and get a lot of pride out it. Your comparison of the s2k and the neon only applies if both parents paid for the cars. ( I assume that your logic is that since the neon owner only has to worry about pissing away $10k of his parents money, he will be in less trouble than the kid who beats an S to hell when the parents find out) I had an 87 chevy nova when i was first driving and even though i only paid about 500 bucks for it, i took care of it as well as i take care of my S.

You are ruining the reputation of all <25 year old S owners on the board!!! stop positng crap like that.

 

No you read too much into my story. I wrecked it turning left on a yellow light that some guy in a 1/4-ton pickup was trying to race through. A faster, more capable car would NOT have helped me. Being a more experienced, more aware driver would have.

I never drove the car hard, because I COULDN'T drive it hard. It just wouldn't go. I had to drive it nice and easy.