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I'm 17 (turning 18 in 3 weeks). Last June I bought a 1LT/RS. My first car was a 06 Impala LT. I pay for everything associated with my car (payment $543/month, insurance $1100/6 months, and gas ~$40/2 weeks) I'm a senior in high school and I work between 35 and 40 hours a week. I'll admit that I don't have very much money left over after I pay for my car. I would say if he has to work like I do to pay for his car I'm all for him getting it. It really teaches you a lot of responsibility having to pay for your dream car. I love this car to death and wouldn't trade it for anything. However if you're just going to hand him the keys and say "have fun" I would never let him have it. If he works for it he will respect it, if he doesn't, then he probably won't. I know of a kid in my school that his dad gave him a early 2000s Mustang GT for his 16th birthday it had a lot of stuff done to it and it had about 400-500 hp. Last summer he totaled it. Ran off the road into a pole or something. That's what will happen if you just hand it to him. I actually have tons of respect for my car's power because I put a lot of hard work into paying for it. It makes me really sick when I see people that just give their kids a new Camaro. I'm working my ass off for this car and there's just too many spoiled kids out there that get these cars and don't appreciate them. Sure there's people out there that say if somebody gave it to me I'd take it. Maybe, maybe not. If somebody offered to pay off my car right now, I wouldn't take their offer. 5 years from now when it's paid off I want to be able to get into MY Camaro and turn the key and be able to say the it is all MINE because of my hard work and dedication. If that is your son is going to earn his Camaro by working and not just good grades/staying out of trouble, then I'm all for him getting it. If not then no, he doesn't deserve it at all.
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