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Originally Posted by golfer1
This really pisses me off and always has is that kids nowadays get stuff handed to them. Granted I'm only 19 years old and come from a family that has money but everything I have now I paid for and earned from working since I was 13. My first truck and the car I have now. I'm even paying for my education. Kids that go to the high school I went to are driving Mercedes, Escalades and BMWs that their parents literally gave them. They didn't earn shit and will probably going to get a brand new car when they go to college. So to all the parents on this forum who are buying their kids nice cars for their first car. You aren't doing shit to help them, all that you are teaching them is that in life you don't have to work for a lot and that the rich just get things handed to them. Instead you should be teaching them how to become successful as you did rather than giving them material possessions to shut them up. You aren't doing them anything to service the future.
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When I was in high school my dad bought me my 1st car, a 1980 Malibu coupe. He gave it to me for my 16th birthday, and I LOVED the car. We sat down an talked and he told me that as long as i kept my grades up he would keep the car in my name, but he would take care of the insurance and gas (until I got a job in the summer). I did not get my DL until my the day before my freshmen year do to both my folks not having enough time to take me out when I had my permit (they both drove their cars all over for their jobs, and the last thing they wanted to do when getting home was take me out, so i drove on weekends and practiced parallel parking on my block). My dad wrote out the contract and we both signed it and said if my grades slipped the car would ONLY be used for school and the occasional doctors or dentist appointment. one day i got a warning report (you get them half way through the quarter). I was so scared i would loose my car, but he was cool with that as long as i promised to get them back up in time for report cards. it was this arrangement that helped me be a responsible car owner to this day, thanks DAD, you da man
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