My dad bought me a car

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OS

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
So Dad just put you $18k in debt.

Thanks Dad ;).

Seriously I'd be pretty pissed off if my dad did that without asking. If he expected me to make the payments and insurance then I would want a say in what the car was especially if I had no job security.

Well, he'd probably help me out if I got axed, he'd just be extremely pissed off at me.
 

z0mb13

Lifer
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Originally posted by: OS
Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
So Dad just put you $18k in debt.

Thanks Dad ;).

Seriously I'd be pretty pissed off if my dad did that without asking. If he expected me to make the payments and insurance then I would want a say in what the car was especially if I had no job security.

Well, he'd probably help me out if I got axed, he'd just be extremely pissed off at me.

yea this is kinda screwed... u guys didnt talk to u first b4 putting a 18k debt under ur name?
 

Gulzakar

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Oct 9, 1999
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probably thought you were wasting money. If you dont save, at least put it towards something.
 

MagicianBdotCom

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Originally posted by: OSbReally well built car and drives nice. Dare I say it impresses me more than the several MB C class examples I drove around two weeks ago or so.

I LIKE my C class :| Accords are nice but I prefer my c class.
 

DanTMWTMP

Lifer
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didn't you drop 2k on a prelude engine for an older accord?..or was that some other so. cal. AT dude?....
 

StageLeft

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I have to say that it's very unusual for a parent to put their child in debt by $18k when the child seems to be against the idea. Or were you against it to him...? Maybe he's doing it to scare you into working harder, but working harder for a car is a particularly silly thing to do. This whole thing confuses me.

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I actually know how you feel. I felt the same way when I had my Maxima. It was affordable for me, but I just had no personal need for such a nice car. Of course it wasn't about whether I felt that I "deserved" it, but it seemed like a waste of money, space, and gas. I don't know what I was thinking back then. I'm more of a humble Civic type of person myself.
I felt the same way when I got my maxima - like I didn't deserve something so now. Oh, but how I've grown into it and want something even nicer now :) Such is human nature!