I bought my uncle's car (92 Olds Achieva...POS) with my own money. Sold that, then my mother later gave me her 95 Sebring coupe, I paid off the last 6 months or so of financing. Parents paid insurance and gas for me.
How did you guys go to school if your parents didn't provide you with a car? Did your city have a bus system?
My city didn't have a bus system. The reason I got a car was because my parents couldn't drop me off to school in the mornings
My city didn't have a bus system. The reason I got a car was because my parents couldn't drop me off to school in the mornings
HECK NO.
they made me pay for everything (insurance, registration, taxes) in fact, i had to get my OWN insurance, they wouldnt sign me on theirs
needless to say ive had to slowing upgrade thru cars 88 jetta>89 accord>87 f150>96 corolla...
i wish they would have bought me one, but i guess i learned something?
they made me pay for everything (insurance, registration, taxes) in fact, i had to get my OWN insurance, they wouldnt sign me on theirs
needless to say ive had to slowing upgrade thru cars 88 jetta>89 accord>87 f150>96 corolla...
i wish they would have bought me one, but i guess i learned something?
Technicly...no, but I did get their old minivan when they bought a new car for themselves.
Last year I bought my civic on my own
Last year I bought my civic on my own
What does "Parents gave you the 93 Bonneville with 175K miles on it". So, they didn;t buy me one, but I get one and that I am happy for.
Sort of, I got my moms Accord v6 which was a little less than 4 years old at the time with 35000 miles and she got a new car. I was pretty happy with the deal
LOL don't get me started on what the "daddy's little girl" in my family is getting brand new this month! Not that it matters, I still love my honda, it looks sweet enough, and I have never had a problem with it, and probably won't for a while.
got a hand me down 1977 Chevy Nova, what a piece of crap that was (no AC, radio broken etc), but I didn't have to walk since it never broke down
I had an old chevy fullsize truck. It had a big powerful engine in it (my mom called it the "knight rider engine") which my dad removed about 3 years before I started driving. Whatever he dropped in got me where I was going, and that was it. Had a manual choke even.
Looking back it was the best car for me at the time. One day the roads were lightly covered in snow, I was a little late for school and was going too fast. I started to fishtail, ended up picking going into the wheat field instead of going into the 5 ft deep ditch. Bounced through the field, lost my spare tire, punched a small hole in the gas tank (nothing major, but you could always smell the gas till we patched it), but made it out no worse for wear.
When I went to college, my mom got another car and I got her oldsmobile, which I drive to this day. I really like it, even though it's like 17 years old. My dad is insistant on it being replaced, but I've always said I'd get something new after college. With me getting my PhD, he realizes it's going to another 6 years before I'm out of college, so he told me to write down what I wanted in a used car and give it to him. Apparently he's got a friend who deals in used cars, so he's going to try and get me a good deal on a blazer, then buy it for me and I'll just owe my parents the money (hey whats another 6 grand on top of my college debt to them...)
. Had a manual choke even. Looking back it was the best car for me at the time. One day the roads were lightly covered in snow, I was a little late for school and was going too fast. I started to fishtail, ended up picking going into the wheat field instead of going into the 5 ft deep ditch. Bounced through the field, lost my spare tire, punched a small hole in the gas tank (nothing major, but you could always smell the gas till we patched it), but made it out no worse for wear.
When I went to college, my mom got another car and I got her oldsmobile, which I drive to this day. I really like it, even though it's like 17 years old. My dad is insistant on it being replaced, but I've always said I'd get something new after college. With me getting my PhD, he realizes it's going to another 6 years before I'm out of college, so he told me to write down what I wanted in a used car and give it to him. Apparently he's got a friend who deals in used cars, so he's going to try and get me a good deal on a blazer, then buy it for me and I'll just owe my parents the money (hey whats another 6 grand on top of my college debt to them...)
Nope......worked for and paid for every car I've ever owned...over 34 cars and bikes at last count, but I'm sure some are forgotten in the mists of time.
My parents gave me a 1983 Toyota Tercel that had ~225K miles on it.
It was worth maybe $300 if it had a new tank of gas & new tires.
I put a few thousand miles on it & then stuffed it under the ass end of a '99 Taurus.
Viper GTS
It was worth maybe $300 if it had a new tank of gas & new tires.
I put a few thousand miles on it & then stuffed it under the ass end of a '99 Taurus.
Viper GTS
The deal was thus for both my brother and me:
If you get a scholarship to college, we buy you a car.
We both got a scholarship, we both were bought cars. Budget was less than $2000. Actually my brother's first car ('80 Chevette) cost like $300 but died in a couple months so they bought him a $1500 car which lasted him through college (that was the goal).
When I crashed my Sundance my senior year in college, I assumed that I would have to buy a car on my own, but my parents gave me the insurance payout on the accident + another few hundred dollars to get another car which lasted me until I was gainfully employed. When that car died I bought the next one on my own, although again my parents gave me the $500 they got for that car to put towards my new car.
I really can't complain. On top of buying me a car, my parents paid out of pocket to have my false tooth installed - this cost over $2000 alone!
But I didn't my car until college. So I voted "no."
If you get a scholarship to college, we buy you a car.
We both got a scholarship, we both were bought cars. Budget was less than $2000. Actually my brother's first car ('80 Chevette) cost like $300 but died in a couple months so they bought him a $1500 car which lasted him through college (that was the goal).
When I crashed my Sundance my senior year in college, I assumed that I would have to buy a car on my own, but my parents gave me the insurance payout on the accident + another few hundred dollars to get another car which lasted me until I was gainfully employed. When that car died I bought the next one on my own, although again my parents gave me the $500 they got for that car to put towards my new car.
I really can't complain. On top of buying me a car, my parents paid out of pocket to have my false tooth installed - this cost over $2000 alone!
But I didn't my car until college. So I voted "no."
nope.. my first car i bought off my dad as a beater.. was $300 1988 LeBaron GTS.. that was my high school car... what a great car...
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