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Poll: Did your parents buy you a car in high school?

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yup a rusted out 84 s10 in 95... paid 800 bucks for it... I destroyed it when I slammed into a mom and dad sitting in grid lock waiting to see thier son compete in X country state finals. What a grand day that was!
 
No, I bought a 69 VW Bug with some mone I got from an insurance settlement I from some moron that hit me with his truck while I was crossing the street.
 
Originally posted by: Crazymofo
yup a rusted out 84 s10 in 95... paid 800 bucks for it... I destroyed it when I slammed into a mom and dad sitting in grid lock waiting to see thier son compete in X country state finals. What a grand day that was!
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roflol
 
I answered "yes" but now that I think about it... technically no. My first car was a hand me down from my mom (she got a new card, I got her old one), and after I destoryed that car (hit a mailbox, a tree, and rolled it) the insurance money paid for my next car. 😀


Lethal
 
yup, it was a black 1993 Ford Explorer (or as i called it, 'the exploder') that we bought from a family friend for $5000.
 
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Well, I had my own 1978 Dodge Colt wagon (mini wagon... thing...) that my grandfather gave to me when he bought a new van. My mom bought a truck and I drove it after my car simply died of old age. Later, when I said I would be taking the city bus because I could not afford the 5-7mpg the 360 V8 was sucking up, she got all offended and pissed off. She ranted and raved that she bought the truck for me, which she never told me and which I didn't start driving until my senior year in HS, and that I was an ungreatful little sh|t.
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Even though I worked to put myself through private school, paid for gas, and insurance on the truck like it was my own. I took care of it, including all maintenance that I knew how to do on my own.

Parents can kiss my ass.
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You ungrateful little st|t, you should be ashamed of yourself.

KK

 
lol. I wish. the best I got was my dad sold me his functional 87 cutlass ciera (this was back in 99) with 250,000 miles for 500 bucks. One month later I had to pay 700 bucks to get the brakes done. Fscking whore.

Honestly, if parents can afford to thrown a couple grand in for a decent used car (~5 or 6 years old with less than 100k on it) it does a kid a whole lot of good. Some parents are under the mistaken impression that providing advantages for their children spoils them. *bah*
 
omg I had to drive my mom's old rusted out Chevy sedan with a "Manilow Magic" license plate on the front... I'm still scarred from the tauntings.
 
Got a 96 Accord LX coupe my junior year. They made me work and pay for insurance 1st year to teach me how expensive it is to actually own a car and to not take things for granted. Gave it back to my parents last year when my sister blew up her van, bought myself a 02 Accord SE coupe.
 
There isn't a "yes" and "I don't have my license yet" combo option.
Note that with my father and uncle, I wouldn't have gotten a new car no matter what 🙂.
'76 Gremlin. If I ever get 10% of my health problems dealt with, I'll see about driving.
 
I was lucky, my parents got my beat up 84 Corolla. I was happy as heck. I worked at at the swapmeet and other odd jobs to pay for insurance. Then I later upgraded and bought off my parents 83 Celica. 😀


Those were the days.
 
Nope but both my sisters got new cars..Well one got an s-10 pickup but new anyway. At the time I was little slighted but everything was all good. Women are special.
 
I have quite a storied past regarding me, cars, and driving. Basically, after the many times that I "stole" the family car(s), and being busted a few times by various authorities, including one time by the police for driving without a license (I was 15), I was grateful when my mom let me use her car to take my drivers license test at 17. I was moving out and she felt that I should have a license, should I be able to work hard enough to buy my own car.

Well, I did work hard. I bought myself a $250 beater '82 Plymouth Colt that experienced some sort of catastrophic manual transmission failure after about 2 weeks. Then, my dad eventually let me buy his '86 Dodge Omni for $550 ($150 down, four more monthly payments of $100 each).

In short, my parents did not buy me a car while I was in my teens. However, my mom did just give me her classic ?83 Volvo, after my beloved Civic was totaled by a left turning driver who made a big mistake, so I can?t say they never bought me a car in my life.
 
I drove my dads car in high school since he didnt use it much during the day anyways. I hate when peoples parents buy them brand new cars with like rims and a system...bleh.
 
Got a 91 hand me down Cutlass Supreme. Lasted about a year with 180k miles on it, before it died for the last time. Gave it to my Uncle(didn't have a car) and he had it fixed.
 
No. No one has ever bought me a car, I've always had a job since I've been old enough to drive so I've always bought my own cars.
 
My dad bought my step-mum's 1989 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 litre off her for me when I turned 17.

A year later I changed it for a 1991 Ford Escort 1.4. I'm now buying myself a Ford Anglia 105E (the "Harry Potter Car") in a week or so.


So I've had a car bought for me, but it wasn't new, but I was totally grateful for it, even though it only cost him a few hundred.


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Originally posted by: newbiepcuser
I was lucky, my parents got my beat up 84 Corolla. I was happy as heck. I worked at at the swapmeet and other odd jobs to pay for insurance. Then I later upgraded and bought off my parents 83 Celica. 😀


Those were the days.
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Sweet, I had an '82 GT those were great cars back when they were RWD. Lot of fun. Mine was poop brown so we called it Radagast the Brown Celica of Justice. I sold it to a buddy for $400 and the thing runs to this day.
 
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