Did your parents buy you a car....?

lay-z-boy · 12 Feb 2007 at 20:47

Mum bought my car in 2004-5 sold it onto me for very little when she got the rs6 (2006)

greengiant · 12 Feb 2007 at 21:15

First car (2003 or so?) was S reg Hyundia Accent given to me by my parents when they changed cars and I was needing a car to get to work.

Oct 2004: The next car (2000 W reg renault scenic) was mostly bought by my own savings, but with a little help from trading in the Hyundai and a little help from inheriting some money from my grandmother (mothers side) will.

Jan 2007: My dads mother passed away late 2006 after a short illness. The sale of her house was split between my dad and his brother, my dad giving me an and my sister quite a bit - this I used to replace the Scenic with a 206SW, meaning I didn't need to touch my savings which are hopefully going to go towards rent / deposit on a flat this year or next.

Ideally both grans would still be alive, (miss them both

) but the help from the inheritance money certainly did help

Matthew-1985 · 12 Feb 2007 at 21:16

dirtydog said:
How come your dad didn't treat you both equally? Sounds a bit mean.

Because I had a job but my brother was to lazy to get a job so just did nothing.

act smiley · 13 Feb 2007 at 05:27

Rhyzz said:
I agree with this part of your post but I don't think parents should even pay out £1000 for a car. Be honest, you don't get £1000 for xmas or a birthday, why should you get it for a car?

So, if someone would have the option of a £1000 computer or holiday or widescreen tv or whatever for their 18th say, or a car, the car isn't on but the rest is? Or is it simply that anything over an arbitrary value is an unsuitable present? Sure its wrong for a kid who expects it to get it, sure its wrong for someone who earns £15,000 a year to give their kid a £7500 car, but in the end its no different from any other object that could be given as a present, other than it has maintainance costs.

I have zero respect for people who sponge off ... the government just because 'they're studying' - its absurd.

Wait wait, so they're letting us sponge and nobody told me? I just got a letter telling me I owe hundreds of pounds of interest on student loans before I've even finished my degree.

The only kind of sponging students get to do is council tax exemption and even then, its probably only because the average student hasn't got any money to pay for it.

I don't think there's an issue with parents buying cars for their kids as long as they do so responsibly and don't just walk out with a blank chequebook. I think that as long as their kid understands the value of the thing and the work thats gone into paying for it, even if it doesn't come out of their pocket. I know its a cop-out to say it depends on individual cases, but of course it does - I know someone who got given an old car, it didn't magically turn him from one of the most hard working people I know into some layabout because he didn't buy it out of the wages he had from working Saturdays. I also know someone whose parents paid part the cost of their car so they'd get something with a decent safety rating rather than an old Citroen AX they were looking at. Each time, people who appreciated it, understood what it meant - not even remotely similar to people being given a brand new BMW because "I want it daddy!" or whatever.

(for the record, my parents paid for my first year's insurance as a christmas present. If I hadn't bought a car I'd have paid the same in train tickets in a year at the rate things were going.)

T16 · 13 Feb 2007 at 09:25

I dont think parents should be buying their kids cars to be honest.

Best to work for it then its truly worth it.

tommy_knockers · 13 Feb 2007 at 14:16

im 17 now.

My dad has offered but im not sure.

I won a £1000 pounds of him and others in poker.

He had identical cards (four 9's) which wins nearly everygame ever. He asked me if i was serious (knowing he had the 2nd best hand ever) I said yes.

I had a Royal Flush :cool:

sweet!

so im some ways he has paid it for me. I decided not to tkae the money (he is my father) and now we are going to buy a mr2 together and share it!

MNuTz · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:08

Jonny ///M said:
He isnt really a woman is he???

How can you kill cars so easily Does he know what a clutch is?

LOL, ive posted several times about what a knob he is.

With the escort, he just let all the oil drain out over time until the engine seized. It was just a fault seal/plug which i had the replacement for but he never fitted it.

The Nova was written off when he was mesing about down some country roads with a friend, went sideways in the snow and his mate plowed into the side.

The others where just mechanical problems, not looking after them!

T16 said:
I dont think parents should be buying their kids cars to be honest.

Best to work for it then its truly worth it.

To a point, you are right. However, my mum was single and she managed to pay for my lessons and the car/insurance etc as i was doing 4 alevels and hadnt the time for a job. I really appreciated what my mum had done for me and really looked after the car.

My friend was a rich kid, was bought a brand new 1.6 golf and wrote that off on a corner where it was muddy :rolleyes:

nothing to do with him driving too fast for the corner or anything! Then his nan went a bought him another brand new golf!