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

[branddaly]

I paid for my provisional, the lessions, the tests, and for my car and insurance. So a combination of spite and jealously means I don't think parents should buy cars for their spawn.

But then again, I could afford all of the above, and I'm sure if they were finanically able to have paid for it when I was younger they'd have told me to ****** off, and spent it on themselves.

 

[bitslice]

...and I wont buy it because they 'WANT' it, i'd get it because they DESERVE it.

but isn't that just showing them that doing well
just equates to material gain ?


I was the first one in my family to go to Poly.

...so when I came back do you think that I deserved a car ?
or do you think the look on my Mums face was enough...

.

 

[kip02]

From when i was born my grandparents paid some money into a savings account till i was 17.

The money paid for a car (saxo), insurance (as much as the car ) and some lessons. My parents paid for most of the remaining lessons.
I'm so grateful that they did this for me, it allowed me to get a job easier whilst at college and now as i work 25 miles away with very bad public transport between the two places. Plus it used to take me 2 buses and usually over an hour to get to college, a car ment i could do it in 15 minutes.

That was about 1.5 years ago and i've sold my saxo and i am going to use the money for my next years insurance. If i didn't have this help i think i would have only been driving for about 6 months or so or car sharing with my dad.

 

[mysticsniper]

I paid for mine when I got my first job, and it was a good feeling, breaking the financial ties from my parents, I bought an C reg 86 Opel Manta 2.0 GTE for £1000, a brill car when your only 18

 

[Cybershot]

My parents paid for my driving lessons, and half my first years insurance. I bought the car, and paid the other half.

 

[megakid]

Yes, a £600 Pug 205 996cc

 

[Memphis]

My parents didn't pay for a single thing, and I didn't expect them to.

All my lessons, my first car, my second car, all insurance and breakdown cover was/is paid for by me.

 

[Bes]

I got bought a Mitsubishi Colt with 5000 miles on it. (Was about £8,000 I think) Thanks Mum

 

[commited]

Nope, but I wrote off my mothers car, which was to be mine in a month, so I suppose in a way they did!

 

[Jamous]

Paid for everything myself,
Driving lessons and test,
First car,
Insurance which was in my own name as well!

Right way to do it, stand on your own feet.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

My parents paid for my first six driving lessons as a birthday present. From that point I was on my own. My first car was £1400 and it was a Peugeot 1.4 XS.

 

[The_Dark_Side]

I know somebody who has an Audit TT bought for him by his parents. They pay his insurance and tax for him. They also gave him a 200k house and pay his bills. He's 24 and earns about 25k. Recently he asked his dad if he could postpone a triple heart bypass because he had exams at the same time and didn't want to deal with both on the same weekend. Now there's a son you can be proud of

the bucket didn't have steep enough sides for that boy.

I paid for mine when I got my first job, and it was a good feeling, breaking the financial ties from my parents, I bought an C reg 86 Opel Manta 2.0 GTE for £1000, a brill car when your only 18

that's the equivalent of the first single you ever bought being really cool and credible...rather than Mr.Blobby

 

[Slackworth]

I got my lessons paid for on the basis that I didn't buy a motorbike. I guess they prefer me living.

All my cars and insurance have been paid for by myself.

 

[Deep]

this will probably make a lot of you mad but my parents bought my first (only car)

brand new peugoet 307 1.4, pay for insurance for me and my bro, and petrol as well.

however still dont take it for granted and we also help my parents out a lot, probably not enough to warrant a car but they insist

 

[Deep]

Anyone watch that Super Sweet 16 thing on MTV. I dont make the habbit of it myself, but have seen a bit from a few episodes. Daddy buys this complete winging brat a brand new BMW for example.. damn gets on my nerves.

Nothing wrong with helping out your children but when someone passes there test and they get a brand new 10-15k car as a present...well...it is a bit much imo.

please never mention that program again! ok im a tad spoilt, with my post above but these people just get me SO angry!

they dont even do anything for their parents just whine and want ALL THE TIME! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[The_Dark_Side]

but they insist

for someone that's 20 yrs old, i think it's time you got some self respect and insisted back.
allowing your folks to pay for your insurance and petrol???
c'mon, that's only one step away from getting tucked into bed at night.

 

[astralcars]

My parents paid for my 330. I didn’t ask or expect them to bankroll a car purchase, but they offered. They’re not so foolhardy as to throw away money that is central to their current and future needs and I’m sure they don’t doubt my appreciation for their efforts. I could have declined but having known them for 22 years, I know that such a gesture wouldn’t have increased their respect for me.

If it’s no skin off their back, what is gained by saying no? Greater respect for money and greater independence are certainly possibilities. However it’s not obvious to me how acceptance of a high valued gift implies lack of respect for money. That would be the result of throwing money at a child irrespective of how they manage it and irrespective of their general behaviour. Nor is it clear why being able to say “I obtained everything I own without the help of family” should be everyone’s ultimate aim. If family is willing and able to provide something your current circumstances don’t permit, without causing any real inconvenience, only an exaggerated sense of pride would lead one to go it alone.

 

[Deep]

for someone that's 20 yrs old, i think it's time you got some self respect and insisted back.
allowing your folks to pay for your insurance and petrol???
c'mon, that's only one step away from getting tucked into bed at night.

i totally see your point, and to an extent i agree with you, but in my family its really wierd. the parents are always supposed to do this sort of thing for their children and in a way "show off".

at the moment while at uni im not using the car, but if i made a long journey then id fill it up aswell as i used all the petrol. i know its not much but to me its something.

me and my brother have a lot of savings which my parents have earned, its the same as my cousins, they have got savings which their parents have been putting money into since they were born (and even a short time before). now my parents arent well off they just work damn hard.

most the stuff they usually pay for i have stopped and just pay myself, like phone bills, going out, av equipement and stuff like that.

 

[Edinho]

You have a valid point. I think it's important for Parents to make their kids realise the value of money and not just buy them everything they want.

Parents have a responsibilty to educate their kids so that they can grow up to be repsonsible so that they can stand on their own two feet one day...

Many kids nowadays... have never seen hard times... But I bet so many of our parents have

Good to see someone has the same philosophy as me. I'll put a roof over your head, feed you, and all the other parenting stuff. If you want a car pay for it yourself.

 

[dirtydog]

My parents paid for my 330. I didn’t ask or expect them to bankroll a car purchase, but they offered. They’re not so foolhardy as to throw away money that is central to their current and future needs and I’m sure they don’t doubt my appreciation for their efforts. I could have declined but having known them for 22 years, I know that such a gesture wouldn’t have increased their respect for me.

What about your respect for yourself? And other people's respect for you? I'd more respect someone driving an old banger they'd bought themselves than a BMW 330 which was given him on a plate. Wouldn't you?