How did you guys get your cars?

[mccula]

Financing?
Parents bought them?
Dealing drugs?
I've seen some kids at previous meets with whips way too expensive for themselve's too have bought, unless they financed. In which place, they must have had amazing credit.
Honestly though, how many people here are "sponsored by mom and dad?"

I'll start- I work at wendys. That's why I drive a bone stock 95 jetta. I'm a student too. I bought it straight up with cash from an auction, after I got outa basic training.

[mg23]

im 18 with a 2000 si and have been slingin rocks since i was five! jk i have been working 2 jobs for about 2.5 years and i still barely cover insurance:mad: cuz its at about $2500 a year. but to buy the car my parents chipped in 2k of the 9k it cost me

[ozthunder]

I work my ass off every weekend and break, and I take great pride in that.

[assault187]

I wonder about this ALL the time.....

I work @ H&R Auto radio... I turned 18, got the job, busted my ass and saved up...Bought the car from a freind of mine for $$CASH$$

And I pay with all my mods with the money I make doing "12 Volt side jobs" and some side work doing HVAC w/ my brother

[CHAOS]

lol

is someone really going to admit to using drug money for buying their car?


mine is financed.

[xEJ20x]

Financed.
I busted my ass for a year and a half to get a good down payment.

[turbo4g63]

i got my car when i was 18 and still in high school for 9k and it had 42,000 miles. i financed mine...obviously being that age i needed a cosigner b/c i had no credit, but i worked my ass off to pay for the car and the nice 2400/yr insurance payment...not to mention the maintainance/gas/etc. that comes with owning a car. i am proud to say i never had to ask anyone for money to pay for my car.


try the search button also...this topic has been covered numerous times

[CiZiN]

I have sex for money and all I could buy was a Hyundai

[Kerplunk105]

Drug money.

[mccula]

so far I can believe all the stories here... I want answers from some of the younger people (IE 18-25) who have STIs, R32s, new WRXs or Lancers, Rx8s, etc etc...
also good to see I'm not the only one wondering.

[ozthunder]

Dude, I have a GTO. I got it b/c I found it at a steal..I traded in a 350Z since I just could not afford it. 399$ a month for a POS? Forget that!

[italianblaze]

I have sex for money and all I could buy was a Hyundai

same all i could get was this camaro
and i worked double sex shifts for 5 years!

[zerioustt]

i paid 10k cash for my z

financing my fit



this is just going to bring out the crybabies..."i cant believe that your parents bought you a car!!!"

[assault187]

Hey, More power to them.

But the people who break their back for what they have brings a whole new respect for others and their hard work, and a little less respect for those who have had things handed to them.

[zerioustt]

I wanted a GTO ever since my freind bought one on 04...I dont think I could swing the payments, insurance and gas. Maybe when I find a better paying job...

gas mileage on those cars are really good for a v8

[mccula]

i paid 10k cash for my z

financing my fit



this is just going to bring out the crybabies..."i cant believe that your parents bought you a car!!!"

yeah, it probably will. I don't know, I'm glad on one hand that my parents never did buy me any sweet cars. They gave me a volvo 240 dl with an auto trans lol. That's why I bought the jetta.
It does kinda suck living in my area though because holland/newtown/richboro is so full of kids driving m3s, sti's, evos, etc.. it sucks having a slower car than someone who didn't pay a dime for their whip. But w/e. I've been working full time since I was 17, while juggaling school, now I'm 19 and eventually I'll see the fruits of my labor...

[turbo4g63]

I wanted a GTO ever since my freind bought one on 04...I dont think I could swing the payments, insurance and gas. Maybe when I find a better paying job...

i'm in the same boat...i've wanted a 03/04 cobra forever, but i just don't think i could make payments/gas/insurance w/ all the bills i already have. i probably could if i still lived w/ my parents.

[ozthunder]

No they aren't! Well, sort of. they are for 05/06 with active fuel management, but unless you like playing in neutral, I get 16-17 tops lol

[zerioustt]

yeah, it probably will. I don't know, I'm glad on one hand that my parents never did buy me any sweet cars. They gave me a volvo 240 dl with an auto trans lol. That's why I bought the jetta.
It does kinda suck living in my area though because holland/newtown/richboro is so full of kids driving m3s, sti's, evos, etc.. it sucks having a slower car than someone who didn't pay a dime for their whip. But w/e. I've been working full time since I was 17, while juggaling school, now I'm 19 and eventually I'll see the fruits of my labor...

you cant fault kids for having parents that are well off and buy their children a car. im sure every kid would have the car they want if their parents can afford it. i for one dont care as long as theyre not douchebuckets about it.

[DropTopChevy]

Paperboy 6 years and other jobs during that time and since then. I have only been out of work for a little less than a month twice.

[zerioustt]

No they aren't! Well, sort of. they are for 05/06 with active fuel management, but unless you like playing in neutral, I get 16-17 tops lol

get of the throttle dude..haha

i know guys who have got 25+

[97TurboDSM]

flew to florida. drove it back

[WhiteXFire]

I believe there are several of these threads already from the past with a large number of responses. :thumbup:

[mg23]

^^^ thats a bangin avatar drop chevy

[Honest_Bob]

I've paid cash for all my cars except the wrx, got that brand new. Been working since I was 12 if not earlier. I work full time living at home. :(

There are days when I want to say **** it, sell it and just drive a beater around.

[Snowboy459]

I bought my 2004 WRX brand new when I was 19. It was fully loaded. Financed it and got a 1.9% APR for the life of the loan. No co-signature. I worked for two weeks to make my $2,000 down payment.

Then again thats when I was working in sales for D&B and making more money then a 19-22 year old kid should be making.

Then I lost my job and the car got expensive, so I sold her back in July to some 16 year old kid who gave me a check for $15k out of his account.

Now I drive my Passat with no car payment and to be honest, its a much nicer car. Plus my insurance was cut in half.

[WhiteXFire]

I believe there are several of these threads already from the past with a large number of responses. :thumbup:

Here:

http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18725
http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12018
http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2205

[zerioustt]

I never had anyone help me with my cars. I made all the money on my own. I busted my ass in highschool and graduated early. I started off small with a del sol and that was the beginning to my car obsession. I have owned a vr-4, supra, testarossa and now I am driving my m3. It is time to switch cars also and I already know what I am going to get next, it is time for another exotic.

Gorilla Unit 33 said it best. Get a better paying job. When I was 18 I was working for the state of NJ. I am still there as an engineer now and make more money than my parents.


we believe this guy? hahahahahaha

[the4g63]

I'm 18 and I financed my Evo on my own. I got a rate so low, my mom and the people at the dealership didn't believe me. I work to pay it. No co-signer.

[Scapegoat]

we believe this guy? hahahahahaha

he's the guy that bought that huge ass house down south... that turned out to be only a rental lol

[Scapegoat]

I got my mom to co-sign for the SRT-4, I paid the down payment. Bought the car new.

[240sxDann]

well, I work full time at advance auto, getting ready to start a new full time job paying a lot better, and will still be working at advance also. But the way I've aquired all my cars (92 Ford Escort, 89 240sx hatch, 92 Mustang 5.0, 89 240sx coupe) was that I got the escort for free from my moms bf's mom, which I ran till it died. Then my mom bought me the first 89 for $250, and we put about $1k into it, sold that for $2100, bought the Mustang for $1900, then sold the mustang for $3k and bought this 89, now I'm parting this out to get a 95 240sx.

[igo4bmx]

bought the civic via loan, paid off and still own
bought the evo with a loan, not paid off

[jrtcbmw]

well i have 3 cars. 1997 bmw 328is, 1997 cadillac seville sts, 1996 subaru legacy wagon awd.

financed the bmw at the age of 18 (21 now) still paying for even thought she sits in the garage on jack stands with no suspension on it. pay insurance on it (900 a year), parents do help me out because i am in school and getting a job in willpo is like finding a needle in a haystack (at least a good job not some **** job) but i do plan on paying them back.

the caddy was given to me becuase my brother ran it offroad and bent just about every front end suspension component on the car, spend about 2.5k (rims/tires, subframe, struts, tie rod, control arm, f/r brakes) to get it back to running shape, has lasted me about 1.5 years and shes on her last leg, that where the suby comes in.

just bought the subaru for 500 cash a week ago, needs a starter and insurance, other than that its a great little car. should be fun in the winter.

Jason

[CleanNeon98]

6000le-inherited
neon-bought and paid in full 1500
civic-bought and paid in full 6500

parents helped a bit with the civic by 1000

[ozthunder]

I lied, I no longer have kidneys.

[martang]

I got a bit of money when I turned 18 and I used that as a down payment, and then I just worked my ass off to pay for the rest and insurance. I paid for my beater up front with money from delivering pizzas.

[xEJ20x]

I lied, I no longer have kidneys.

Hows that hemo-dialysis workin out for ya....

[jc8889]

Managed a Gas station making $10 an hour, saved $5000 in 6 months when I was 19, financed the rest. My neighbor who was a car dealer took me to Manhiem Auction where I found my 99 GSX with 14K on her. 6 years later, still got her.

[ozthunder]

Hows that hemo-dialysis workin out for ya....

I tell you what, it's only painful the first week or so, and after that, you appreciate your investment!

[Jeff822]

Got a decent settlement when I turned 18 from something that happened a few years before. Bought my car, put some money into it then did what any other stupid 18 y/o with some bank would do......spend it all on stupid **** and loan it to family. Now im 20 and broke. Live and learn.

[TGilb2007]

Got my cavalier by working at a Haagan Dazs for a couple years before I could drive. Paid $1800 cash outta my pocket.

The wagon was purchased from a family friend 3 years ago, and basically has just been my beater. Its not flashy, but i prefer still being able to live on my own

[180sxDrifter]

All my cars were bought with cash(been working since 15), except for my audi which is financed.

[Signatus230]

I sued the gov't to buy my $4000 RS.

[97eclipse]

ive been workin since i was 14 and puttin money away. turned 17 and decided it was time to buy a car. i bought my car in june off of dsmtj for 8500 cash. put in over 45 hrs. a week in the summer and i pay for pretty much everything. the only thing my moms buys me is shampoo and food for the house. i buy everything else. i also only pay 1k a year for insurance =0

[SovXietday]

I'm 19.

I own the Civic and everything in it.

The Camaro is financed by just me.

I pay(ed) for everything myself.

[z'd up]

put 1,100 down and financed the rest. working 6 days a week whenever im not in school to pay for it. and YES i pay for both payment and insurance. just cuz i bought a 350z when i was 18 doesnt mean my mommy and daddy helped. lol.

[mccula]

you cant fault kids for having parents that are well off and buy their children a car. im sure every kid would have the car they want if their parents can afford it. i for one dont care as long as theyre not douchebuckets about it.

that's the thing. I don't fault them, it's the ones who really show it off and rub it in your face. I was at a meet once, not going to specify where, but there was a group of younger members with more expensive cars sitting with each other and calling all the cars that drove by, that weren't as new or nice as theirs "rice."
that's the **** that pisses me off. Left a bad taste in my mouth.. but anyway, it sucks even worse when you're from here, your parents are well off, but they grew up poor and as such were smart enough to teach me and my siblings the value of money... especially when you're a young buck and you go to school in philly and get looked down on cause your from the suburbs but in reality, the kids from the city had just as much if not more in most cases.

[CleanNeon98]

I will also be getting my next car sometime in the near future...still undecided on what I want as far as something practical and efficient and comfy or something thats a poke in the face to every other person in my age bracket, but I will be paying for it all myself as well..it just feels better when you buy something yourself, you tend to apretiate it more because you worked hard for it.

[Dego]

bought my mustang for 5k in 02, needed a dd so purchased a 01 vr6 jetta for 9.5k in 03 did BPU on both cars then sold them both in
05 for what i payed for them and got the evo. Oh yeah I work 12 hours a day... I need to play the powerball

[den9]

i wanna know what kind of jobs the 18-23 year olds have

for my car, i put about 4.5 down and borrowed the rest, financed for 4 years hoping it will hold its value. i will probaly sell it this spring depending on money.

[4banginRex]

im 20, when i turned of age to drive i didnt get my own car but shared my moms ford explorer. my bday was in march and shared the car till january or my sr in HS where i bought my 02WRX off a private owner for 11k. i bought it in jan 05 so the car was at most 3 yrs old (pretty good deal). I paid for it all and the deal with my father was I buy the car he pays the insurance. I come from a well off family but my dad grew up in newark, nj and has the motto he did it on his own so so will I. He pays the insurance because I still go to college and play baseball for my school. needless to say that takes up any time I have for work except summers, so as long as i play he pays lol. I greatly appreciate that.

As for my job, I worked construction for four straight summers making 25/hr so I put in my time.

I also paid for my mods, access port, turbo back and uppipe, guages, grill and lip. made my own boost controller

I am from holmdel if anyone knows where that it and its a rich town, my HS parkin lot was littered with new BMW's. I only dislike kids who get stuff from mommy and daddy when they are not greatfull

[MPowerKai]

Reading what some of you have gone through I feel very bad for being lucky. I work at a restaurant right now to help my friend (the owner) out but once he gets everything taken care of and can look over his restaurant more often or find someone trustworthy enough I will resume my other job which is VP for my parents companies. I pay for everything I have but they pay me very well so I dunno, did I pay for my stuff or my parents?

So, since I started school again in 9/07 I haven't worked a day since that month.

[jdm free]

All my cars were bought with cash(been working since 15), except for my audi which is financed.

i give props to this man right here


mommy n daddy gave me a good amount of money to pay for my car...i just gotta take care of insurance n any other **** for it....ive been workin every summer since i was 14 n for 1 summer i worked 50 hrs or so a week

[Renegade_]

I worked. Nothing fancy. Bought my first car, had it for a while and sold it and used money I had made to buy an RS plus the cash from the old car. I was 18 when I bought my RS

[Roadkilled75]

The only car my parents sponsored was the '78 cutlass wagon with 300k+ on the clock. I inherited it and drove it (and bracket raced it quite successfully) until it died of a very leaky gas tank. My dad picked up a Maverick for $500 and we restored it together and I drove it for a year near the end of high school.

The Integra, and all 4 cars since, I have paid for entirely by myself by mowing lawns since I was 13. $20/hr under the table rocks. Of course, I've also never paid more than $523.60 for a car.

I won't finance a vehicle until student loans are paid off. There's just no point when I can build something just as much fun for a fraction of the cost.

[96Stang]

bought my 1991 dodge shadow...first car with cash i just had
bought my 1996 mustang v6 with cash
bought my 1982 mustang with the money from the sale of my 1996 6banger
financing my 1998 gt after some money down...my payments are low

been working since 15, started at like 20 hours a week then progressed to 50 and over and now back down to 40 for lack of work to do at my job

my parents told me that if i wanted to drive...i had to pay for it...car, insurance, gas, repairs...helps understand responsibility alot better imo...nothing against people who get cars from their parents like some other guys said...just when they are douches about it

[justinlansdale]

financed my mazdaspeed, bought my 240 and MR2 outright (both for well under $3k LOL!).

[LS2GTO]

started my business when i was 15, really started hustling when i was 16 and i out of nowhere it started taking off, so i got a new GTO. everythings paid for by me, but if it wasnt for my parents originally putting the car on their insurance, i wouldnt have gotten it. now its on mine though and it blows ass at $450/month, but that is for 3 cars...soo hopefully that will drop when im 21, but im not keeping my hopes up...

[90Laser]

Financed/Cash. I have better credit then my parents so no need for a cosigner. My Mom loaned me $$$ for my first two cars, but I've always payed her back and it was like 1600 total if that. Then buying selling trading I got my Galant then recently financed my Saab. I'm 18 if that matters.

[Zillon]

I've been working since I was 15. Worked with my neighbor doing salvage stuff the summer before my Sop****re year. After that, I worked at Wawa for 7 months, Pacsun for 5, Horsham R/C for a year and a half (plus my 2nd job at the same time at JC R/C in Warminster for 5 months), and now I'm at Thompson in Doylestown, and I've been there since March, and love it.

I started driving with a '92 Isuzu Trooper that was a handmedown from the parents. Drove it when I had my permit, used it to get my license. I put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into that thing during the year I drove it, and a fair bit of money too. Crunched a fender on it in an accident on my way to school... stupid mistake of mine. I picked up a fender from Holladay's Parts down in southern Jersey, and had it on the truck the following evening. Had it painted within a month, after saving money to get it done right. Thing was a complete gas hog too... at the end, I was getting 12 MPG and throwing parts at it left and right because I couldn't get it to idle right. Spent many freezing winter nights not being able to feel my fingers working on that thing. It did teach me to respect what I drove though.

Between the gas mileage, constant issues, and the obvious lack of saftey associated with driving a 15 year old truck with no airbags, my aunt decided to surprise me and help me out with the payments on a new car, and told me to go check out the Scion dealer, take one for a drive, etc.

Prior to her offer, I had been looking around at various dealers, looking for a decent car under 10k, stick, and a 4-cylinder, with a safe amount of miles. No project cars, just something that would cost me less in the long run. I just didn't want to be driving around a money pit that was also a gas hog.

My grandparents wanted me to get a tC. I didn't want to pay the insurance premium for driving a car that idiots my age wreck every day. I didn't like the interior of the xB, as it was too upright for me, and when I got to the xA, even though I thought it looked dorky stock, with a set of lowering springs and wheels, I figured it would at least look a bit better.

That was almost 2 years ago now, and almost 30k miles ago. I've bought all my parts myself, paid for all my gas, done 95% of my own maintenence, and I pay 2700 a year for insurance. I work 50 hours a week when I'm home, and I'm working on getting a job up here.

I've been taught to support myself from day one... I've never expected much from anyone, and hate asking for help or taking handouts. I consider myself very fortunate, and I can't stand kids who brag about the brand new BMW they were thrown the keys to for them to go hoon about in.

I did keep that Trooper looking good though... hard to believe it was 15 years old the day I picked up the xA.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/Zillon2/Isuzu/lasttrooper1.jpg

[Chair-Force]

so far I can believe all the stories here... I want answers from some of the younger people (IE 18-25) who have STIs, R32s, new WRXs or Lancers, Rx8s, etc etc...
also good to see I'm not the only one wondering.

You don't have to be rich or have a great paying job to have a decent car. Its about using other people's money (Bank,Lenders,etc) as leverage, building positive credit and saving money. I bought my 02 WRX in 2004 when I was 21 years old and paid it off in about two and a half years. Now 24 years old, I bought my 06 STi in july and just recently sold the WRX. I work fulltime for the my Air National Guard unit and the pay is decent with our allowances included. When I first bought the WRX, I was late on a bunch of monthly loan payments. Not because I didn't have the cash but because I was just young, lazy and stupid. I still "pay" for this mistake today and for the near future. My loan rates are higher and I have a hard time getting things like as simple as a cell phone plan. So don't F yourself over with trying to live beyond your means or just not paying your bills on time.
With that said, I enjoy my cars but I also save money like a mad man. 10-15% of each paycheck goes into investments.
Remember that just because someone has a nice car doesn't mean they are well to do. They could be rolling in a Porsche but living in a rented one bedroom studio in a shatty part of town. People see lesser known rappers/singers with big houses, high-end rides and think that they must be rolling in dough. Reality is that most of those things are owned by their labels and when the artist stops making them money, they boot them from the house and take back the car. Its called fake wealth.

[96Stang]

started my business when i was 15, really started hustling when i was 16 and i out of nowhere it started taking off, so i got a new GTO. everythings paid for by me, but if it wasnt for my parents originally putting the car on their insurance, i wouldnt have gotten it. now its on mine though and it blows ass at $450/month, but that is for 3 cars...soo hopefully that will drop when im 21, but im not keeping my hopes up...

curious as to what the business is...like what kind and all...if you dont wanna post it up, could you pm me??

[alwaysinboost]

I never had anyone help me with my cars. I made all the money on my own. I busted my ass in highschool and graduated early. I started off small with a del sol and that was the beginning to my car obsession. I have owned a vr-4, supra, testarossa and now I am driving my m3. It is time to switch cars also and I already know what I am going to get next, it is time for another exotic.

Gorilla Unit 33 said it best. Get a better paying job. When I was 18 I was working for the state of NJ. I am still there as an engineer now and make more money than my parents.

I guess mitsubishi = exotic :roll: This kid still cracks me up, has anyone heard from him since the "vacation house" thread?

I don't care how anyone got their car(s), just as long as they are honest about it. What I mean is that if your parents paid for it thats fine, don't act like you busted your ass working 3 jobs while going to school to pay for it when you really didn't. thats lame.

[PaleDSM]

I've bought all of my cars through my life. Stretched myslelf thinner then I should have a few times but I am lucky enough to have bought both of my cars outright now. I am not a kid anymore either though so I have a littel more money then I used to have.

[OptiCon]

First 1 was a handmedown. The other 4 I bought. Two of them brand new.

[leg]

i financed my civic. i was working up to 3 jobs at one point. finally paid her off. now im down to one job, and i go and total the car. now im car less for the time being.

[Chair-Force]

I guess mitsubishi = exotic :roll:

Nor BMW.

[mr_eh]

interesting thread.

i worked @ vonage for 14.50 an hour, worked a ****ty f-s-s-m shift so got a differential bringing me to 15.0x an hour...

then they instated this `work as much overtime as you want` deal...

so i worked, a LOT. bought the srt4... bought the first wave of mods for like 5-6000$, switched to a local job for 12.x an hour and spent another 6000$+ on the car

i pay insurance/car payment/down payment/student loans/credit cards all on my own, BUT - i live at home....

[alwaysinboost]

I'm on the SEPTA monthly bus pass while my GEO is up for the winter. Its a fair weather car ONLY and doesn't like the cold...

[bastid]

Worked my ass off in college. Landed a good job. $25,000 down and $773/mo. Made a couple $10,000 payments toward principle and my car was 100% paid off in exactly 3 years.

[MuddyREX]

Well, even though this has been covered a bunch of times, I'll play.

I started working when I was 13. I was a janitor for a school/church, and I made $5.00 an hour. It wasn't good money, but it was enough for me to go to the movies when I wanted. I stopped working when I started high school, but started again in my junior year. I worked in a retail store, as a stocker, and eventually made my way up to a management position in a few years. I got married when I was 21 to my highschool sweetheart.. My wife and I bought my WRX brand new shortly after our wedding, and we paid the car off in a little over a year.

After a little while, I left retail and went into business with my brother. I was a rep for a furniture manufacturer, and i traveled. A lot. The money was good, but the expenses were killer. 35,000 miles a year hurt when I wasn't being reimbursed for ANYTHING. Regardless, I did most of my mods during this timeframe.

Eventually I quit. I went into the mortgage business, and the money was great. I got laid off twice, and was unemployed for half of 2006. At this point, my WRX was paid off and we had just leased my wife's Highlander. I needed another job, quickly.

I got back into retail, and am currently making WAY less than I was over the last 5 years, but at least I have a steady paycheck and know that I can feed my family. I will be retiring the WRX in the not too distant future, and have no idea what it will be replaced with. But it will be something that I can afford, and will probably stay stock.

[cburwell]

I financed my Sentra, which i bought after I graduated after High School. When I was at DCCC I worked about 60 hours a week (20 hours overtime) at one job. After they banned me from working overtime I got a second job that was weekends only and paid well for what I had to do. Three years after buying my Sentra I paid the remainder of the loan off.

My Xterra is pretty much the same deal. I financed it back in July. I was lucky enough to turn my college internship into a part time and now a full time job. I don't have many bills since I still live at home, but I'm saving to change that (hopefully get a house or something that I can make money off of and something that has a garage).

[92dxman]

I've always paid cash for a car and never have paid more than $1500 for a car. I save money like a madman as well. I paid $450 out the door for my Escort running and inspected. When all is said and done (struts,tires,alignment,new seats, rear sway bar, etc.), i'll have a good running hatchback for around a grand. I will probably never buy a brand new car. The feeling of being paid off is nice as well.

[ScubaSteve]

My first car I found at a dealer while looking for a small pickup. I thought the avenger looked really nice and I got a loan in my dads name then made payments myself. I found my 240 on craigslist and paid cash for it. A month or two later I sold the avenger. It was fun having a choice of what car to drive for a while but what sucked is my brother didn't have a car and racked up miles on the avenger.

[martang]

Got a decent settlement when I turned 18 from something that happened a few years before. Bought my car, put some money into it then did what any other stupid 18 y/o with some bank would do......spend it all on stupid **** and loan it to family. Now im 20 and broke. Live and learn.

Dude I did the same exact thing I know exactly how you feel

[LS2GTO]

What made you put 25k down on a car? thats smart to tie up all that cash in a depreciating asset. whatever floats your boat. lol. what if you total that car the next day, you'll never get all of that back. i dont care if i had millions in the bank i'd still finance over 4 years if i can get a low ass APR of 2.0% or under. You can always pay it off early....

[poisonivory]

financed mine on my own fresh out of college.

i have no problem with kids who's parents buy them nice cars (STI's, evos, M3's, s2k, etc) BUTTTTT, when those 18 yr olds turn into punks and talk shyt or talk down to people and say stuff like "dude, you drive a neon" (or focus, civic, or any other older used car that isnt flashy.

It's one thing for a young guy froma well off family to have a nice ride. It's another thing for them to brag and be a douchebag about having a car they didnt even pay for. thats my take on it.

[bastid]

What made you put 25k down on a car? thats smart to tie up all that cash in a depreciating asset. whatever floats your boat. lol. what if you total that car the next day, you'll never get all of that back. i dont care if i had millions in the bank i'd still finance over 4 years if i can get a low ass APR of 2.0% or under. You can always pay it off early....

Lower the principal of the loan and therefore the interest. The next time I seek financial advice, I'll be sure to consult you. What's your hourly rate? :-p

[ozthunder]

Credit Unions ftw!

[Kevin]

My old DSM got hit by a drunk driver outside my house one night. Got a nice insurance check and bought a new one lol

[NOPSTNS]

ever since first driving an rx8 at Rev it up in 2004 i have wanted an rx8. i was 18, and graduated high school the week before rev it up and i knew i had to own one. i couldnt explain why, the high revving engine, the smoothness, the sound, the handling, its very unique ....when i turned the key, heard the rotary wind up and saw the 10,000 rpm tach light up something grabbed me and said, u belong here, behind the wheel of a mazda...

the only way i could come CLOSE to owning a 30k car was to save for years on end and have a good job. i went to tech school, and dreamed of owning one, got a job at a mazda dealer as a mazda tech, saved a lil bit, nothin crazy. the gf was my bigger obsession so i spent a lot on her so the rx8 got put on hold....

i was saving for an engagement ring for my girlfriend....had a couple grand, then she left me some dude at her work....so i had a couple grand and the rx8 was a pipe dream which then became a reality. i was 20, and if it werent for my 6500 dollar down payment and my fantastic credit (730, but not braggin at all) there was no way a bank would pony up the dough. sticker price came to 30,700 and i got an employee discount wich brought it down to the reasonable numbner of 26k. for 31k i wasnt buyin no rx8, but 26 wasnt so bad....if it wasnt for my employee disc i dont kno if i would have gotten the navigation..... insurance, wasnt as easy. but i found geico who were willing to take a chance, i had no accidents (within 3 years history) but a 20 yr old in a 30k rwd "coupe" didnt fare well....350 a month for 6 months wasnt fun but its been going down steadily since then....

when i worked at faulkner ppl would give me crap about my rx8 sayin my parents bought it for me and blah blah blah. it got so bad in fact that the service writers would never give me good work bc they "knew i didnt need the money".....since they were wrong about it, it got so bad i had to quit bc i couldnt live off 250 a week......

each month i EEEEEEK by with my car payments. earning just enuff to keep it fueled up, running ok, and insured. my parents refuse to help me out bc they said it was my own choice to buy a sports car and i was gonna do it myself.

i earn 1100 a month and 900 a month is spent on the car..... :(

but i still love her tho, RoXanne, my little japanese whore

[marshallpre1]

I'm 22. I work as a mechanical engineer, working full time while in the process of getting my MBA part time. My first job was a sales associate for Adidas at the Woodbury Commons.

98 Corolla- purchased summer of freshman year, paid $5 or 6K for it.
97 Supra- purchased in Nov 07, financed ~4+ years to go lol

I live on my own, and have student loans equaling another Supra lol. I could have put all my money into the loans, but I after a few months on my own and looking at my finances, I knew I could afford to get my dream car :)

I still save good amount of money, might buy a house this coming summer or next... the rates are soo damn low!

[zerioustt]

i earn 1100 a month and 900 a month is spent on the car..... :(

thats the most rediculous thing ive ever heard of..sorry. to live that sparingly for a car is just not responsible nor smart in any way.

[Scapegoat]

I keep wanting to post about my future car plans and current job... but it just sounds like bragging :-/

[zerioustt]

I keep wanting to post about my future car plans and current job... but it just sounds like bragging :-/

or like markley..:-p:wink:

[ozthunder]

thats the most rediculous thing ive ever heard of..sorry. to live that sparingly for a car is just not responsible nor smart in any way.

Yea that's cutting it a WEEEE bit close.

[NOPSTNS]

yeah i know. its the downside to flat rate work as a tech. ever since september the shop has really slowed down and my paychecks went from 450 a week to 270......im really struggling now but im gettin by.

sometimes its hard for me to see certain ppl and certain cars and see how nice they are and how much $ they have into it when i kno they dont deserve it. i struggle with jealousy sometimes. its a weekly basis when im asked when its gettin turbod or three rotor or whatever, but the reality is i cant even afford the fuel injectors! haha

its a shame i dont see more of the "popular" tst ppl in this thread...id love to see how certain cars are funded.....if it even be the truth anyway....

[ozthunder]

Yea, I get that a lot with the "why not a 6.0?"

[Scapegoat]

or like markley..:-p:wink:

nah, I'm not that bad...

I make a lot of money for 24 y/o, more than you think. I'm not rich by any means though. And to be totally honest... I lucked out. It really is 90% who you know and 10% what you know.

Though, they offered me a fulltime position for more than what I was getting from the contract company because of my work ethic and abilities.

But still... it sounds like bragging, and I hate bragging

[zerioustt]

yeah i know. its the downside to flat rate work as a tech. ever since september the shop has really slowed down and my paychecks went from 450 a week to 270......im really struggling now but im gettin by.

sometimes its hard for me to see certain ppl and certain cars and see how nice they are and how much $ they have into it when i kno they dont deserve it. i struggle with jealousy sometimes. its a weekly basis when im asked when its gettin turbod or three rotor or whatever, but the reality is i cant even afford the fuel injectors! haha

its a shame i dont see more of the "popular" tst ppl in this thread...id love to see how certain cars are funded.....if it even be the truth anyway....

i dont get why they dont "deserve" it...no offense but jealousy is for chicks. dont hate congratulate. hahaha


really shouldnt live above your means just for a car, i guess im not really a car enthusiast. dont get me wrong i want to unload money into my z but right now isnt the time. id either look into getting a second job or changing jobs.

[ozthunder]

Some people have different priorities and different value judgments; IMHO none is more correct than the other unless it endangers a life other than your own.

[zerioustt]

nah, I'm not that bad...

I make a lot of money for 24 y/o, more than you think. I'm not rich by any means though. And to be totally honest... I lucked out. It really is 90% who you know and 10% what you know.

Though, they offered me a fulltime position for more than what I was getting from the contract company because of my work ethic and abilities.

But still... it sounds like bragging, and I hate bragging



im just busting your balls..i unload trucks and people wouldnt not believe how much i make. i got this job when i got laid off from a tree company, so i know what you mean by lucking out.

[zerioustt]

Some people have different priorities and different value judgments; IMHO none is more correct than the other unless it endangers a life other than your own.

i agree..im older and i think i just try to help the younger guys out sometimes.

[ozthunder]

Yea I hear ya..good advice is good advice no matter how you slice it :wink:

[mattcosta7]

Financed here. I actually built up a nice credit history prior to purchase (one year of early payments on a credit card and a college loan), after working overtime for 18 months straight, while I was in between schools. To keep up with my insurance and finance payments, gasoline and modding, it's still a long process of excessive hours, and no sleep, since I'm in school 18 credits per semester as well, but worth it.

[marshallpre1]

Yeah, sometimes I do get pissed when people/high schoolers get what they don't deserve. I've worked hard for everything I have. I had my license but didn't drive to high school- making me seem like the biggest loser esp when everyone (Catholic school) drove mustangs, audi's, etc. So I worked hard in college and when I got out, bought my dream car. Nothing is more rewarding than doing something on your own and becoming successful. I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I guess there are just repressed feelings from those assholes in high school :lol:

[Scapegoat]

im just busting your balls..i unload trucks and people wouldnt not believe how much i make. i got this job when i got laid off from a tree company, so i know what you mean by lucking out.

I worked for Pepsi Bottling in management in the warehouse. I know truck loaders get paid a good amount. Our guys, all union, got paid $25 an hour.

[zerioustt]

Yeah, sometimes I do get pissed when people/high schoolers get what they don't deserve. I've worked hard for everything I have. I had my license but didn't drive to high school- making me seem like the biggest loser esp when everyone (Catholic school) drove mustangs, audi's, etc. So I worked hard in college and when I got out, bought my dream car. Nothing is more rewarding than doing something on your own and becoming successful. I don't want to sound like I'm bragging, but I guess there are just repressed feelings from those assholes in high school :lol:


i dont get comments like these..sorry i guess im a person who says "who gives a **** what people think". i grew up poor and i got **** from some kids, but haha now i make 3x as much as those kids now. so seriously as long as your happy who cares.

[zerioustt]

I worked for Pepsi Bottling in management in the warehouse. I know truck loaders get paid a good amount. Our guys, all union, got paid $25 an hour.


manual labor ftw!! i run all three shifts and my workers make a good amount more than that on average, we get paid by the piece.

[marshallpre1]

I don't really have repressed feelings- that was just a joke. Oh, I am very happy, I just don't like it when kids are pretending they're hot **** because of what their parents bought them. I am actually happy my parents did not give me everything. I just don't think spoiling your kids is the proper way of raising them.

[Scapegoat]

manual labor ftw!! i run all three shifts and my workers make a good amount more than that on average, we get paid by the piece.

Ah nice. Manual labor pays well if you're willing to work hard. Lotta people who complain about being poor... just aren't willing to do what they need to do

[Scapegoat]

I don't really have repressed feelings- that was just a joke. Oh, I am very happy, I just don't like it when kids are pretending they're hot **** because of what their parents bought them. I just don't think spoiling your kids is the proper way of raising them.

no reason to hate on the kids for their parents decision :)

I'm sure most parents, if they had the money, would spoil their children... it really just depends on the extent of how much are you willing to spoil them.

[zerioustt]

Ah nice. Manual labor pays well if you're willing to work hard. Lotta people who complain about being poor... just aren't willing to do what they need to do



its the kids today man theyre lazy ****s with no motivation nor direction in life. this goes back to parents need to beat their kids more.

[Scapegoat]

its the kids today man theyre lazy ****s with no motivation nor direction in life. this goes back to parents need to beat their kids more.

Not just the kids today man... lots of people... lots of people are just plain lazy and won't work for their money. I may have a cush job... but you better believe I'm going to work my ass off to keep it.

[marshallpre1]

Not just the kids today man... lots of people... lots of people are just plain lazy and won't work for their money. I may have a cush job... but you better believe I'm going to work my ass off to keep it.

Absolutely :)

[LS2GTO]

Well oz, why not the 6.0?



j/k man. lol. they are both slow anyway.

[ozthunder]

lol..at least mine has better paint than yours :wink:

[WhiteXFire]

I make a lot of money for 24 y/o, more than you think. I'm not rich by any means though. And to be totally honest... I lucked out. It really is 90% who you know and 10% what you know.
Certainly true, I've learned just how valuable networking with other professionals can be in the last year and a half. Sometimes I feel like I wasted time in college that could have been better spent gaining industry experience.

i dont get why they dont "deserve" it...no offense but jealousy is for chicks. dont hate congratulate. hahaha
I don't understand it either, the people with all the cool toys are the ones you want to be friends with! :lol:

[lagos]

so far I can believe all the stories here... I want answers from some of the younger people (IE 18-25) who have STIs, R32s, new WRXs or Lancers, Rx8s, etc etc...
also good to see I'm not the only one wondering.

they are jewish. :banana:

[ozthunder]

Lmfao.

[Kevin]

Hahahahaha

[WhiteXFire]

they are jewish. :banana:

Apparently....:lol:

[RSX Type-Slow]

they are jewish. :banana:

bwahhaaa thats funny



i've been working since 14 and have saved a crapload of money. then i bought my first car and became broke. Then i financed the acura and still pay it off with decent APR

good credit FTW

[HickRocket1258]

I will admit my parents bought me my mustang as a graduation gift and my camaro because I was done in the jr dragster ranks. I had to work hard for my cars though, they weren't just bought for me. I don't act like a spoiled kid either.

[scutzi128]

Been working since I was able to I guess 14 or 15 or so saving up. I put a large down payment down and financed the rest with no co signer. My parents have helped me out if I was in a pinch, but I have always paid them back.

[driftingrx5.7]

to get my vert my civic got rear ended and totalled so i took the motor out put the d series back in it they took the car and gave me a check for 4400 sold the motor for another 1600 (1 dollar per cc..lol) bought the vert for 500 and all the rest went to my motor for the car. but i got my civic by busting my ass working 2 jobs and going to school to pay it off cash and then when i did that i stayed working 2 jobs to pay for my motor swap :) now i don't have to do that anymore now that i am done with school :D

[twistedlanes]

Lets see my first car an 87 maxima was a pos! but it was only $600 bucks....same story with my 91 cavalier...both paid for cash myself. The next car was the 2000 Monte Carlo...the $3000 grand down payment for that was paid for with the profit from when my dad and I fixed and flipped a home. That got totaled an the insurance money from that paid for the car I currently drive other than that I'm broke Lol and always have been so no nice toys for me.

[DeadReady]

i bought mine with my graduation money when i got out of high school. i drove it stock for about 2 yrs until i couldnt take going that slow anymore.(if anyone knows how slow a stock 88 crx hf is than u feel me.) **** wouldnt get out of its own way. i saved and bought my swap and all my mods my self. I did all my own work to cut down on some of the cost.

[DeadReady]

Lets see my first car an 87 maxima was a pos! but it was only $600 bucks....same story with my 91 cavalier...both paid for cash myself. The next car was the 2000 Monte Carlo...the $3000 grand down payment for that was paid for with the profit from when my dad and I fixed and flipped a home. That got totaled an the insurance money from that paid for the car I currently drive other than that I'm broke Lol and always have been so no nice toys for me.

I had a pos maxima too! lol

[lawdogg]

Been into cars since I was a little kid. I loved trucks when growing up, then I'll admit I played Gran Turismo and fell in love with the Evo VII. Went looking for an AWD turbo mitsubishi when i was 18, Evo wasn't out yet and there were no good DSMs in my town, wound up selling my Acura Legend and buying my 3000GT VR-4 in a fast week - haven't looked back since.

Now I'm getting more into performance driving and will be looking into picking up a Miata this summer, and in the next few years I'd like to sell my VR-4 and pick up an NSX or FD3S.

[Kevin S]

Got a 96 neon for 1200 when i was 15 working at a restraunt making $6 an hour. then blew that up got a hatch as a beater fixed the neon sold the hatch for profit, bought another neon and sold for profit couple months ago. ive been working as a tech / apprentice for 2 years(19) now making some decent money and i sold the neon and bought a 04 3.5 altima cash for 14k and also just picked up a 04 r6 as well cash 5k. Hard work pays off and im glad i paid my way through everything since i got my first job at 14. i seem to be making out alot better with my life then people i know that haev always been handed stuff on a silver spoon.

[drew]

Most of the time I just unlock it with the alarm pager and then open the door, one time the battery died though so I had to put the key inside the lock mechinism to get in.

Oh, one time I got in my tiburon through the hatch and climbed into the front seat. But yeah, I usually get into cars by opening the door

[05 mazda6s]

Sold my mazda6 (first car) to get my 98 svt cobra. There are times where I would miss the mazda in certain occasions but other than that I don't regret my decision.

[Scapegoat]

Most of the time I just unlock it with the alarm pager and then open the door, one time the battery died though so I had to put the key inside the lock mechinism to get in.

Oh, one time I got in my tiburon through the hatch and climbed into the front seat. But yeah, I usually get into cars by opening the door

...

joke == fail

the thread title is "How did you guys get your cars?" not "How did you guys get into cars?"

[drew]

...

joke == fail

the thread title is "How did you guys get your cars?" not "How did you guys get into cars?"

Yeah, I read the thread but was to annoyed to post any serious answer, there is a whole lot of horse-**** going around in this thread. I don't understand why some of the kids here think they need to lie and say they paid for their cars when it's obvious they didn't ( in fact, i personaly know 1 person in this thread who stated he paid for it via financing however it's 100% in his dads name )

it's just dumb, nobody is going to knock you because you didn't pay for your own car, my parents paid for my first car :wink:

[TheDocta]

my dad bought my car for me in **** shape

i fixed it all, did a new engine etc etc

paid for everything cash, my cash, the cost of the car was less than what i have put into it

basically, my dad bought me a piece, i dropped ever dollar i have earned in my whole life into this car

i paid for most of my mods street racing :drag::jawdrop:

[SStealth2k]

camaro ss
worked.
bought it stock, now its full bolt-on
really good credit

[ericnjttz]

bought it brand new back in 1991 when i was 5.....yeah you can say i was the coolest pre-schooler out there....i got all the hoez

[blkZ06]

Ill be honest, got my first car by funding illegal pharmaceutical deals.

But ive always worked, started doing construction for my dad when was 14. Everything ive owned has been in my name as well as any thing to go along with it i.e. insurance or mods or when I cracked it up and had to fix it.

Aug 28 2004 I got hit by a drunk driver resulting in this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/b20vtecek/Picture013-new-new.jpg

And after settlement and some medical blunders I have been compensated fairly well.

Got a hold of a good investment broker and that is how I have funded all of my Lightnings, Vettes, TAs, my Viper blah blah blah

Went through some serious **** to get here, and still get **** from people assuming im a certain type of person because of my financial situation which sucks. Ask any of my friends, im still the same dude I was back in highschool I still work everyday and I work hard, I just have some really cool toys.

[ScoobyNubieToo!]

How did you guys get your cars?I went to this place. There were a lot of cars there that looked like they had never been driven before. This guy came out and asked me which one I liked. I picked the blue WRX wagon and took it for a test drive. I liked it. He told me I could take it home with me if I just signed some papers. I did that and for the next 60 months I got a bill every month! S.O.B.!

[Scapegoat]

Ill be honest, got my first car by funding illegal pharmaceutical deals.

But ive always worked, started doing construction for my dad when was 14. Everything ive owned has been in my name as well as any thing to go along with it i.e. insurance or mods or when I cracked it up and had to fix it.

Aug 28 2004 I got hit by a drunk driver resulting in this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/b20vtecek/Picture013-new-new.jpg

And after settlement and some medical blunders I have been compensated fairly well.

Got a hold of a good investment broker and that is how I have funded all of my Lightnings, Vettes, TAs, my Viper blah blah blah

Went through some serious **** to get here, and still get **** from people assuming im a certain type of person because of my financial situation which sucks. Ask any of my friends, im still the same dude I was back in highschool I still work everyday and I work hard, I just have some really cool toys.

hook me up with your investment broker :) I've got a decent paying job but I need to start putting money away to invest

[CarbonIS]

I bought mine.

[TurboTagTeam]

I bought mine.


+1

I gave this asian guy a check. He gave me the title to a 240sx. I think it worked out pretty good!

[Drftpretty]

I have sex for money and all I could buy was a Hyundai

Gary does have sex for money because I have to tape it and post in on TSTonall4s.com to pay for my toys.

Seperately, my cars all cheap. Combine the insurance on a 71 Road runner, 96 Jeep, 96 VW, 75 Motorcycle, and a 88 mazda Rx7. Thats why I only insure 2 at a time :mrgreen:

I would much rather have a vehicle to suit my mood than a single vehicle I have to baby.

And yes, I work hard for my OWN toys. Took a loan on one car before, Ill never do that again.

For the record, I have two years of on time car payments on my credit score and was just denied a Kohls credit card. Never made a bad credit decision, I pay with cash always. I dont want to hear how anyone under 20 has good enough credit to buy a new car in their own name. Or I might vomit.

[ThePrimerSuspect]

had great credit. bought an SRT4. moved in with girlfriend. credit got ruined. she left with all my ****. cant get rid of car because i cant get approved for anything else

girls=money=evil

[esunbaboon]

I saved and bought mine. My parents did pay for my insurance the first year, because I only had 8 dollars in my account after buying the car.:lol:

[frosti108]

bought my 1st truck from my stepdad for 500 bux. crappiest 1982 s-10 youve ever seen./ completely rusted out, had the 2.8 liter and 4 speed lol good 1st truck i guess>? i always felt he ripped me off for 500 haha

my dad bought me my 2nd truck. 1987 mazda b2000 mini truck. 2 liter, 5 speed... gay ass truck. only tihng it could be good for is lowriding. although i did learn how to fly around the back roads a little bit with it. pickup trucks handle good (no such thing as understeer)

then after my friend bought a prelude, and my other friend got a sohc 240sx, i got the sportscar bug too. a local kid was selling a 1992 240sx with a salvage title. good motor, but had overheating probs, but the thing had a really great body and chassis. bought it for 600, got the title reconstructed (took about 2.5 months) all the car needed for inspection was tie rod ends. so i beat the hell out of that for a while, gutted it out, got some used rims, did a few little free mods like short ram intake, advanced timing. i loved that car BAD. so then i moved to NJ and sold it to my 'friend' for 900 dollars

i then hit a little series of luck.

1st, my friend from my old job at a pizza place asked me if i still had the 240sx, and if i wanted another one. turns out his friend who owns a shop had a customer blow the timing chain in a pignose 240sx. i bought it for 100 dollars. thats the s13 i still have today, currently boooosted.

very soon after getting the 240 and starting to swap the motor out, my soon to be girlfriends brother crashed his Z32 into a gaurdrail and sold it to me for.... $100. 2 for 2 baby oh yes. lol so i bought that thing home, new battery, banged out the front fender, and put a new altermnator in it and i was delivering pizzas in that bitch for like 3 months before selling it for way more than 100 dollars.

hmm whats next. ah yes the nissan truck i have now. i had sold my old 240sx, and my z32, and the new pignose was still in my friends garage under construction. i had nothing to drive. so i found this thing on craigslist from a dirty used car salesman and got ripped for 2200. 1996 hardbody with 155k miles and a check engine light :( but **** i lowered it threw some 17s on it and i still drive it everyday


last but not least my beloved s12. found it on craigslist as well and tried to make my friend buy it. he wouldnt so i had to do it myself. totally does not fit into anything in my life right now, already have my s13 project, but i needed to scoop her up.

streetbikes and **** are another story haha


currently im insuring just my truck and s12. its like 222 a month for bare minimum coverage (yea it sucks) soon i think im going to drop the s12 and insure the s13 to unleash some boosted goodness

just realized this thread is majorly about how we pay for our ****.
in high school i did a lot of illegal dealngs lol. but that was really just for dirtbikes and stuff. ive been working stupid jobs since the start of highschool like sunoco, getty, pizza places, construction... they paid for all of my cars.
i dont beleive in buying something i dont have money for at the moment. although i realize ill have to do this for a house. the only time my parents really 'spoiled' me car wise was when my dad bought me the mazda truck. he also might have helped my insurance for the s-10 but i dont remember lol

EDIT: oh i forgot my 1991 s13. i bought it for 500 from some really odd guy at wawa. he came to my window when i was sitting in my 92 hatch and asked me if i wanted a parts car lol

it was an uber smooth car, great drivetrain. but the guy was a drunk driver and managed to bend up about every body panel on the freakin thing lol

so i took it all apart, sold the motor for 200 and the shell for 200... took some parts out for myself. still have the uber smooth trans driveshaft and rear from it haha

[QCs_R4_Girls]

After driving my 98 SL2 around for 5 years, my parents signed it over to me as a graduation present, just in time for it to get inspected, registered, and insured for the year. :roll: After that, it had some unfortunate run-ins with wildlife, seized/replaced transmission and new racing clutch (car=oil eater), and a curb on a slick road that resulted in a messed up subframe. Luckily for me, the car still looked fine, even if to drive it straight, the steering wheel had to be at 10 o'clock.

Went to Saturn dealership, picked the Ion off the truck and claimed it as mine. Saleswoman said it would cost $400+/mo, so I said forget it (it's a Saturn 4 banger, wtf). Went to the other local Saturn dealership, said I wanted ^that^ car at the dealership, and they quoted me at a lower price. So in short, I bought the car I wanted right from under their noses. And then I promptly spent all that money that I probably would've saved because I opted to lease the car instead of buying it. Now I'm financing it because I bought it after the lease expired, which was my original plan all along.

[CobaltSSChick]

I worked at a Chevy Dealership at the time, so I got employee discount and rebates...ordered it from factory, took delivery with only 3 miles on her at the time...my dad co-signed for me so I could get a better rate considering I didn't have enough credit built up yet. But I paid for it all myself and insurance...all I needed was a co-signer to get a loan since it was my first new car.

[Übel GLI]

I sling yayo.... no... seriously...

[cmr076]

only 2 people in 141 replies' parents bought their cars for them :roll: i never paid for any of the cars ive owned and have no problem admitting it.

[sherwood]

my parents never helped me with money for any of my cars besides co signing on a loan for me..thats it...but if i ever missed a payment my dad said he would put a for sale sign on it and i would have to find a new place to live haha...ever since i bought my first car..my 93 talon tsi...i have been buying them all myself. and im proud to say it.

[BoostdTSi91]

i stole mine off this old lady. lol she didnt know wat to do wit. its been sitting in herr drive way for years. so i took it off her hands. i offered money but she said just take it.so i did. surprisingly the boosted talon was in perfect condition and drivable and this was my first car. well my 2G eclipse i bought from Pic Bros Auto Sales in Muncy,PA and busted my ass workin just to get it workin and drivable

[Drftpretty]

only 2 people in 141 replies' parents bought their cars for them :roll: i never paid for any of the cars ive owned and have no problem admitting it.

You're teh coolest! :rotfl:

Real men buy their own toys, my parents stopped doing it 10 years ago.

[W_Evo]

4 years in the military and 9 months in Iraq to get my Evo.

[The Captain]

I started with a 1986 mercedes 300e (with 350k miles...not a typo), was given to me after the owner passed away. Learned to drive on it, sold it for 2gs. Used that money to buy a 1994 toyota camry for $1200...sold it 3 months later for $3700. All while working and putting money in the bank. Bought a 1998 eclipse gs with my money from the two cars sales plus working money, i think it was 4g's. Drove it for a year and sold it to for 5gs, again while working and saving that money. Bought my prelude 3-4 years ago, only had 37k miles on it and i got it for 8g's. Started college, been tapping my bank account to the max while having my prelude as my reliable everyday'er. Once i get out of college and start making real bank, my prelude will get its reward for all of its loyal service.

[mylosteclipse]

my first two cars i bought and my last car i bought cash from my grandparents no longer being with us. :( My grandfather loved cars and was a race car driver way back in the day. So when they died they left me money to buy a new car. Sorry i know i didn't really buy it.

[SE-Rious]

i won all the money in a dice game.

77 consecutive 7's in a row.

high roller status immediately with comped rooms, food, and more poon than you can shake a limp weiner at.

[The Captain]

Damn, get some pics of that Se-R in the gallery. I'm a huge fan of those cars.

[jjm4life]

ive bought all my own cars. traiding in each towards the next. traded in an 04 grand cherokee for my 05 evo in june of 05. i waliked into the dealership and told them exactly what i wanted, made the deal right then and there. got way too much in trade for my jeep, and waited 5 days for my evo to arrive on a flatbed from ohio (to boston).

[Dave]

war pays all my bills

[SLDWYSJDM]

im 17 with no car but I will be purchasing a RX7 trubo II in a month or so. but where I go to school it's hard to find people who actually work for their possessions. Me, Ive been working my ass off for 4/5 yrs. form working at fast food places to pumping gas.and just the other day a kid form my school picked up a WRX, and guess what... dad gave the kid 10k for it. kid never had a job on his life. well that's just my 2 cents.

[dsturch1]

My parents didn't pay for any of my cars...not directly at least. When I was 14 my dad gave me a 93 eagle vision that my parents hadn't been driving for years at that point and he said "heres your first car, do with it what you want." At that point...i got a buffer, buffed the **** out of it....cleaned it up...and did basic **** and slapped a for sale sign on it. Sold it for 1800 dollars and went from there buying and selling the 13 diff cars ive had since 2004.

[Girly VR-4]

lawsuit settlement when I was 18 bought me my first car, 1995 3000GT VR-4. Sold that when I was 20, and have rolled my money from one car to the next. And I know how and what to invest my money in :)

I could only wish my parents' paid for my cars. Although, at the rate I change cars, they'd have been broke a long time ago LOL

[jdm free]

how come people hate on others cause their parents paid or help payed for a car?...its not the kids fault their parents wanna give em **** and give them a better life or same that they had growing up

some people are better off than others...just deal with it

[Roadkilled75]

The bitterness comes from when the people who are given things act like they are better because of it. Not saying everyone does, but it happens enough to make it an accurate stereotype, and in turn make those of us who pay for nice things at a young age sensitive about being lumped into "spending daddy's money" group.

[Dave]

how come people hate on others cause their parents paid or help payed for a car?...its not the kids fault their parents wanna give em **** and give them a better life or same that they had growing up

some people are better off than others...just deal with it

uh no its the parents fault, and if you didnt work for it you'll never appreciate it

[SLDWYSJDM]

uh no its the parents fault, and if you didnt work for it you'll never appreciate it


nicely put, exactly my point.

[Kevin]

I have a couple really really rich friends and they are the type that aren't stuck up at all. It's how I would be if I were them. When people say they are loaded they deny it.

Its the ****s that act like they are the superior being and that talk down on ones that haven't been handed everything that make people want to kick their dick in.

[Kupop]

I found out about my Z from an e-mail I got.

[Kerplunk105]

I got my car at a dealer, $1k down and financed the rest.

[redwrxwagon02]

Subaru of Cherry Hill 3k down financing the rest

[JET02WRX]

My rides... Got my TransAm WS6 with profit made in selling my first house... Got my WRX wagon from selling my WS6... my girls WRX is financed.

[alwaysinboost]

the short version...

I rode septa all through HS while I worked as a cook/dishwasher in an pizza shop. At 18 shortly after I graduated HS I was kicked out of the house by my step mom. I took the $2,100 I had saved up from working all through school and bought an 89 mustang LX for $1,500 cash and started to rent a room for $70/week. since I've been 18 I've paid for everything myself, nobody gave or bought me a damn thing and I had too much pride to accept it even if they tried. I worked my ass of for a couple years doing misc. min wage ($4.35/hr at the time) BS and saved my money up. at one point I had 3 min. wage jobs at once.

I got into the construction field around 20-21 and realized I could be doing this crap on my own instead of making $$ for someone else, so I started a small business doing water damage restoration & carpet cleaning. About a month later hurrican floyd hit the east coast and I was swamped, literally, with more business then I could shake a stick at. Busted my ass 7 days a week 12+ hrs a day for as long as I could and make a ton of bank for a 21 year old. Luckly I had a good head on my shoulders and invested that bank in real estate and the stock market rather then buying cars.

that was almost 10 years ago. I'm 30 now with an awesome wife, kid on the way, couple of toys, nice house and a decent job just living the American dream. Looking back on my life when I was still 18 and renting a room for $10/day I'm very proud of what I've made myself into and wouldn't change a damn thing.

[Xavier]

My first car was an '84 Camaro which was given to me by my father. He got it for $500. After I wrecked that on a wet road within a year of having it I presonally wanted something FWD with a little less power.

Since my father worked at a Pontiac, Buick, GMC dealer I was planning on getting a new Sunfire but they had a used Cavalier on the lot with a few mods that any young kid would love so I picked that up with my father co-signing for me.

After having that for a few years I had a list of mods planned and I happened to come across another Cavalier with the mods I wanted and a better body for a good price so my father co-signed another loan for me that was large enough to pay off my old one and purchase this other car.

Then I wanted two wheels to join my dad on his rare joy rides on his Indian so he co-signed a loan for me on an '06 Ninja 250 which came out to less than $4k OTD with gear and all that good stuff.

So at this point I had two outstanding loans that I paid on for about two years building some credit.

Then I started having problems with my Cavalier, blew 3 motors in one year (all for different reasons) and decided to start looking for a different car when I happened across a 1990 Lotus Esprit SE for less than $16k so I jumped on it. I went to my bank by myself and was approved for a 3 year term used auto loan with a 9% interest rate. Then the car was unfortunately totalled within four days of me picking it up and I was still dead set on getting a different car and getting rid of my Cavalier.

After totalling my Esprit my insurance company, Progressive, hooked me up with a company called Auto Advocates who basically will ask you what kind of car you want and how much you want to pay and will find it for you. I set them out on a quest to find a black 300C for me and they quickly found an '06 with 31k miles for $26k. I decided to do a little search myself on AutoTrader and came across an '06 300C SRT-8 with 26k miles for $28k. I called them up and told them to investigate the SRT-8 and a few days later I was at the dealership signing the papers for the loan that I got by myself and have no problems paying. Then again, I still live at home... for now. :)

But yea, I'm not doing too bad for a 22 year old but the job is definitely a plus.

[LilSubiedrvr]

I graduated college almost a year ago. I was fortunate enough to get a job in my profession only 2 months of being out. I saved and worked my ass off and only recently got my 2.5 rs- paid full amount in cash, 10 grand. I am damn proud of that fact.

[Kevin]

You had a Lotus Esprit and totaled it? Can I punch you in the mouth? :mad:

Here's a nice one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrome-Orange-Black-Updated-ECU-Exhaust-Wheels-tire_W0QQitemZ190206269460QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 190206269460

It's a 2000 but the body styles haven't changed much over time.

[Xavier]

You had a Lotus Esprit and totaled it? Can I punch you in the mouth? :mad:

Here's a nice one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrome-Orange-Black-Updated-ECU-Exhaust-Wheels-tire_W0QQitemZ190206269460QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 190206269460

It's a 2000 but the body styles haven't changed much over time.

Take your anger out on the douche who "inspected" it the day I bought it. I drove it for four days, parked it, and when I went to warm it up before leaving I walked inside real quick while it was parked with the parking brake engaged and it rolled away. Not my fault.

Let me ever find that asshole, maybe he'll escape with his life.

[Kevin]

Take your anger out on the douche who "inspected" it the day I bought it. I drove it for four days, parked it, and when I went to warm it up before leaving I walked inside real quick while it was parked with the parking brake engaged and it rolled away. Not my fault.

Let me ever find that asshole, maybe he'll escape with his life.

LOL I need to punch him in the mouth then! :mad:

I love hearing stories about how cars roll away. Cracks me up.

[Xavier]

Its not too funny in my case. I was pretty pissed when that happened as I'd been driving it all weekend. I picked it up on a Friday and went all over the place, I guess parking in pretty flat spots so I never noticed the parking brake issue. Well, Tuesday it was parked at work in the same spot for eight hours with the parking brake on and in neutral. Before leaving I started it up to let it warm up as it was the turbo version, stepped back inside to clock out, looked out the window at it, typed a few words on the computer, then looked back out and it was gone. I ran out the door just in time to see it roll into a semi truck which was parked at the business next door.

It was a good thing anyway 'cause apparently the car had been totalled before even though I bought it with a clean title and CarFax. It was titled in NY, totalled, rebuilt, and re-titled in PA. It was never reported to any insurance agency or anything. And when I took it for repairs the shop uncovered lots of shoddy work that had been done to repair it, hell, the body work was done with newspaper and bondo. That and they said the oil lines feeding the turbo were clogged and the turbo was on its last leg (even though that was going to be one of the first things to be replaced by me) as well as a few other things. In the end it was a good thing, but it was still a damn fun car.

[Girly VR-4]

You had a Lotus Esprit and totaled it? Can I punch you in the mouth? :mad:

Here's a nice one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrome-Orange-Black-Updated-ECU-Exhaust-Wheels-tire_W0QQitemZ190206269460QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 190206269460

It's a 2000 but the body styles haven't changed much over time.

there is not one single picture of the passenger side of that car??... :confused:

[Evo8kid]

Easy! I have been working since I was 15. I had no expenses living at home (still do). Every penny I made I kept, except for the little misc. food, movies,etc (which was rare). Took most of my money to Peruzzi Mitsubishi; found out for the month of september they had a 0% interest. With my dad as a co-signer, i shelled out 15k on a $29,000 car. I will be paying it off til 2010 for about $260 a month. The only help I had was my dads signature. Im 19.

[EvlEgl]

Bought My first car at 17, 1989 Suzuki Sidekick Beat the Piss out of that car for two years until I spun a Rod bearing...Rebuilt the motor with my dad for like 400 dollars and it spun another bearing (Think it was a bad block from the first time I fubard it) After that I bought a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS wanted a Turbo model but got scared because I had researched it and heard about 'Crankwalk' so I settled for the Non turbo...Got tired of the slowness(And blew a HG) and found a 1990 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD in North jersey that I fell in love with. Drive that for almost a year broke the trans/T case on the steps of the Art museum in Philly and never got it running again. I traded that for a Streetbike rode that all last summer realized I didn't have a car sold the bike bought a 96 Ford taurus and the rest is history.

I've bought and paid for everything myself...and Tommorrow I take delivery on a 90 Talon Chassis that I'm building up to be my Track Slut :)

[Mr Tomtastic]

Bought the suby brand new, 10k down payment, 2 more payments left :). in retrospect, i wish i never bought it, i could have put the money to much better use. my truck; my mom spotted me the cash, and i made payments to her. my first car was given to me, but i had to strip it and repaint it with my dad.

[elmer1987]

Lots of money a month and investing in probably the worst thing to ever invest in, but it is extremely addicting.

[frosti108]

about the talk of peoples parents buying them cars and what not... theres different levels to all of this.

theres the parents who are loaded, and just buy their kids whatever they want. cars and all

theres the parents who are financially comfortable. they support their family well, and maybe buy their kids a nice used car to start them out and pay their insurance.

theres parents who support their family pretty well, and if they have the cash, they will pitch a grand or so to their kid for the 1st car. no way are they paying insurance.

theres parents who can hardly afford to put food on the table, but they make due. cars for the kids? LOL get a job son

theres parents who cant even put food on the table. "go get a job if you want dinner"


and many different situations in between.




my dad has always been a little shakey money wise.. he bought my older sister a car and would do the same for me, but i feel guilty about that kind of thing so i bought my own the 1st time. but soon after, my dad realized how much of a piece it was and helped me out with a nicer one. lol so basically he gave me reliable transportation. but when it got to the point where i wanted more than just 'transportation' and i wanted something cool, well thats not gonna be his money.