How did you get your car?

[BustedUjoint]

I am just curious to see how some fellow TSTers got their car. Did you buy it, did your parents? Let me start it off.

My Jeep payments + gas was killing me ($507 a month in payments over $140 a week in gas), had to change something. Jeep went out the door, in came the Red Dragon :lol:. I bought it. Which I hope so, I am 28 after all.

[Spocknasty]

I killed a man.

[CleanNeon98]

I do work son!

[jdm free]

this has been discussed.

but i sold my gsr to put a down payment on my si. i got approved without a cosigner at a low rate but had my mom cosign so i could stay under my parents insurance so i only have to pay half of what i would be paying on my own.

now im hoping to sell it and buy somethin else.

[assault187]

I bought mine myself, also bought my parents a car...

[jjm4life]

unspeakable things.

[Elliott18t]

i pay for my ****

[tr4c3]

Well my dad has helped me before with my cars. But I have gone through a long process of reselling and making profit and using that to buy the next car. I used my own money to buy the two-tone, borrowed the cash to get the 93 coupe, the 93 hatch was from borrowing cash to buy a 90 240 for $800, selling for $1800, buying a civic coupe for $1400, selling for $2400, and finally buying the 93 hatch for $2000. I don't feel like going through all the other previous cars.

[tdmopar59]

i bought my car.... bought every car i've owned...

[97TurboDSM]

paid for my car. flew to florida and drove it home.

[BustedUjoint]

Well my dad has helped me before with my cars. But I have gone through a long process of reselling and making profit and using that to buy the next car. I used my own money to buy the two-tone, borrowed the cash to get the 93 coupe, the 93 hatch was from borrowing cash to buy a 90 240 for $800, selling for $1800, buying a civic coupe for $1400, selling for $2400, and finally buying the 93 hatch for $2000. I don't feel like going through all the other previous cars.

hah, nice. No need to get into details. I just put up figures to show why my payments were ridiculous. I am curious on some in the 18 years old STi's. But I think I already know that answer to that.

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

i went and got a loan with 24% interest and bought my baby :)

[poolmike]

Bought them all and lost track of how many.

[jdm free]

i went and got a loan with 24% interest and bought my baby :)

oh damn!!!

my next car ill most likely borrow some cash from my dad. but itll be quickly be paid back so i wont hear **** when i start modding it.

[PAFirefighter11]

Honestly, I won a lawsuit back in the day after my buddies and I were hit by a DUI driver. 90mph in a Geo Metro into the back of us (stopped, turning left) in a Toyota Sequoia. It really sucked. So yah... cash for both.. but I am BROKE as a joke now.. ugh.

[BustedUjoint]

i went and got a loan with 24% interest and bought my baby :)

hahah you ma'am, are the winner. I thought I was bad on the Jeep with 16%!!! :supz:

[Metal4all6]

I bought all my cars :)

[BustedUjoint]

And I am not saying that your parents buying you a car is bad. I mean my dad bought me my first Jeep (96 Grand Cherokee 120,000 miles on it) when his dad passed away and came into a little money. But everything after that was me. I was just curious.

[dragonfly2k3]

i bought all of my cars, made money on everything but my civics, and lost ALL of the money i made, plus a ton on my civics. I will probably never mod another unless i plan to keep it forever.

[wrx wagone]

i went and got a loan with 24% interest...

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f63/jimmybikerider/smilies/33204c4b.gif

Best of luck paying that off!

[pinacup7]

Bought both of my cars and paid for everything on them by myself and am very proud of it. I found my GTO in VA. It was 25k out the door with tax,title all that. Drove down with my pops in his g35 about 350 miles, put down 14k cash and drove home. One of the funnest drive's i'll ever have. Nothing like smoking your dad on the turnpike. Paid the rest of the car off a couple months ago

[Xavier]

When my SRT-8 was totaled I needed a vehicle. Picked up my pickup with cash.

[07LX]

When my Sentra, that I paid for, got totaled I got a insurance check

[sean3]

I'm a spoiled prick :)

[tristatesentra]

just went in the dealership traded in my 99 cavalier and an hour later rolled ou with a 06 sentra end of story

[FazdaGt]

my parents have been poor since day one.

when i wanted something, i had to work for it.


every single one of my 30+ cars has been funded fully from busting my ass.

people look at me odd when i get out of my vette in rags covered in drywall dust, paint, caulk etc..

you've gotta work hard to play hard!

I used some money from selling one of my cars for a decent down payment on an 08' si last year, and i traded that in on the vette. so i've got a loan on that. i wish i was baller enough not to

all of my other toys are paid for with cash

[Tires2theSky]

I have paid for all of my cars with no help, all of my toys, motorcycles, dirtbikes ect all paid for with cash

[GeforceXtreme]

In 1996 my dad bought a 1988 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport with like 70K on it. In 2002 he gave me the car when he went out and bought himself a newer car. It was 14 years old when it was given to me with 194,000 on it. Almost nothing worked in the car however I learned to respect what I had and fixed it up overtime. We have had the car since 1996 and currently today 2009 I am still driving it for the winter with 242K on the clock and mostly everything is original on the car.. It just keeps going.

In December of 2006 I went out and bought my 2000 Buick regal GSE with 129K for $3,500. I originally was trying to find a newer car to drive so I could fix up the Eurosport. However after getting behind the wheel of a newer car I just never could look back. I daily drove the car till June of 2008 when I got a new paint job and decided that I was going to put it away for the winter months. So now I am DD the Eurosport again.

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

hahah you ma'am, are the winner. I thought I was bad on the Jeep with 16%!!! :supz:

lol yeah i REALLY wanted my car.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f63/jimmybikerider/smilies/33204c4b.gif

Best of luck paying that off!

it's already almost paid off...i pay no less than 1500 a month on it.

[ASIAN JUL]

WELL. My parents are poor as hell, so when I got my license, my BFF Jack (the4g63) offered me the Mazda (cause by then he had the Evo) to use until I could get something of my own.. and then my awesome Uncle came along and said "You're gonna be driving this?" Then a month later when I was down the shore visiting him, he pulls me aside on the balcony one morning and says..

Uncle T: "I'm really sorry I didn't send you a present for graduation.."
Me: "OMG Don't worry about it! I don't care about that stuff!"
Uncle T: "Yeah, well, the reason I didn't send you a card is because....... I'm buying you a car."
Me: "LOLWUT."

Alright so I didn't actually say LOLWUT, it was more like me hugging him to death but yeah. My uncle's the best. THE BEST.

[DPancoast]

Worked with BST in affiliation with ESPN and the Speed Channel for 2 weeks in St. Petersburg Florida. Got to see Nopi drifting, fast cars, and women lol... $250 with free plane, hotel and food.

mmm

best part right here:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/pancoast_dan/St%20Pete%20Girls/Girls19.jpg

mmmsup ladies

[cmr076]

i had help and im not going to be a Dbag and deny it. i appreciate my parents helping me and wont complain :)

[Omar_MSP]

bought my MSP

[ndubz]

My parents love me and im an only child. Yes Im spoiled, and I dot care what ppl think or say about it.

And for the record, I will be buying my sti off of them once im out of college.

[Got Insulin?]

My first car was am 88 Integra that was barely held together, that my dad surprised me with when I got myself a job that required me to drive an hour every day, during the summer of my last year in high school. We picked it up for $500 and 232K on the clock. I drove it until it had 283K on it and the origional engine gave up the ghost. I put two other engines into it and it jsut wasn't the same, so I scrapped her. My second, and current car, my dad fronted half the cash for and I payed him back, and then the other Talon, I took out a loan to build credit with, so, all the options apply to me.

[Honest_Bob]

Its my mom's station wagon.

She lets me mod the **** out of it. :)

[wrx wagone]

Its my mom's station wagon.

She lets me mod the **** out of it. :)

Does she tell you what she wants done, or does she give you your creative freedom?

[CHAOS]

wrecked my mx6... 4 months later i had the sti.

[lownslow95]

Bought my own car with my own cash. My last two cars, my parents helped me pay for them.

[rista]

my parents helped at first, by letting me borrow the money from them. i just finished paying them back...and well....im going to look at a new car..probably tonight :) it will be under their name and insurance...so im not screwed. however, i will be paying for all of it.

[KrautFed20V]

Well My first car was a 1986 Oldsmobile Calais that I inherited from my brother, I worked my butt off and bought my 1992 Oldsmobile Achieva, then I got a real job and bought my Integra, that was hit in Oklahoma by a Drunk driver (luckily it was at a gas pump i wasn't in the car) and i bought the GTI. Finally when I bought my house, I needed a family car so I financed the RAV 4. I also financed A GSX for someone, and paid cash for a Jetta, and a Jeep Cherokee.

[marshallpre1]

Promised myself I would buy one after I graduated from school.

So bought her November 07

[Ender81]

My parents bought me my first car...it was a $250 87 Nissan Sentra lol. Every car since then I have paid for myself so I've had some great cars and some crap cars but it's all good. The closest I've come to a parent paying for a car is my 66 which my girlfriends father bought and used to bribe into selling my 77 bug lol.

[ricky2i5]

my parents also bought my car for me. its hard to buy a car pay insurance and pay for school all @ the same time but once i graduate college im all about buying a car for myself

[BlkWhtTSI]

i bought mine with some help but, have since paid it all back.

[05 mazda6s]

My parents bought me a 2005 Mazda6s for my 16th birthday (I think 19k or 21k forget). Loved the car tinted it, put exhaust and cold air, but then all of a sudden my dad's friend offers me his 98 cobra for sale and since he's friends with my dad he gave it to me for $9k.

[BustedUjoint]

I'm a spoiled prick :)

LOL At least you can admit it!

my parents have been poor since day one.

when i wanted something, i had to work for it.


every single one of my 30+ cars has been funded fully from busting my ass.

people look at me odd when i get out of my vette in rags covered in drywall dust, paint, caulk etc..

you've gotta work hard to play hard!

I used some money from selling one of my cars for a decent down payment on an 08' si last year, and i traded that in on the vette. so i've got a loan on that. i wish i was baller enough not to

all of my other toys are paid for with cash

Good for you, there needs to be more of you in general, go make babies :lol:

lol yeah i REALLY wanted my car.


Ahh yes, that was my "problem" too. But damn it, I still miss that god damn Jeep!!


Uncle T: "I'm really sorry I didn't send you a present for graduation.."
Me: "OMG Don't worry about it! I don't care about that stuff!"
Uncle T: "Yeah, well, the reason I didn't send you a card is because....... I'm buying you a car."
Me: "LOLWUT."


Your Uncle is bad ass :)

i had help and im not going to be a Dbag and deny it. i appreciate my parents helping me and wont complain :)

No shame in getting help, we all need the boost at some point!

My parents love me and im an only child. Yes Im spoiled, and I dot care what ppl think or say about it.

And for the record, I will be buying my sti off of them once im out of college.

That's kind of what I thought, good for you and its nice that your parents can flip the bill.

Its my mom's station wagon.

She lets me mod the **** out of it. :)

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn spoiled rich kid! :-p

[evogsrviii]

i bought it myself. and like mr2 girl, i also have 24% interest. my credit is crappy so i had to save up a lot of money to even be considered. I bought up in Queens.

[OMGz Turbo]

Well how i got the SRT-4... Hm i usually dont like talking about this story but ill put it on the table.

At first i had a 1995 Ford ranger ext cab 4x4 with the big dog V6, it had 19k on the ODO when i got it in 2005 because my grandfather bought it brand new and barely drove it. It was my grad present since day one and when i had the truck i loved it. Hell it even came to TST meets at Red Robin in feasterville when we used to meet there.

After this i kinda ran the truck into the ground and picked up a 1996 Ford Explorer also with the big V6 and 4x4...it was fun when i had it didnt do much to it other than a super dumb loud system and a intake but it did its purpose when rolling up to a place squad deep.

Then i traded that to a member on here for his 1990 GSX with mods already. This was a favorite car of mine fun to drive even more after the open dp shooting fireballs under the car, needless to say it had 253k on it and it was a DSM so at the time i got laid off and didnt have the cash to fix it. Also had some legal trouble and sold it to pay my lawyer.

So i took a ride to the dealership with my mom (she had the SRT since brand new in 04) we went to go look at a 2006 cobalt ss/sc in black. ill toss some photogs in this bia bia
pic i took of the ss. and my car riding like a tree hut on 4x4 status with some hidious chrome wheels.
http://b8.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01218/86/37/1218197368_l.jpg

Needless to say i took over the 10k left on the payment and she ended up with a new balt ss. It worked out for me because i couldnt afford the payments on the SRT i looked at they wanted 600$ a month. Now im walking around with a 450$ payment hah

So my line ends here.

But my moms is longer then mine. She has had 16-17 cars in the last 8 years.
This replaced the SS. (intake, exhaust, chipped)
http://b0.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01492/00/51/1492201500_l.jpg

This replaced the charger.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_903b84585db667c272e3d55af429fa7f.jpg

then she got a impala...and now she has a 2008 jetta

[Eclipse GSX 61]

My parents bought the car straight up for me and I pay them back monthly payments. They did this since it was my first car and wanted to help me avoid interest.

[matthenny]

i called guy he came to my house i gave him moneys
and i had car
yay

[*~Heather~*]

wrecked my Expedition...bought my car a few weeks after

[BustedUjoint]

My parents bought the car straight up for me and I pay them back monthly payments. They did this since it was my first car and wanted to help me avoid interest.

Now see that's a good idea. I don't know how old you are, but at least you have to make the payments back to them some how.

[EKLIPZGSX97]

Dad gave me my first car (92 Escort GT, which I still have) it was wrecked and he put it back together for me and gave it to me as a first car. Drove that for 3 1/2 years, and it ran like a champ. Went out and got a personal loan from a wealthy friend of the family to buy the Eclipse (which I've since paid back) White one got totalled, took the insurance check from that one to buy the purple POS.

Trans in the Escort blew up, in comes the truck, went out and got my own bank loan to buy that (in the process of paying back now). All my cars are titled in my parents name to keep the insurance down, I won't hide that. Hell I'd say %40-%50 of you guys do that too. It's a hell of a way to keep the "OMG you're a kid with 3 cars" Insurance cost down.

All my toys I pay for myself, YFZ, Mods for all 3 cars, etc... That's my story, and I have nothing of value to show at the end of my 6+ year run:roll:

[Honest_Bob]

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn spoiled rich kid! :-p

ok, so I was lying to protect my manhood. :o

The real story is I bought my car brand new off the lot no cosigner and 2k down. I recently refinanced it through the rent's in a similar situation as Eclipse GSX 61. I was paying 7.5% interest, and now I'm down to 4% as it was the going rate of a CD at the time. It paid off for my parents as cd's went below 3% recently and works out for me at the same time. :)

Insurance is under my name and I pay for all of it.

[BustedUjoint]

All my toys I pay for myself, YFZ, Mods for all 3 cars, etc... That's my story, and I have nothing of value to show at the end of my 6+ year run:roll:

Snoochie Bootchies?!

[OMGz Turbo]

Snoochie Bootchies?!

Oh i got some snoochie bootchies for realizing how bad i got ****ed. hah

[Scapegoat]

my parents bought me cars through highschool... 1-1.5k cars, probably went through 4-5 of those... right after highschool i convinced my step dad to cosign for a 99 v6 mustang, i made all the payments, he put 2k down for it and paid insurance.

6 months later we traded it in for a 4 door blazer, which he paid for. he wanted a truck in the family, but didn't want to drive one... so i gave up the mustang.

he ended up taking the blazer and buying me an 88 celica, got it a tune up, he got into an accident, bought it back and fixed it, two weeks later i totaled it due to poor weather... after that, gave me another 2k to go buy whatever i wanted... in came the 86 laser turbo... drove that for a little bit... starter died, bought another starter, couldn't get it in due to rust. that sat for a year before the mechanic got to it... my uncle, in the mean time, bought me a corsica

I traded that in about a year later and handed over 1k cash as a down payment on the SRT-4, my mom cosigned.

So, i've gotten a lot of help in the beginning... but the SRT is all me. Family has helped me here and there two years ago with payments when i was broke... but insurance, payments are all on me now.

i want to trade it though... not 100% sure for what... i'd love another mustang

oh, and i paid for the truck in cash...

[BugEyeGuy]

Hmm my older brother gave me a 5 spd 95 chevy cavalier for 300 bucks with 186,000 miles I rocked that for about a year learned how to drive stick. My g/f at the time had an uncle selling a 5 spd 96 VW GTI for 3500 but my g/f talked him into giving me it for 2500, my mom bought me that I drove that for probably 3-6 months and got into a head-on collision which was 50/50 not totally my fault, then we looked around for another VW and found a 96 VW jetta (WOW WAS THAT A MISTAKE!) I must have driven that for 3 + years and I ended up fixing soooooo much ****, it had to of been the most unreliable car ever! finally within the last year a friend of mine had a 45 year old neighbor selling a WRX so he could buy a 2003 Evo, so I took it out for a test drive and fell in love I knew a kid in highschool that always drove the exact same year WRX and I knew how much fun it was so I had 11,000 saved and paid the man cash and took the WRX which is my current car and I love it!


the other WRX the identical one I spoke of above ^ went through 2 different kids and ended up with my friend Corbin and he had been modding it out but him and that bug eye are gone now he's the one in my signature....R.I.P...Corbin Ryan Graver.

[ForcedInduction]

1990 Honda Civic SI-T
Traded my free 1990 GST for this
2001 Dodge Durango 5.9L
Freebie from my father-in-law
2005 Nissan Maxima SE
Financed

[coleycole]

Bought it from myself, and made commission on it

[agoodall]

Out of high school(about 10 years ago) I drove my pop's Ford explorer it wasnt mine i just drove it since he had a company car...Then my parents bought me a 87 Ford Ranger 5spd so i could learn stick (cost $300)...after that i got the 240sx bug and i bought three different ones over the course of 3yrs a pignose (sold), a '92 with sr swap (totalled by an old lady at a traffic light), '91 coupe w/silvia front end swap (sold to a members brother inlaw).
I was kinda sick of buying cars that i had to drop money into just to bring them up to my standard. So I went out and financed a '01 Lexus IS300 put 2k down on it 9% interest, and i am crazy stupid happy. Whether someone does it on their own or mom and pop help/do it for them, as long as your grateful for what you have and respect those that help you then i see no problems.

[Gordonfan24]

1988 Buick Regal: given to me (twice now) by my uncle. It would have gone to the junkyard, so it's not worth anything.
1992 Mitsu Eclipse: I bought it, then sold it.
1997 Grand Marquis: Awesome graduation gift from my dad since he got a new car a few months earlier. It's still not in my name, but I have the title. I didn't have to make payments, which was really great, but I do pay my own insurance. I probably still, even after all the mods, couldn't get more than $3,000 for it.

[igo4bmx]

1997 ford escort - brother's car that i borrowed for the two years he was in college :o
2000 civic - new finance- had help with cosigning, but i paid and insured it completely myself.
2003 evo- financed

[twastheglow]

I've bought both my cars on my own. Like the OP, I'm going on 28. Mom and Dad don't have to help me. LOL

[igo4bmx]

unspeakable things.

aka man-whoring on 12th street

[NerkTheJerk]

parents bought mine

[FazdaGt]

Good for you, there needs to be more of you in general, go make babies :lol:





i'll tell the girl we need to practice, the guys of tst say so haha.

i am extremely grateful for everything i own, i mean it's mine thanks to me...including my house and everything in it. it's nice to sit here at 22 and look around and think "wow, all of this **** is mine!"

but, if you're not fortunate enough to own a vette and aren't a douchebag, i'll be happy to let you drive it...everyone needs some fun!

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

i bought it myself. and like mr2 girl, i also have 24% interest. my credit is crappy so i had to save up a lot of money to even be considered. I bought up in Queens.

i had no credit at all, that's why mine is so high.

[DC2.2GSR]

i bought my first car (92 Sentra) for $600. drove the hell out of that until i could afford to buy something else. i bought my '87 4000S for $500. i still have that car. i bought my Integra as a shell and i've been working on building that for a while now. it has taken me a pretty long time. i've been tempted to go out and get a crappy high interest loan so i can finally finish it, but it's not worth it.

the best part about my integra is that when it's done, i won't owe anyone a penny. it's been built with cash.

[Scapegoat]

but, if you're not fortunate enough to own a vette and aren't a douchebag, i'll be happy to let you drive it...everyone needs some fun!

pm address and time? :lol:

[01 Trans-Am WS6]

I bought my WS6, however my Dad did sign as a co-signer or I coulden't get a loan myself without rediculous interest rates. I pay for it all myself. And my Probe I bought myself.

[dan]

bought and paid for by yours truely..havent had help with a car since i was 15..and i've had ALOT of cars..

[The Captain]

Bought cheap, sold for profit until I could afford the prelude.

1st 1986 Mercedes 300e - free, sold for 2k
2nd 1992 toyota camry - 1400, sold for 3600
3rd 1998 eclipse gs - bought for 3500 sold for 6000
4th 1998 prelude - bought 6 years ago for 10k

[FazdaGt]

pm address and time? :lol:

i'll be at the sonic meet whenever it is, it sounds like the new location is a bit more traffic friendly.

so be there and find me, or any meet i'm at actually.

[SovXietday]

My first Civic was a gift from my parents. Granted, they only paid $500 for it with a blown engine and my dad fixed it. I did the engine build and all of that stuff in that car, then it got totalled by some idiot who blew a stop sign. I bought the car back and got 5K from it, found my hatch for $300, and put a good majority of the money into it plus all the parts I already had into it. Then I got clobbered by a deer and I spent the rest of it + savings to fix it, lol.

The Camaro I got a personal loan for 5K and put up another $600 for. When I sold the Camaro I just flipped the cash I made from selling that and bought my trailer with it. I am still paying the loan with 12% interest. (which actually is the lowest possible rate because I have awesome credit... sigh).

CRX I bought the shell and dropped the stock engine from the Civic into it and beat it around daily.

[sobigsofly]

my garage as it sits now...
91 s13 coupe sr'd making 390 to the wheels paid by me
08 R32 owned and paid by me
08 Subabu Tribeca owned and paid by me
87 ae86 coupe soon to be drift slut all me , oh yeah and a 81 xs650 hardtailed bobber

[JimH]

I bought my first to present on my own

87 Nissan Sentra - $1500
91 Geo Tracker - $4000
99 Ford Escort ZX2 - $9000
98 Ford Escort ZX2 - $1000
90 Plymouth Laser - $400

[amit]

i went and got a loan with 24% interest and bought my baby :)

Hahahahhahahhhahahahahahaha

seriously?

edit: Just so this isn't totally pointless. I paid for my car with my own money in cash (not that its saying much, wasnt a pricey car) and I paid for all the parts in cash myself as well which I know are worth a good 5-6x the amount i spent on the car already. Buying stuff with money you don't have is wayyy too risky unless you're the very smart and rich type who realizes they make more money through interest when their money sits in the bank than they lose by paying extra for financing or getting a loan so they choose to not pay in full in cash.

[DSMTJ]

i bought mine.

[coreycooper]

i sold my anus for 2 hours

[omgjacki]

I bought it. $700 for the car. $144/month for insurance and $30/week gas.

[Asif22]

I raced Johnny Tran for his pink slip!

[frosti108]

i paid for all of my own vehicles by myself, except my 2nd truck which my dad helped me out with. i was driving an 82 s10 i bought for 500 bucks at the time. it was rusting apart under my feet, and spewing fumes into the cab :lol: so he convinced me that if we donate it, he will help me buy a better truck. we ended up getting me an 87 mazda b2000 which was pretty gay, but a huge step up from the s10. then after that i got into my 1st s13 for $600 (salvage title) and since then its been nothing but nissans. s z and d chassis :)

oh and ive always paid my own insurance gas maintenance tickets... thank god my insurance is finally dropping down to around 150/month for 2 cars. used to be more like 240 something.

[twitchh17]

lol first 240 was passed down to me from my dad, then i bought a celica, then i bought a 95 civic hatch, then i bought a civic 4dr sedan sohc turbo, then i bought a another 240, then i bought another 240 with my own money. all cars from craigslist

[coreycooper]

not to bust balls here but im guessing that a large percentage of the people that "paid" for their cars Themselves used money that was in there account put there by their parents or from birthday money or some **** like that because im sure theres no kid that bought their evo at 16 from paper rout money ( just an example).... the thread should be redone as who earned the money to pay for their car

[BugEyeGuy]

Well I paid all 11 grand all by myself I earned the money!

[jdm free]

not to bust balls here but im guessing that a large percentage of the people that "paid" for their cars Themselves used money that was in there account put there by their parents or from birthday money or some **** like that because im sure theres no kid that bought their evo at 16 from paper rout money ( just an example).... the thread should be redone as who earned the money to pay for their car

im sure they didnt pay cash for an evo.

[milanoej1]

i bought all my cars...from my camry that wouldnt start to my 93 civic cpe haha

[92dxman]

87 Nova $800 paid for myself, 89 Toyota Pickup $1200 paid for myself, 95 Metro HS graduation present, 92 Civic $500 paid for myself, 87 Tercel $800 paid for myself, 91 Protege $1200 paid for myself and 93 Escort $450 paid for myself.

[frosti108]

not to bust balls here but im guessing that a large percentage of the people that "paid" for their cars Themselves used money that was in there account put there by their parents or from birthday money or some **** like that because im sure theres no kid that bought their evo at 16 from paper rout money ( just an example).... the thread should be redone as who earned the money to pay for their car

good point! i always wonder how these young kids drive such expensive cars...

[HickRocket1258]

My parents bought me my car as a graduation gift from high school. My dad also bought me my camaro after I was too old to race jr dragsters anymore and he still wanted me to race. I'm starting to pay him back for it though.

[ej06WRX]

i used some inheritance money for a down payment, i pay half of my insurance which is $1000 a year, and i use all my summer job money for payments throughout the year till i start working again in the summer.

[endlessmyk]

I paid for half of my first car (92 Eagle Summit woo!) when I was 16, my grandfather paid the other half and i paid him monthly payments.
After that, I paid cash for my 91 laser, then took out a loan to build some credit for my 94tsi. Then picked up my 92 and $500 in trade for my 94.

O, and somewhere in there I bought a Chevy Celebrity cause I needed a car quick, sold it a few months later.

[Soon2bG60]

being a 15 year old kid, I saved about... 4 years of christmas, and birthday money, Etc stuff like that.

[vanessa]

My first car I paid for by myself. My second car I used the insurance money from totaling the first car. Classy.

[Scapegoat]

i donate sperm to the local orphanage to pay for my ****

[blewby u]

bought it for 22700, cash. the money was put into my trust by my parents, though. but i couldn't imagine ever financing it or taking out a loan - my parents wouldn't even let me. my fiance pays a grand a month for his vette, for 5 years, on top of 300 a month for hs busa. i just couldn't ever imagine doing that.

im sure they didnt pay cash for an evo.

i did.

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

^ loans suck, i pay 1000 a month on my car (but that's just because i want it paid off quick.)

[BustedUjoint]

bought it for 22700, cash. the money was put into my trust by my parents, though. but i couldn't imagine ever financing it or taking out a loan - my parents wouldn't even let me. my fiance pays a grand a month for his vette, for 5 years, on top of 300 a month for hs busa. i just couldn't ever imagine doing that.


Umm, its easy. It's called being part of the real world, where things are not handed to you. This crazy notion of earning something or paying something off. At the end you actually have a sense of accomplishment. I know, it's a silly idea. But it seems to work for the majority of us.

As for you fiance, if you can afford it, awesome. But if he is shelling out 1300 a month in payments and making 30k and living at home. . there is an issue. I hope that's not that case.

[redline]

The same way I got everything else in my life, I worked hard for it!! IMO, it's the only respectful way to own things in life and learn to appreciate them at the same time.

[BustedUjoint]

not to bust balls here but im guessing that a large percentage of the people that "paid" for their cars Themselves used money that was in there account put there by their parents or from birthday money or some **** like that because im sure theres no kid that bought their evo at 16 from paper rout money ( just an example).... the thread should be redone as who earned the money to pay for their car

Well that is what I was basically trying to find out. I didn't think I have to treat people like idiots and spell it out for them. If they say that THEY paid for it, but it was from money given to them. . THEY didn't pay for it. I'm not trying to knock you, just agreeing. And if people did that, they need a reality check. Oh well.

[Kevin]

I bought my car by giving the previous owner cash for it. then transfered titles. lol

[blewby u]

Umm, its easy. It's called being part of the real world, where things are not handed to you. This crazy notion of earning something or paying something off. At the end you actually have a sense of accomplishment. I know, it's a silly idea. But it seems to work for the majority of us.

As for you fiance, if you can afford it, awesome. But if he is shelling out 1300 a month in payments and making 30k and living at home. . there is an issue. I hope that's not that case.

i wouldn't buy a 20k + thousand dollar car unless i had 20k+. being a part of the real world is not spending money you don't have lol. maybe that's just me.

and no, that's not the case.

[jdm free]

bought it for 22700, cash. the money was put into my trust by my parents, though. but i couldn't imagine ever financing it or taking out a loan - my parents wouldn't even let me. my fiance pays a grand a month for his vette, for 5 years, on top of 300 a month for hs busa. i just couldn't ever imagine doing that.



i did.

but u fit into the category where ur payments gave u the money to pay for it


and if it werent for credit, people wouldnt be able to afford anything. and business wouldnt make money

[blewby u]

but u fit into the category where ur payments gave u the money to pay for it

i know, i wouldn't have it if it weren't for my parents, that's for sure.

and if it werent for credit, people wouldnt be able to afford anything. and business wouldnt make money

yea, this is absolutely true - but my parents always raised me not to spend money i don't have. i don't even have a credit card lol, just an atm card - i do absolutely everything in cash. the loan and financing rates are just disgusting too.

[jdm free]

yea, this is absolutely true - but my parents always raised me not to spend money i don't have. i don't even have a credit card lol, just an atm card - i do absolutely everything in cash. the loan and financing rates are just disgusting too.

so without their money you wouldnt have an evo, and then probably would have tried to get a loan to afford the evo

[Kevin]

i wouldn't buy a 20k + thousand dollar car unless i had 20k+. being a part of the real world is not spending money you don't have lol. maybe that's just me.

and no, that's not the case.

I'm the same way. That's why I drive POS DSM's lol

Saving money is ftdub

[tort9320g]

Stole it after my Pits ate the owner. J/K !! My sissy dogs would run the other way. Borrowed some money to buy it. Long since payed off.

Dave

[Scapegoat]

yea, this is absolutely true - but my parents always raised me not to spend money i don't have. i don't even have a credit card lol, just an atm card - i do absolutely everything in cash. the loan and financing rates are just disgusting too.

whats disgusting... ok not disgusting, but just trying to be clever and use your own words... i fail...

um... to the point... you're not learning to be financially intelligent by being given nearly 23k in cash by your parents to buy the car. Nor are you building credit by doing so, which is even worse...

I realize you probably have a mil or so from the trust, i knew a chick w/ a 1.2mil i think... off topic, but she was the most annoying girl i ever met. She was ALL about money money money, but also extremely paranoid about people wanting hers (even though she made it very apparent she had it, talked about it, talked about what other people make, etc)

regardless... good for your family for taking care of you. I only hope that i am in the position to set aside a large chunk for grandchildren in the future. BUT you're not learning how to spend it intelligently, or how to balance finances intelligently at least...

[frosti108]

yea, this is absolutely true - but my parents always raised me not to spend money i don't have. i don't even have a credit card lol, just an atm card - i do absolutely everything in cash. the loan and financing rates are just disgusting too.

i used to do everything in cash, because i dont beleive in spending money i dont have either.

but sooner or later i decided to get a credit card and start building credit. i still dont believe in spending money i dont have though. if i dont have the money in my account or in my pocket, its not getting spent on my credit card. too many kids dont realize this and mess their credit up. both my older sister, and my gf both ****ed their credit up already lol


but even though i dont like spending money i dont have, thats whats going to have to happen when i eventually buy a house. besides a house, i dont think ill ever actually try to buy something i cant pay off in one shot. so that is why you need to build credit.

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

whats disgusting... ok not disgusting, but just trying to be clever and use your own words... i fail...

um... to the point... you're not learning to be financially intelligent by being given nearly 23k in cash by your parents to buy the car. Nor are you building credit by doing so, which is even worse...

I realize you probably have a mil or so from the trust, i knew a chick w/ a 1.2mil i think... off topic, but she was the most annoying girl i ever met. She was ALL about money money money, but also extremely paranoid about people wanting hers (even though she made it very apparent she had it, talked about it, talked about what other people make, etc)

regardless... good for your family for taking care of you. I only hope that i am in the position to set aside a large chunk for grandchildren in the future. BUT you're not learning how to spend it intelligently, or how to balance finances intelligently at least...

buying all my cars myself, and paying my own way in every aspect of my life has made me one of the most responsible 20 year olds i know. and it doesn't hurt that i have awesome credit.

[marshallpre1]

buying all my cars myself, and paying my own way in every aspect of my life has made me one of the most responsible 20 year olds i know. and it doesn't hurt that i have awesome credit.

Exactly.

Cept I'm 23 not 20 :(

whats disgusting... ok not disgusting, but just trying to be clever and use your own words... i fail...

um... to the point... you're not learning to be financially intelligent by being given nearly 23k in cash by your parents to buy the car. Nor are you building credit by doing so, which is even worse...

I realize you probably have a mil or so from the trust, i knew a chick w/ a 1.2mil i think... off topic, but she was the most annoying girl i ever met. She was ALL about money money money, but also extremely paranoid about people wanting hers (even though she made it very apparent she had it, talked about it, talked about what other people make, etc)

regardless... good for your family for taking care of you. I only hope that i am in the position to set aside a large chunk for grandchildren in the future. BUT you're not learning how to spend it intelligently, or how to balance finances intelligently at least...

Very good point.

[BustedUjoint]

i wouldn't buy a 20k + thousand dollar car unless i had 20k+. being a part of the real world is not spending money you don't have lol. maybe that's just me.

and no, that's not the case.

Well, in the real world, you need established credit. I am surprised your parents haven't guided you in getting this set up for your own instead of riding their coat tails.

but u fit into the category where ur payments gave u the money to pay for it


and if it werent for credit, people wouldnt be able to afford anything. and business wouldnt make money

BINGO

yea, this is absolutely true - but my parents always raised me not to spend money i don't have. i don't even have a credit card lol, just an atm card - i do absolutely everything in cash. the loan and financing rates are just disgusting too.

Have fun buying a house. . unless your going to be paying for THAT in cash out of your trust fund as well. If that's case. . well. . I won't even get into that.

whats disgusting... ok not disgusting, but just trying to be clever and use your own words... i fail...

um... to the point... you're not learning to be financially intelligent by being given nearly 23k in cash by your parents to buy the car. Nor are you building credit by doing so, which is even worse...

I realize you probably have a mil or so from the trust, i knew a chick w/ a 1.2mil i think... off topic, but she was the most annoying girl i ever met. She was ALL about money money money, but also extremely paranoid about people wanting hers (even though she made it very apparent she had it, talked about it, talked about what other people make, etc)

regardless... good for your family for taking care of you. I only hope that i am in the position to set aside a large chunk for grandchildren in the future. BUT you're not learning how to spend it intelligently, or how to balance finances intelligently at least...

So kindly said Ken! . . . I am disappointed in your ;)

i used to do everything in cash, because i dont beleive in spending money i dont have either.

but sooner or later i decided to get a credit card and start building credit. i still dont believe in spending money i dont have though. if i dont have the money in my account or in my pocket, its not getting spent on my credit card. too many kids dont realize this and mess their credit up. both my older sister, and my gf both ****ed their credit up already lol


but even though i dont like spending money i dont have, thats whats going to have to happen when i eventually buy a house. besides a house, i dont think ill ever actually try to buy something i cant pay off in one shot. so that is why you need to build credit.

Way to be on the right track! :supz:

buying all my cars myself, and paying my own way in every aspect of my life has made me one of the most responsible 20 year olds i know. and it doesn't hurt that i have awesome credit.

Good for you on both parts! Good Credit helps A LOT. Hell, some insurance companies, cable companies and Oil Companies run a credit check on you!

I screwed my credit up big time when I was younger. Took a few years but was able to raise my score up about 250 points. I learned my lesson and pulled myself back into the green. Yay for me.

[Scapegoat]

buying all my cars myself, and paying my own way in every aspect of my life has made me one of the most responsible 20 year olds i know. and it doesn't hurt that i have awesome credit.

i still desi...er... require... pics for proof :mrgreen:


So kindly said Ken! . . . I am disappointed in your ;)


dude... trying to get into her pants... and that bank account, duh

back on topic ;)

i'm looking to move on from the srt in 6 months... not entirely sure what i'm getting, but i can promise you... it'll be alll me baby

[mikes7ke]

I monitored honda-tech for the next local honda meet. Wrote down some guy's vin, and followed him home. And the dealer sold me his car for the cost of a new key.

[HickRocket1258]

Busted why do you have to bust on blewbyu. Maybe she doesn't trust herself with a credit card or something. Some people just go different directions with things. Give her a break.

[BustedUjoint]

Busted why do you have to bust on blewbyu. Maybe she doesn't trust herself with a credit card or something. Some people just go different directions with things. Give her a break.

Sorry, I'm not that nice. Especially to people with trust funds. I know, I am a dick. But, that's me. ;)

[ImportDPS]

american honda financial and wells fargo are my 2 best friends....

[jdm free]

american honda financial and wells fargo are my 2 best friends....

same here. but wells is for my student loans which they still havent given me my money for this semester :mad:

[Glick]

I cannot stand it when people let their parents buy them cars and then they treat the car like it's a $300 beater, even if it cost a decent bit of money. I have never had a car bought for me, or had help. My first car was a 1994 Saturn SL1. At 15, I bought it for 1G and it sat on my street until I got it road-worthy and had a license, and never once asked for my parents help. I'm not against parents buying their kids cars, but I would encourage them to help back their kids before handing over 10Gs and say, "Go find a car."

[motorvated]

Well...when I was about 14 my dad had to send his BMW into the shop for a while. The miata was forsale right down the road, so he bought it. figured it would be a run arond car for two weeks and then he'd sell it. Well we both fell inlove with the little car. He ended up keeping it. I learned to drive stick in it, and him and I did a lot of cruising in the car. Well, two years ago he decided to sell it. Hes into bigger and WAY better cars now. I couldnt let the car go, so I bought it from him. Though the car doesnt hold a lot of value in the market, it has a lot of value to me. Good memories and I love the car.

[Glick]

Well...when I was about 14 my dad had to send his BMW into the shop for a while. The miata was forsale right down the road, so he bought it. figured it would be a run arond car for two weeks and then he'd sell it. Well we both fell inlove with the little car. He ended up keeping it. I learned to drive stick in it, and him and I did a lot of cruising in the car. Well, two years ago he decided to sell it. Hes into bigger and WAY better cars now. I couldnt let the car go, so I bought it from him. Though the car doesnt hold a lot of value in the market, it has a lot of value to me. Good memories and I love the car.

I know the feeling. My first car was a 2006 Sentra Spec-V. It might not have been much to some people, but to me it was my first "sporty" car. I sold it for the WRX, and rumor has it that it has become a home to some rats in a scrap yard. I am afraid to run a VIN check to see if it's true.

[motorvated]

that sucks^ My car wont get sold..ever. Its not worth enough to sell, and it doesnt cost anything to own besides what I decide to put into it. 200K miles, and still running. Maybe someday it will get boosted or a V8.

[foamcup]

I work hard.

[3000gtvr4tt]

bought all of mine also have been working since I was 12 tho

[ronnycage]

stripped my built supercharged ep3 (2003 civic si) then sold the parts and traded the car for my s2000.:cool:

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

Exactly.

Cept I'm 23 not 20 :(

still young :)

[marshallpre1]

still young :)

I have a Supra... you have an MR2... You thinking what I'm thinking??? :wink: