How did you guys get your cars?

[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?

Here's a nice one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrom...em190206269460

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

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by Kevin

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

Here's a nice one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrom...em190206269460

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]

Originally Posted by Xavier

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!

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]

Originally Posted by Kevin

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

Here's a nice one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrom...em190206269460

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??...

[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.