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Buying a car for a family member when they get old enough to drive

Are you going to buy a car for a family member when they are old enough to drive? Please explain.


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No facts just observations since I was in high school. A couple of kids were given cars [mostly new ones!] when they turned 16. Not one guy acted responsibly or showed any gratitude. Just spoiled pricks who thought their shit didn't stink because they had a car and the rest of us didn't---or we had to buy our own beater. There definitely some Eddie Haskells amongst them. Most of the girls were exactly the same--though I can remember two from high school that didn't act that way.

In college it was the same, those with the new and fancy cars were almost always pricks and the girls were just as bad---but much more subtle about it.

Spent parts of 2018 - 2020 with my girlfriend in Coronado CA---you wouldn't believe what those high schoolers are driving. BMWs, Mercedes, Lexus RC 300s, Jag F types. Hell I'm jealous of them.

My old man was a plastic surgeon and obviously could afford to buy us kids a car when we turned 16. He was a total car guy so he definitely understood how important driving was to a young guy or girl. Until he went soft all his cars had manual transmissions and big engines if they were offered to include his Jaguar XKE, '68 Pontiac GTO, '73 Pontiac Grand Am. Then he went soft and had fancy cars with automatic transmissions, a '75 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible and a '78 Caddy Eldorado Biarritz. In the early 80's he added a Series IV Excaliber to his two Caddys.

But he taught us the value of things and of ourselves. No free lunches and absolutely no free cars.

He started us as 5 year olds with our own bank account through simple index cards. Birthday money, allowance if we earned it, money from jobs that weren't part of our daily chores. If we wanted to keep the money and not give it to him he didn't care--but he paid 5% interest every month and we quickly learned that was free money! If we wanted to empty our account to buy a toy he would explain we could do whatever we wanted but it was always smart to keep some money in savings. When the next new thing came and we invariably had an empty bank account he just say go play with the thing you bought last month---which had zero interest as it wasn't new.

No one in my family was allowed to buy a car until they were 17. The girls didn't want to but my brother and I certainly did. As a gear head I was able to buy a car as soon as I turned 17 in the spring of '77.

I'd saved up half the money I needed and he lent me the other half at 1% ABOVE the going car loan rate, "Because no on except me is stupid enough to loan you money." At least he said it with a smile. I had a monthly payment and if i missed one the car got parked [thank God that didn't happen].

Anyway, long explanation on why I'm interested in why people give cars to kids.

I'm convinced that the reason we have so many idiots voting for the politicians who promise them free shit [which they're too stupid to realize never is] is due to not being taught the value of things. Add in the dumbing down to mediocrity and the they are "special" and deserve a trophy whether they win or not---it's no wonder that for most their quality of life is going to be much less than their parents.
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My parents helped me buy my 1st vehicle. A old beater for $1000. I drove it for 4 years while going to school and working my azz off to pay them back and insurance. My next vehicle I bought myself.

Iā€™m planning on doing the same for my kidā€¦ get him a beater, heā€™s gonna pay me back and pay for his own insurance.

it about helping family but not giving them the world.
 

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Lol this bugged you that much in the other thread eh?

People can do what they want with their money.
 

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My parents bought me the bare minimum so I could get to school, work and sports practice. $400.00 dollars in 1988 got me a pretty sweet ride. Fast forward to 2017 and I bought my 15 year old son a $1500.00 pickup (inflation) so he could do the same. It was up to me, and now him, to work for an upgrade. I now drive a Mojave, and he upgraded to a newer Ford pickup that he paid for himself driving the pickup I bought him to the job he started at fifteen.
 

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I drove my momā€™s car, when I got permission of course, from the moment I was licensed until the moment I was able to purchase my first car about four years later.

I am a first gen American, my degenerate sibling had multiple teen pregnancies and my parents didnā€™t exactly bring in the big bucks.

That drove me to work harder and harder when combined with the fact that my parents didnā€™t flea a communist regime in order for their son to scrub toilets all his life.

My sisterā€™s first kid started driving recently so I came though and got her first car taken care of. Sheā€™s an awesome kid and really appreciated the gesture.

My pops admitted to me that day that he had regret for not pinching pennies on my behalf - which I appreciate more than if he would have actually got me a beater as it made me who I am.

Fast forward from 16 to 29 - I have the cash to purchase a house and outright own my JT. That is very much a flex to me.
 

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We were bought $1,500 cars when we turned 16 (late 90s to early 00s), but expected to get a job immediately and make monthly payments.

None of us (3 brothers) completely satisfied that agreement in one way or another, either too busy partying and hanging out to get/keep a job, or too irresponsible to pay for our cars.

They were sold and then after that we could only borrow our parent's cars to drive to and from work. Saving up our own money to buy our own cars after that. This was the real motivator. It worked great!

We're utilizing a hybrid concept for our daughter when she turns 16 in February. She can have my car (2015 VW GLI) outright so long as she gets a job to pay for gas and insurance. If she doesn't, I take the keys, but since the car is paid off it can stay in the garage until she's ready to try again. If she maintains a job until she's 18 then I'll sign the title over to her and she's free to do with it what she wants. If she doesn't, it's mine to do with whatever I want, which will be to sell it.

It's a much nicer car than we ever got. More reliable, fuel efficient, and lower miles too! She's lucky to get it. Whether or not she realizes this will soon be determined. I'm definitely not going to buy a beater and have to deal with the headache of turning around to sell it if things don't work out. It's much easier to just take a set of keys.
 

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My parents and I must have socialism all wrong as we both bought our children starter cars so they (me) could drive straight to work. I guess one of them quitting their job to chauffeur me to work instead of spoiling me with a $400.00 1979 Ford Fairmont was a better choice. I guess I should of just turned them down, stayed home and lived off themā€¦but wouldnā€™t that be socialism? Iā€™m confusedā€¦
 

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My parents and I must have socialism all wrong as we both bought our children starter cars so they (me) could drive straight to work. I guess one of them quitting their job to chauffeur me to work instead of spoiling me with a $400.00 1979 Ford Fairmont was a better choice. I guess I should of just turned them down, stayed home and lived off themā€¦but wouldnā€™t that be socialism? Iā€™m confusedā€¦
Yes. living off others is socialism.

You list your occupation as a grocery bagger. Do you make a Mojave owning living from bagging groceries ?
 

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ā€˜Living off othersā€ is living off others. Socialism is a political theory, or a catchphrase if you donā€™t agree with something. My parents can buy sixteen year old me a car and not be socialists. In fact, if I wanted something better, I better work for it. Donā€™t get the two confused.
 

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Yes. living off others is socialism.

You list your occupation as a grocery bagger. Do you make a Mojave owning living from bagging groceries ?
Psst. Hey. I'm going to whisper this so nobody else here hears it, and you may want to sit down for this one, but it's fairly common for kids to live off their parents.
 

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ā€˜Living off othersā€ is living off others. Socialism is a political theory, or a catchphrase if you donā€™t agree with something. My parents can buy sixteen year old me a car and not be socialists. In fact, if I wanted something better, I better work for it. Donā€™t get the two confused.
Grocery bagger or not?
 

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Yes. living off others is socialism.

You list your occupation as a grocery bagger. Do you make a Mojave owning living from bagging groceries ?
Socialism is the government taking from you to give to others so that you are all ā€˜equalā€™, not someoneā€™s personal choice to use their money to help their kid get around and ahead in life.
 

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Psst. Hey. I'm going to whisper this so nobody else here hears it, and you may want to sit down for this one, but it's fairly common for kids to live off their parents.
Its also fairly common for kids to be not as strong as they could be. I show my son that he is the driving force in his life. He can be food stamp champ like my mom or well off like I am with hard work. Nothing comes free. So far that has worked for us. The boy works very hard and earns his way.I could not be more proud of him.
 

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Socialism is the government taking from you to give to others so that you are all ā€˜equalā€™, not someoneā€™s personal choice to use their money to help their kid get around ahead in life.
Agreed. But one teaches that is how life works.
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