[StLouisPenguin]

Wow!!!! I didn't get my own car until I was 21.....and it was a used Chevy Cavalier that I paid for.....up until that point I had to share cars with my mom and brothers....hummmm.....I think I was born into the wrong family!!!!

The Element is the first new car I have ever purchased and I am 27. I guess I didn't realize that their were teenagers out there getting brand new cars.....just think of the insurance rates!!!

 

[StLouisPenguin]

Misfit-

My husband were talking about this post on our way back from picking up our new mountain bikes.....and we said the EXACT same thing that you posted!

Freakie Deakie Do!!


BTW.....Erie542.....I don't think we have a real problem with teenagers driving new cars....in all reality we are all probably a twinge jealous, but then again at the same time I am glad that my mom had the sense to teach me a few life lessons when it comes to car ownership and working hard for something that you really want. I was 21 when I bought my first car....and I worked hard for it.....down payment and car payments.....and I also learned the reality of affording insurance for a 21 year old. I had to nix my first choice car (a brand new one) because my insurance payment was going to be 2 times my monthly car payment.....instead I ended up buying a used chevy cavalier.....because I could afford the insurance and car payment.

You should consider yourself lucky that you are being given the wonderful gift of a new car.....but you should also feel a little sad that you won't know what it feels like to work hard for something and finally reap your reward. There is another teenager who posts on this board and he worked since he was like 13 saving his money up to buy a car one day and he saved up $13,000 towards his E.

I am not saying this about you personally....so please don't be offended, but I feel that one of the major issues with teens or young adults these days is that they expect to have things handed to them on a silver platter....I know I am making a generalization....and I am by no means saying that all teens are like this....but I do see it as a problem for many teens and young adults.

I am just throwing in my two cents.

 

[StLouisPenguin]

I hated my Chevy Cavalier.....even on the day I bought it. Okay please forgive me because I was young....but my first choice car was a Ford ZX2....it was the first year they came out and I really thought it was smorty and compact (I was teriffied of driving a big car).....so I go pre approved through ford credit and went to buy it. I was having them locate a green one when I got call from my mom's insurance agent....my MONTHLY insurance payment was going to be $756!!!!! Heck....my car payment was going to be like $302.....so I had to find a used car that I could afford the insurance.

So off to car shopping and I bought my Chevy Cavalier....worst part about it is that my insurance agent told me I should get the 4 door model.....I just couldn't do it I had to buy the coupe.

I planned on owning my Cavalier for two years tops.....but then I moved to Chicago and it wasn't worth buying a new car.....parking is awful in Lincoln Park and cars get dinged all the time....plus you hardly drive your car in Chi Town....so I sucked it up....then I moved to St. Louis and got engaged.....so we had to save for our $16,000 wedding and their was no $$$ for a new car....so, I finally got my new car....just think if I had bought sooner I wouldn't have been able to be a proud E Owner.

To quote my mechanic back in Philly "Cavaliers are like belly buttons everyone has one"

I shutter everytime I think that I used to drive one.....and then I laugh about the fact that the Honda dealer actually gave me $300 for it on the trade in.....10 years old, 108,000 miles, no working air, no working interior electrical, no working horn, huge dent in the side from a hit and run, and a starbucks stained interior *sigh* those were the days!

 

[StLouisPenguin]

My husband and I don't have children yet.....but we are kicking around the idea of saving our '90 Civic for our child's first car.....I guess it just depends on how many garages the house we end up buying has!

I know it might sound evil....but hey it was my husband's first car...and what is good for the goose is good for thr gander!

 

[StLouisPenguin]

((( EVIL LAUGH )))

The E is mine FOOOORRRRRAAAAVVVVVAAAAHHHHH!!!!


****LOUDER Evil Laugh****