What exactly is it you do, if you don't mind me asking???

 

i pay for EVERYTHING. always have, always will....but thats the problem, cuz i didnt watch my money untill recently and debt got very out of hand. i still chill at my parents house, but im 23 with a full time job, and im going to college (STILL).....my sister is at pepperdine university in malibu, CA....she drives a 2003 ford escape...school, rent, insurance, cellphone, car payment, and some food is paid for. she works so that she can have spending money.

i on the otherhand pay 380 for the truck, 130 for insurance....gas, food, and misc is about 600, but i have creditcard bills out the *** for being really stupid with my money.....when i get that under control, ill feel better. and by the way, i took home before taxes 35k last year, thats not bad, but i became bad with money when i started making it.

 

My parents bought me 4 other cars all pieces of ****! I am paying for this truck 100% and I am damn proud of myself also the mods to it!

 

When I was 16 my parents bought a neighbors sold my parents a Plymouth colt vista. So obviously, i never drove to school as i was embarassed by it. Then my dad told me "as soon as it dies we'll get you your own car" and a week later, tranny went out! And NO! I didn't do it haha. So I don't know how I chose the ranger, but my dads deal was "you buy truck, we pay for gas" or "we buy truck, you pay for gas". In the few motnhs though before the ranger arrived(my parents went on a business trip a few months after the colt vista died) i got to drive their 95 mercedes, and then when they upgraded, their 06 mercedes. So I had a few fun months.

Now I am at college, without a truck. It sucks majorly. My parents get hell for it, but I am also looking for one to purchase. I'll see what they say when I'm home for thanksgiving. It's not that they took it away that pisses me off, its that there was no good reason, and it is just sitting in the driveway.

Aaron

 

well i'v got 2 trucks my blazer and my ranger both are modded "alot" my ranger has been lifted my blazer sits on 37's but i'v payed for all of it all mom pay is insureance thats it but i have a very good job i climb towers for internet amreica and pull about 700 a week when working every day of the week i'm homeschooled all i'v done since last nov and i love it lol..... i'm doing pretty good to only be 17 but like i said mommy doesn't pay for it i'm working my *** off and saveing money it's hard for me to save money cause all i wanta do is spend it .... but be happy with what u have .... right now my rangers in pieces and doesn't run yours probally does mines been down for 3 months so i'm haveing to drive the 77 but just be happy with what ya got

 

I had a little pos car I bought my self when i turned 16..only thing I could afford. well my brother ended up totaling my car so he and my mom put a downpayment down on my truck now and iv given her money every month since then for a while and i got it paid off

 

i have aso payed for all of my cars and all in cash never had to pay payments, started when i was 15 when i bought a 95 dodge dakota sport reg cab 2x4, i loved that truck and had 140k miles, i payed $500 for it, i then sold it for $1,500 because of mods and bought a 96 ford ranger ex cab 4x4 w/180k miles on it and then sold that for 5k when i bought it for $3,500 i then bought my recent truck a 99 ranger 4x4 4dr w/70k miles for 7k and payed cash, i am now 17 years old and i get $15 an hour witch works out to be arouns 31k per year and just love to blow my money and pay for outrageous insurance for mass and cellphone bills and i would hate to pay payments for a new truck.

 

I manage a Storage Facility. www.allsafeselfstorage.biz

Easy job. Only time i am busy is on the last day of the month and the 1st (I always have to work the 1st no matter what day it is or if i am sick.)

 

I got my truck as a 16th b-day present. We bought it in '03 & it's an '01. I've got around 3k in my truck mods that come & go, but I save up to it all. I don't have to pay for anything other than gas so I reckin' I'm lucky... :D

Brenton

 

Why exactly does it matter?

 

life isn't fair.

 

awe crap, your right

 

That's how I see it too. I don't come from a poor family, so I had a relatively new vehicle bought for me, instead of an older truck. But, I don't get pissed off when I see a kid with a 50k vehicle; simply his parents worked for that money,and he reaps the benefits. If someone has the money, why should they suffer like someone poorer than them.

But also, I used to get made fun of "your daddy bought you your truck". I'd jus tell them "What does that have to do with anything? I have a hell of a lot more knowledge about fixing cars than you; and your rides a piece of ****".

aaron

 

I bet you would get mad if that kid with the 50k car said that to you.

Just cause its a 'poorer' car doesnt mean that they are suffering. I had more chics in my dented up 1982 Diesel Chevette than i did my very nice 1986 Nissan Hardbody or my 1986 Chevy 4x4.

 

he works in fantasyland

 

were on the same boat, were p[aying for this truck 100% no parents involved we jsut needed there signature, and between us both we make enough money to pay for the truck payment 5 times in a 2 week pay period and im only 21. and i pay rent and the whole nines.. i just buy stuff for the truck and dont spend it on other crap