Originally Posted by Jesse_Hunter The car is a complete attention whore, just like me, so I don't mind. I'm 23 and have a lot of tattoos, I'm almost positive that
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07-06-2010, 12:09 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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Its just a Nissan.
I see BMW X5s, 5 series, Audis, etc pass by me all the time. All those cars cost as much or more than my car. If you had bought a Ferrari, then you could say something, otherwise you just sound like you WANT to be looked at.
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The first of the three just means your are spoiled, the second means you are an idiot. I have a feeling that if your friends are jealous it means you belong to the first category. The problem is with your attitude, not the car.
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there are those that will be happy for you and those that get upset because they feel sad for themselves.
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I would have been able to afford a fully-equipped 370Z at 19 had I not been busy pouring money into my old project car. Instead I waited until I turned 21 to buy a brand new Evo X. Now I'm paying for a brand new base 370Z as well @ 22. Does that mean I'm one of your 3 propositions above? Or does it mean I make more money than you'd care to believe a 22 year old can make? I've had two sets of friends during my professional career. People who are like myself - technical people, have families, make really good money, and then my car friends - younger, may or may not have families, don't make **** for money for the most part. Among these groups there have always been two different attitudes - the first group is impressed by default, the second is jealous... mostly jealous in denial. Would I rather be around software engineers or car people, though? Eh, that's a tough call. Just my $0.02
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There's a difference in the ability to make Z payments and affording the car. When I was 21 and in college and working I could have made the base model payments. It would have sucked and I would had sacraficed party money and food money and rent money. But I would have had a cool car.
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I'm not going to college - I graduated with a B.S. in 2007 @ 19. I've had the same job since then. Now I'm 22, paying for 2 $32k-37k cars, insurance, gas, rent on a house, living expenses for 2; and we still have plenty of spending/saving money after all that. And then the end of the year rolls around and we get a nice chunk of cash to pay off bills and buy some gifts. I also work on the side to make a little bit to pay for little things to do to the cars. This may seem unrealistic to you, but this is my life @ 22. My point is, who is to say the OP is not in a similar financial situation? It happens. And I could see myself bitching about jealous "friends" just the same. Give him a break, nothing irritates me more than when somebody looks at me, or at my driveway when we're washing the cars, and assumes "mommy and daddy" bought these; or that I'm somehow unfairly advantaged to be able to afford such things at a young age.
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I don't care how much money you make, but you make enough to afford this car on your own, no? I would be much more impressed if someone at 22 makes enough money on his/her own to afford a Ford Focus than a 22 year old driving a Ferrari his daddy bought him.
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And to your second point, how would you - an outside observer - be able to know whether said 22 year old bought the Ferrari on his own? If I had no revolving debt and didn't have another person to support right now, I could trade in both cars and finance a used (very used, but nonetheless) Ferrari. And one would assume somebody bought it for me unless they knew me personally, no? Kind of annoying and presumptuous, right?
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If someones parents make 600k a year why is it wrong for their child to receive a 40k sports car? Its ignorant people like you that piss me off. My parents bought me my 370z fully loaded. My dad is a VP at Exxon and travels to dozens of countries 90 percent of the time, he was hardly ever home when I was a teenager and I since my family lives in a different country now I see him maybe once a year if i'm lucky and i'm 19. So you see everyone makes sacrifices a lot of my friends got to see their families every day growing up but didn't get a nice car in return and a lot had both. If your parents made a ridiculous sum of money would it be wrong to share it with their immediate family?? My parents pay for everything and support me through school and I love them for it. They want me to come out with 0 debt and be able to live the best life I can possibly live. So before you go make assumptions on "daddy bought me this" remember who really cares Last edited by nolan1016; 07-06-2010 at 01:51 PM. |
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