how do you deal with all the attention?

blue660r01

Im not even going to ask for one detail left out

Hugoneus

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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Hugoneus

Actually, there is something else I would like to add. Your post comes across very arrogant and patronizing. How did you get this car? Did your daddy buy it for you? Or did you put yourself under serious debt to afford this car? Or finally, did you work your *** off to save enough money to buy this car standing on your own two feet?

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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phelan

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no it doesn't. and time to find yourself a new set of friends, people who get jealous and walk away because you got a shiny new toy aren't friends lol.

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wishihadnav

make moar richer friends!..haha

kenchan

there are those that will be happy for you and those that get upset because they feel sad for themselves.

i dont bring my hobby cars to work for a reason.

i dont like washing them.

shadoquad

WarmAndSCSI

Oh hell...

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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wishihadnav

uhmm billet emblems?

Lemers

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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WarmAndSCSI

I'm just playing devil's advocate to be honest, but let's just say the OP here is kind of like myself...

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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Hugoneus

So you don't belong to the category "Working to save enough money to buy this car standing on your own two feet?"

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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WarmAndSCSI

No, what you described is somebody "working their *** off," presumably during a part-time or full-time summer job, to save enough money to be able to afford a Z. I definitely do not fall into that category, nor does anybody else who has a full-time, salaried professional job. What you described would have been me at 17-18. The fourth category should have been: able to afford the car with your own pay, regardless.

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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nolan1016

Why?

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

wishihadnav

^^your parents looking to adopt?