Kids n 370s

98intrigue

No worries. I did the same when I graduated college in August 2009. I lived with them until I bought my house in April. I didn't mind living with my patents at all. Nice house, my own wing of the house, free food, no rent. Now my life revolves around bills.

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houkouonchi

I did the exact same thing. I got a long great with my dad, we have very similar interests so while even being able to buy tons of computer equipment, take vacations to Japan (and even live there while working remotely for a while which was expensive) I was still able to save quite a bit of money in the first few years working full time and living with my dad. Before that I was going to college so it only made sense to live there while I was doing that

I only recently moved out (I am 25) when I bought my own house and very shortly after that bought a 370Z. Had I not bought the house I could have paid cash for the 370Z but I definitely put higher precedence on getting the house before the Z.

kenchan

fixed again.

you really need to get out of your parent's house and live on your own to consider youself an adult. unless you're taking care of your ill parents or something in return. from wat you've posted your dad rocks a GT-R and mom probably drives around a nice benz or something, right?

kids say they pay for their own cars but adults pay mortgages and utilities, raise kids, and yet pay for their cars. big difference.

radek7633

ughhh... advanced monetary macro policy exam tomorrow... FML

Jeffblue

kenchan makes a really good point. To outsiders, having a nice car does give you the appearance of being well put-together and successful, but it doesn't necessarily mean you are. someone who owns their own home and drives a beater every day has accomplished more financially than someone who owns a nice car. and chances are, at 22, you don't own your own home and drive a sports car. not saying its impossible. but i'd be willing ti guess that most of the really young people on here owning a Z are living with parents.

I live at home, and i paid for my Z myself. but i dont try and pretend that i would have done it if i were living on my own. I definitely would not have. I would be spending money on mortgage, property taxes, home maintenance, utilities etc. But i don't have to do that because i'm living with my parents. and i have such a great appreciation for the fact that them still letting me live at home does allow me to treat myself to some nice things, like my Z, but my focus is on saving to buy a house not spend a ton of money on cars.

I made the decision to buy the Z knowing it might keep me at home for an extra year, which is fine with me. I'm living at home because it makes sense for me and it allows me to save most of the money i make and put it towards buying my own house etc. I dont live at home so i can spend all my money on cars or car parts. Does living at home allow me to spend more money on a car then i would have otherwise? yes, but it's not the reason i am living at home.

I know the wise thing to do would have been to hold on to my altima and save the 23k difference between what my altima was worth used, and what my z was going to cost me new. My dad, who is a big influence on me and my financial decision making and planning told me that if i really wanted the car, i should buy it. maybe it will set me back a few months living at home, but you have to live life, and you can't base every decision around what is the most financially viable choice.

radek7633

Dont worry big guy ... I still live at home too... its how I avoid paying for food and rent while studying (and how I can afford a Z)...

heck, my mom still makes my lunches and my girlfriend makes me dinner on the days I have night class, muahaha

kenchan

wait a minute, you were the one complaining kids have it easy.... you're a kid and you got it easy too! damn, we adults were all fooled!

wolf370z

I think there are some valid points made in this discussion. However, this once again follows with the whole "younger people are worse drivers" blanket statement. Honestly, I have see more 40 year old women with SUV's do TWENTY TIMES more stupid crap than I've seen kids pull in a car. In fact, someone I know drives an older Maxima and he took a left and crossed over a median just to get where he needed to go. It doesn't matter how old you are or what you drive, there are plenty of older people and younger people who drive like morons.

However, I will say that driving experience and education is a far more accurate way to decide on how well a person can drive. Obviously the more experience you have driving correctly and intelligently, will generally dictate how well you can drive. Now you may argue that with age comes experience... yes... but that doesn't help if you can't use that experience to your advantage. Also, taking safe driving courses and HPDE are beneficial to your driving ability. I honestly see nothing wrong with giving a kid (even highschool age) a 370z if they can prove that they can respect the car and will learn how to drive responsibly and SHOW they can drive responsibly AND they either are taught by their parent(s) how to drive safely or even taking safe driver's education (defensive driving education).

I may be biased but my 370z was a graduation present and I've owned it for a year now. Guess what? It's still in one piece, it hasn't been wrecked, there's not even a small door ding in the car. Why? Because I respect the car and drive sensibly. Yes, I give the car a little gas when no one's around and only when I'm in a SAFE, CONTROLLED environment. No, I don't street race, no I don't drift in parking lots, no I don't pull stupid stunts. No I don't trash talk, no I don't think I'm awesome, but I do appreciate and love my car and it's going to be with me for years to come!

It's nice to see such a good car community really come together despite age and life experience differences and diversity and all respect and love the 370z... there are far too many car communities out there that just turn me off...

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nuTinmuch

I live at home. I don't plan on moving out until I'm out of grad school.

If you have the opportunity, it just makes financial sense to stay at home. Even my buddies who have solid, career jobs are staying at home as long as they can. Why risk moving out when the economy is bad?

I'd rather live at home until I know I can safely move out financially. I'm not willing to take a risk with my money, health or happiness just to prove something to society.

edit: Though, if you are a fierce, independent sort of person, I completely understand and get it.

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dudafunk

The Z isn't a $30k car, its actually a $35k car when you add taxes and interest on an average buyer's loan



lol

kenchan

now im hungry again. (chomped on some cookies my wife baked me last night. )

spitfire9200

i'm still mad I clicked that luxury4play link. It's RIDICULOUS. this 18 year old kid has like 5 ferraris and ****. Ugh I read it all and I think i'm going to puke. We don't have health care but this kid has a ferrari for every day of the week.

but I digress. Don't click that link.

toxik

^ I don't want a sports car when I'm 30+ and married, I'll settle for a home and an SUV then. I lived on my own before getting the Z, and the Z is more fun lol.

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BrianMSmith

You will still want to have fun when you are 30, have kids, and an SUV! Maybe you can just play golf instead?. But I am 40, lots of kids, huge mortgage, career up the arse, wife stays home, and driving my Z is definatley fun and takes some of the pain from leaving a nice warm wife in bed every morning at 4:30 and going off to the salt mine for a ten hour day.

kenchan

wat are you two talking about? we dont care about driving experience we're talking about parents spoiling their kids and kids end up not appreciating things and at the end becoming a useless fat dud for the american economy getting raped by the chinese.

also talked about cheeze fries and burgers.