RE: Young Scirocco drivers

["Neal Tovsen" <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

I didn't mean to say that there aren't any exceptions to this (I do know
some, too), but that it in my experience it is a very strong tendency, not
just with cars, but with any material thing. Silver-spooners often (again,
NOT *always*) don't know how to appreciate their wealth.

Also, if you put in honest work for your car, then in my opinion you DID buy
your car yourself, even if your dad actually handled the green-backs. It's
still a form of "payment for services rendered." Before money, he might have
given you a few chickens and a goat instead of a Scirocco. ;-) What you
describe sounds like a very fair deal, really. Now, if your dad had gone and
gotten you a brand-new BMW, that would be different...

Regarding the car sitting in the yard, I totally feel your pain! I had my
first car, a $150 78 Ford Fiesta, for a couple of months before I got my
license, too. Gawd, that car was sooo much fun! I always wanted to
rally-race it, but my parents didn't want it in their driveway while I was
at college (I couldn't bring it with me), so they made me sell it. Got $650
for it, too!

Neal

-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Cory Fonger
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 10:30 AM
To: scirocco list
Subject: RE: Young Scirocco drivers



i'd like to add in a little something. none of this is true at my
school. evryone beats on their cars except for some of the girls. but
the big difference is between the people who dont care about the car
at all and the people who will take care of what is wrong no matter
what and will fix the things they cause. im not going to beat on my
car i dont like to fix unnecessary things that wouldnt normally need
it. i got my car at the beginning of the summer and i still havent got
my license yet(dec 29). i havent paid for my car with money but with
blood.  no really i helped my dad build our deck and he bought the car
for $525 in good shape too mind you.   well thats what i got to say
-cory


---Neal Tovsen <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu> wrote:
>
> I identify with these posts a lot. I'm now 23, so I'm not *quite* as
young
> as the people this may be referring to, but it seems that the
friends of
> mine who didn't pay for their cars treated them like dirt, and still
do to
> this day (even when they started paying for them). I used to gripe
about my
> father's lectures, wanting what my friends had, but I'm proud to say
that
> I've paid for my addiction(s) myself and I tend to take better care
of my
> stuff than those friends that had the proverbial "silver spoon" in
their
> mouths. Friends of mine that have paid for their own cars tend to take
> better care of them and have fewer accidents/tickets. It's one of
those
> cheezy life-lesson things that is really true (IMHO).
>
> neal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Peter Walsh
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 1998 2:12 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Young Scirocco drivers
>
>
> I believe that there is nothing wrong w/ young people owning
> sciroccos.... As long as they pay or work their asses off for it.
(like
> me.... I bought mine).  I have owned my car since before i had my
> licence (im 16 now and bought it on Aug. 30 1997).  I hate it when
> someone gets a car bought for them and they just go and beat it all
the
> time.....
>
> just my $.02
>


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