Im 19 and bought it with my own money. But I live in the same kinda neighborhood so they think mommy and daddy bought it for me. I just laugh and retort with im sry im 19 and allready making more then you

 

Comments like that won't win a lot of friends. Might get you keyed too. Why not just respond with, I am very fortunate and appreciative of the fact that I can own a great car like this.

 

I was 20 and bought it with my own money last year.

I can feel this post starting to revert to the "be grateful, you brat!!!!" type of post.

If I was an admin, i would close this right now.

 

Hey guys, I started this thread so that people can appreciate other people's diversity, not bash it.

Let people speak their minds and be respectful but don't over analyze any individual's posting.

In regards to the first post by our 19 year old friend, I would say... good for him/her! Seems like he/she has worked hard so far. When I was 19, I came off as very arrogrant (much more than I would gather from the post) without realizing what I was doing. So don't be so judgemental.

In regards to the reply to the post by our 20 year old friend, to a certain extent, I agree with you, but if you have a problem with the original posting, there are tools in this site (such as report posting) that would be better for resolution instead of publically posting a reply. You could have also e-mailed the other member directly and discreetly point out how his/her's posting may be viewed.

Funny, from the original post, I didn't have a reaction to him or her boasting about making more money than someone else. Hey, I would be just as proud at that age. One thing to remember though is that good fortune doesn't always smile on you all the time.

It took me working crappy low paying jobs and buying Ford Escorts for many years before I was able to:

a. complete college (which I paid for myself) (13 year program I might add ... but dang gone proud of the fact that I have my BS in Mathematics and Computer Science)

b. worked up in career and now make a salary comparable to others in my profession and age bracket

c. paid off all of my credit card and school loan debts (about 40,000 dollars) so that I am no longer a slave to banks.

SO... I treated myself to an RX-8. (It was going to be a BMW originally but I am very glad it is an RX-8 instead :D :D :D :D :D :D :D )

Enough said...

James

 

It appears that a couple of posters are taking offense to my posting. That was not the intent. Just some friendly fatherly advice. Just re-read it if you think otherwise.

When I was in high school, I built several track and show cars from scratch on very low budgets. It never failed, on those rare occasions that I would drive one of my pride and joys to school, someone would show their jealousy and damage my car. There are always people that will get pissed off just looking at someone else's nice car. When you add attitude to the equation it can just make matters worse.

 

Single, 20-something, which would be true. After that I'm not sure, though I think it fits my personality pretty well and at least a few people who know me have said the same...

I think the car looks a lot more expensive than it really is for the most part, and it looks great. Accordingly, I get a lot of compliments on the looks of the car, both from onlookers and first time passengers. Seems like everytime I'm at the car wash someone says, "is that your car? it's nice/cute/cool/etc, what it is?" or if they know anything about cars "is that the one with the rotary engine?"
And then there's always a few of the "man I wish I could afford a car like that" comments mostly from people who clearly could have but had different priorities when they spent their $$$ on a car.