Virdi

Hi all,

My parents bought my first car for me - It was a £800 Astra. At the time, I was at Uni and I didn't have a job.

Do you think it's ok for parents to buy cars for their children? or do you think, children should earn it for themselves..? So that they respect / value it more?

Dan Cossie

everyone needs a helping hand to get started!!!!
i did respect that car and when i buoght my cossie at 18 made me realise how lucky i was..without my parents gettin me my first car i wud never had had some excellent cars i have had.

Martyn

I was bought an E reg nova when I was 17, it was only about 3 years old.
But I wasnt spoilt, I had to pay back part of it when I started working and had to insure it myself too.

I think aslong as its not all given to you on a plate then its fine no matter what the item is.
Its the spoilt little fuckers that expect everything and apprechiate nothing that wind me up

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

did they fuck, my mum and dad made me buy their 1.3l mk4 escort off em for a grand


had i known the thing was worth about £750 at the time i would have told em to get fucked

bud-weis

in my experience,those that have cars bought for them either treat them like shit and crash them.....

or are whiny little fuckers who always get what they want..

there are exceptions no doubt

collierm

Mine bought me my first car, a 1.6S Fiesta MK3. They paid for it, I paid all the running costs, tax, insurance. I would have been stuck otherwise so was grateful, but never took it for granted.

Anyone who does, deserves bugger all.

Dan Cossie

thats a bit of a generalistic comment dont ya think bud?? i have never had a crash or treated my cars badly...(unless its a shitter that i bought)

Fil

if you got rich parents then yep they should buy away!

hold on my dad is rich and he bought me a... nope hes tight,

seriously tho, bought my car and tax + insurance, had about £20 left that month, my dad wouldnt lend me £300 for the cat 1 alarm needed

told me its your responsibilty, if you cant afford it, then you can have it!

tho it cropped up when he wanted to buy another house a few years ago, asked me for some cash, and i reminded him , still loaned him the money tho

Virdi

LMAO

Martyn

I was told I had two options.
1)Get a shitter and not look after it/apprechiate it
2)Get something decent and learn some values

bud-weis

DanCossie
read the last line

but i bet i'm 90% correct!!

i see it loads where i live,young fools ragging their new 1.2 clios like you wouldn't beleive!

a mate blew an endura engine in the fiesta his parents bought him,i mean how the fuck do you do that without completely abusing it

DAN P

iTrader: (1)

bought my own ins taxed it mot ed it my self was a mrk 2 xr2

alistairolsen

All my cars have always been my cars, bought and paid for. Not judging anyone, just the way I like to lead my life.

sunny

iTrader: (1)

The Mk2 Astra's were the lick!

Congrats on the wedding plans.

SassyRS

Worked hard, saved hard and bought my own car

Mum & dad did offer to insure it for me, that was until they knew the price of the quote

(my first car btw)

Paulo P

My Nan gave me £200 towards my 1st car and my parents put 6 months tax on it for me

J9BBY

I bought my first car off my mother for a reasonable price, MK1 Fiesta 12 years ago, but they didn't help me out with running costs, insurance etc. I had to learn for myself that owning and running a car costs money and is a luxury. This made me appreciate the car much more, and i still have it!

It is harder now i think as insurance costs are higher for young drivers but if you can't afford the car/insurance then you shouldn't have it! Plain and simple.

Miss Fiesta Turbo

I bought my own car... my second car i borrowed some money from my mum to do some bits and then paid her back over a year i think!

Neil@FastFord

had some running cost paid for by the folks at my own protest when i started driving. I dont like getting anything from my folks...even at christmas and birthdays. They still always sort me out though


I am always grateful for any gifts i get but i know some birds who have
been bought brand new pugs and clio's, thats fookin madness!!


I know one lad who's dad is very well-off and he has been bought a few cars, total dick, no responsibilty. He even pulled up once when he was about 19 in his dads Bentley (not insured or given permission) and he ragged the fook out of it. COCK!!!

BM08

i worked and bought my own at 17, it was a red mk2 fessie 957cc pop plus, great little car never let me down

I think on one side its good to buy your own car because you know its YOURS and YOU bought it with your own money, and then theres the respect thing creeping in there aswell but then i also think if the parents want to buy there kid a car and can afford it then why not?

bud-weis

that's the kind of thing i'm talking about...even £200 bangers should be looked after!! either that or don't accept them!

some people can't afford cars,so to hear you say you'd crash one on purpose,well....

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

dont get me wrong tho, i did keep it clean and modded it loads, then you should have seen the look on their faces when i bent the fukka in half 2 years later

-J-

I had to fund both my car and Insurance, My 1.3 Bonus Escort MK4 cost me £1200 back in 1997 and my insurance was £1500TPFT

bigchez

Parents helped out towards cost of my first car a lovely burgandy 1.3 popular mk 4 escort, by lending me £150 towards it. i was then given a sierra by grandparents when they bought new, but had to pay bro half the value as was joint gift. still have that now (6 years on!!!!) but its going on sat as bought a newish mondeo off my dad for cheapish. so guess in a way still get a bit of a hand.

xr4x4rs

iTrader: (5)

tbh im kind of lucky

my parents have bought most of my cars for me, insured,taxed etc and even help me towards repairs and mods

i have bought my own cars aswel when i was working, but now i carnt work due to ill health, they still help me out as i dont get a lot of cash anymore

they bought my first cossie, unfortuantly it ended upside down

i helped pay off the loan they got for it, and then they quite happily paid for the mods to do the cossie engine in my forst xr4x4

they still help me out now with the projects i have on, but i do buy stuff myself, i just have to save longer for it, hence my projects take a while to do

but im getting out of cars shortly once ive finished, as i carnt find the strength to do anything on them anymore,

so i need this car to be done rite with the rite bits

i always respect my cars, always have done, but also have nailed them aswell

gingeRS

i inherited my mums car when she got a new one

she didnt tell me tax and mot was due though the month after it was given too me

she continued to pay the insurance fior the remaining year though

Phil

iTrader: (1)

My mum let me use her car for 6 months after passing my test and then I had to get my own! Although they did help with the insurance and tax

addiction

i bought my first car myself,insured it and tax'ed it myself,was a mk2 escort road rally car
i think that you appreciate it more that way and don't wreck it and not care like most do

Porkie

iTrader: (1)

Really???

so at 17 if your Dad said 'happy birthday son, he is your new Enzo'

You would have turned him down???


Yes..... I believe you

rstoughy

iTrader: (5)

Bought my 1st car myself (1981 1L Mini) but my Mum and Dad helped with the Insurance

I know of people who have had there cars bought for them and i do think that if you pay for it yourself then you appreciate it more.

Bobby Singh

My parents also bought me my first car - Astra MK2 with special headlights

S1sam

I bought, insured and taxed my first car - Mini 1275GT

My dad did help me weld the fucker up though if that counts?

Virdi

I thot it was fog lights?....as they used to 'ON' all the time

Katie

Was offered by my dad to buy me a car at 17, mk6 fiesta or a 206 (his idea, not mine!) but I bought a mk5 one instead and insured it myself (that's what I'd wanted all along). Don't get me wrong, I wasn't being ungrateful, but I like to know if I crash it, or don't wash it or whatever...that it's entirely my loss.If someone else buys something for me, I never think it's entirely mine. I'd feel like I had to ask permission to run the miles up on it or something? I think he wanted to buy me one purely because when he was my age his parents weren't able to...but I said that's the very reason I should.

I'm really bad with accepting gifts from people and always feel like I owe them. I'm awful for it. I'm the same with uni, want to pay my own way in life as I do think it'll teach me a lot more than just passing the direct debit to my parents to pay everything. I said to dad if he wants to pay something for uni, put the money into a savings account and pay off some of my debts when I graduate, as it's something I really do think has to be done for myself. If I starve/end up living out in the snow I'll reconsider, but right now all is well

RANJ

im going to buy my sons first car for him and any other after if need be, dont care what others think,

he is my number 1

DanRSturbo

My old man got my first car, Mk Fiesta 1.1 on an E plate with XR2 pepperpots. Engine was shagged so being a mechanic he changed the lump.

Then, part ex'd it for a Mk 4 Escort 1.4L, then, when that reached the end of it's life the old man bought me an XR3i to fall in love with and stop me wanting an Escort RS Turbo. 2 years, and a bit of cash from my Nan for my 21st Birthday and RS Ownership bestowed me

CossieGirl

My parents paid about 1/3 of my first car, I had to pay the rest.
And I do have respect for the car.
7 years old, still looks like it's fresh out of the showroom and it's the only car that we've kept for more than 2,5 years