Re: ah ... Dad ... are you sitting down?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:45 pm
For my 2 kids we told them that how ever much they saved for a car we would kick in the same amount.Kidhauler wrote:Make the kids buy their own cars. That way they will be beating the can off their own money and not yours. If you buy your kid any kind of high powered car your asking to have a corpse for a child. Sorry but the kids need to learn resposibility such as if you break it you have to pay to fix it or go without.
Bikehauler and I were never allowed to drive our fathers cars once we passed our driving test.
My son got a 89 Caprice that was a sofa on wheels.
2 tone brown.
A real granny's car.
"But daddy !!! It's not a chick magnet !!!
The first time it was in the body shop was for front sheet metal. His fault.
The next time it was in the body shop was for front sheet metal. Not his fault.
The next time it was in the body shop was for front sheet metal. Not his fault.
The next time it was in the body shop was to get it painted all black. His $$$.
My daughter got a 95 Grand Prix which I am now driving as well as my 90 Astro.
Her brother bought her a used 98 Cavalier.
Great gas mileage.
She does not take care of cars.
Point A 2 B.