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Originally posted by CDSmith
Mom really should make sonnyboy earn his car himself.
My own ol man was pretty tough on me about that when I was 16-17, he wouldn't budge an inch. He wouldn't match any amount, nothing. He said "If you want a car, go buy one"..... So.... I got a job, that was #1. Then I saved a few hundred bucks, and I went to my bank for a small loan. I borrowed $1200, and bought myself a used '74 Chevelle Malibu, and paid off that loan in 1 year flat. I had to beg my ol man to co-sign for that loan, but since he didn't have to fork out any actual money he was okay with it.
I know two things from that experience:
1) I appreciated that car and cherished it like a baby.
and...
2) if I had've defaulted on those loan payments, my dad would have sold that car to pay off the loan.
Something to think about.
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You respect it more because you had to work for it, It wasnt handed to youy ona silver platter! Good way to do it .
