Did your parents buy you a new car for college?

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<p>2 months ago, right before I started my sophomore year, my parents bought me a new 2009 fully-loaded Nissan Altima Hybrid.</p>

<p>Am I spoiled or is that normal?</p>

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<p>aha yea it’s normal for your parents to buy you a brand new car when you’re in college…**** off you know you’re spoiled</p>

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<p>No, in no way is that normal.</p>

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<p>I got a brand new Altima for my 17th birthday.</p>

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<p>Dude… <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/791078-did-you-buy-your-kid-new-car-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/791078-did-you-buy-your-kid-new-car-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Really now? Are you that desperate for the approval or admiration of random people on the internet?</p>

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<p>I don’t think there is anything too unusual about it. All of my friends got new cars either in high school or before they went to college. Personally I got a new car when I was 16, and traded it in for a different one the year before I went to college. Most people I knew did something similar.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t go around bragging about your Japanese mid-level hybrid…my roommate got an m3 for college (new and pretty heavily loaded on options)</p>

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<p>Unusual amongst upper-class teenagers? maybe not. Unusual in general, yes, very much so.</p>

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<p>Ah to be upper-class and white. I could only dream.</p>

<p>Honestly I think if your parents can pay for you to get a college education, you should never complain… about anything… ever.</p>

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<p>Exactly…the fact that you would even begin to think that getting a brand new car from your parents is normal says that you’ve got some issues with reality.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree w/Awped. Your car is a piece of crap compared with some I’ve seen. There’s a guy at my (community) college who drives a brand new Cadillac. And he’s hot. So don’t think you’re anything special. :P</p>

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<p>Not to mention if I heard that my parents bought me an brand new Altima I would probably cry thinking of the other cars I could have bought used with that money. But hey lets not be mean.</p>

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<p>Its normal</p>

<p>thats a crap car</p>

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<p>I’m seriously wondering what you expected us to say when you wrote your thread…</p>

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<p>My parents bought me a 97 honda for my 16th birthday. I got tons of use out of that car.</p>

<p>I recently bought a 2008 bmw 3 series for my 21st. It was out of my own pocket though.</p>

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<p>yeah, i’m sorry your parents chose that car. not very good reviews, and not impressive here on CC.</p>

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<p>Vehicle…nice choice…could quite possibly be my first car.</p>

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[QUOTE=rich CCers]
yeah they did only they got me a good car your car sucks <em>cuts everyone off in BMW, smirks, sips champagne with pinky finger up</em>

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[QUOTE=poor CCers]
you have no idea what it’s like to have to EARN your money <em>goes to college on a full-ride scholarship, parents are receiving unemployment checks from government</em>

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<p>this is basically all you need to read</p>

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<p>My dad let me borrow his new ford focus to get to class. Among my friends, I was spoiled.</p>

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<p>my parents haven’t given me a cent for non necessities since I was 15. When I go grocery shopping I need to walk 3 miles each way and carry the food back in bags.</p>