<p>^^ Well said CaptDunsel (similar to what I was going to write).</p>
<p>OP, when you get your new year, learn to write.</p>
<p>to the OP </p>
<p>Sharing the savings from your school choice with you is a reasonable request. That said buying a luxury car with the funds is one of he worst uses of the money I can think of … it is an unnecssary expense and it will depreciate a ton the second you drive off the lot.</p>
<p>If you were my kid I’d make an alternative offer … a 3-4 year old Civic/Corolla … and your choice of
- Money for grad school
- Money for a down payment for a house/condo after you graduate
- Money so you can take unpaid internships
- Money for a walk-about (travel)
- Money for flying lessons
- Etc</p>
<p>$40,000 could buy you a lot of life … or a fancy car.</p>
<p>J’adoube-
Are there any that pay your bills and write thank-you notes? I want one of those.</p>
<p>This has to be some sort of joke, right?</p>
<p>You mean there isn’t a car that will do my nails?</p>
<p>How do I get your parents to buy ME a $40,000 car?!</p>
<p>Here in Georgia when we get really bored, we kick over an art mound so we can watch the fire ants flail about in indignation. I see that Blkbox likes to do the same thing on CC! :)</p>
<p>LOL… an art mound?? I know what you mean, gadad. At least most folks here dont get stung in the process :)</p>
<p>I think swdad1’s bribe idea is the way to go.</p>
<p>We gave DS a new car when he got his first job out of college. He needed a car immediately because he took a job that started the a week after he returned from his internship. He deserves it. He’s been an accomplished kid and inexpensive to raise and educate. It was new to him, he picked out and worth every bit of $40,000. He really enjoys it, big trunk and passenger space, economical, a set of new studded tires for skiing (that’s what he’s doing today, 3ft of new powder). No reason why his car shouldn’t last as another 2-3 more years. </p>
<p>Don’t be too hard on the OP. Must be an only child with older parents.</p>
<p>you did a poor job of disguising yourself ■■■■■</p>
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<p>LongPrime, I’m afraid I disagree. I think the OP deserves to be taken just as seriously as he or she is being taken. </p>
<p>If the OP is a ■■■■■, then the entire thread is in jest. If the OP is serious, then he or she needs to know that most of the rest of the world will view the thread title as ridiculously entitled, and the central question as pompously shallow.</p>
<p>LP-
Are you saying the car is worth $40 or you spent $40K? How long ago did you guys buy it? I hope it lasts more than 2-3 more years if it is new!!</p>
<p>Another big difference is that you chose to give the car to him-- he didnt demand it because he felt entitled to it. And he was out of college and employed and in need of transportation. These are very different variables from those posited by the OP. That said, I’d still have a really hard time spending that kind of $$ on a car for one of my kids. Heck, I have a hard time spending that on a car for me or my DH!!</p>
<p>Sidebar-- if anyone is looking for a very reliable, inexpensive car in the downstate NY area, I need to dispose of my late dad’s car. It has all the bells and whistles (heated seats, power everything, etc) and only has 47K miles on it!! It is truly one of those cars that a little old person took to the store or the doctor.</p>
<p>I think we should have a lock on the door. </p>
<p>And everything I said about DS’s car is true. From DS’s prospective, his car is ‘new’ to him in ownership. Like Toyota advertises, 80% of all Toyotii sold in the USA are still being driven today. 
I changed oil and waxed that car religiously for 12 years.</p>
<p>What did he pick out, LP? The radio stations to be set on the radio ?? ;)</p>
<p>Yes, gotta love those toyotas. HM miles on that 12 yr old car?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/244715-do-over-top-birthday-parties-bother-you-6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/244715-do-over-top-birthday-parties-bother-you-6.html</a> Post #80 is a story of how one responsible student treated her $40K car.</p>
<p>He picked out Toy Camry CE, stick. About what we then could afford, paying cash. The replaced auto was becoming dangerous to drive. DS spent a week in CU magazines. I believe it has 200 on it, and I wish he would pay a bit more attention to it-I added 2 qts of oil when he was home for xmas.</p>
<p>Just about the only thing left to be replaced is it’s engine. </p>
<p>We are a NPR family. He could recite ClicK & Klack’s phone number since he was 2. Still can at 25.</p>
<p>LOL cpt, I was just reading that post a little while ago. You still have some at home though, yes? Anyone needing 4 wheels an a horn, as we call it in our house?</p>
<p>Good for him, LP!! There was an article somewhere recently on how few young drivers know how to drive a stick. It is a good skill to know. I owned 2 stick shift cars many moons ago. I enjoyed them, but not in city driving. The one advantage of sticks-- it keeps the driver from trying to talk on their cellphones . Not enough hands!</p>