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<p>I would probably agree with this if the OP were Alex Rodriguez’s kid. He isn’t. I believe that if he’s sincere, he really deserves a powerful dope slap for thinking this was an appropriate thing to ask his parents.</p>
<p>*As for you who asked about my financial situation, no my parents are not well off. My dad makes just above $70,000 and my mom does not work. *</p>
<p>Then why the heck do you expect them to pay for college AND pay for a pricey car? They may only be able to barely pay for your college costs.</p>
<p>You’re asking for a car that costs more than half of one year’s income? I can not believe that anyone would be so self-centered and selfish. </p>
<p>Typically when a kids expects a car like that their parents are making a few hundred thousand a year…not a modest income like your parents. Unbelievable!</p>
<p>Do you have siblings? </p>
<p>Since you think that being young is the time to enjoy these things, get a job and pay for this car yourself.
BTW…you didn’t “save” them anything going to a CC the first 2 years. With that income in Calif, it’s doubtful that they could afford 4 years at a UC.</p>
<p>Frankly, go ahead and ask your parents…please ask your parents…they need to know what a selfish child they raised.</p>
<p>Look, the OP wants advice, not insults. Let’s all brainstorm and try to help.</p>
<p>I suggest, focus on “safety” and concentrate on getting your mother on your side.</p>
<p>No, no, no! This is a totally outrageous request, and the reasons the OP has given for wanting “an entry-level luxury car” are deplorably shallow. I won’t help.</p>
<p>I continue to hope none of this is real.</p>
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<p>Are you implying that the MOTHER will consider funding the equivalent of one year’s take home pay for this car? If so…that is ridiculous too.</p>
<p>Safety standards are not only the norm in $40K vehicles.</p>
<p>As I told the OP, and if he has any brains he probably has gotten it, that this is the wrong place to have asked for that kind of advice and support.</p>
<p>To the OP: How about introducing your parents to us and having them join our board? I think we have lots of experience and advice to share with them. This is a Parent’ Board, after all. I’d love to meet them.</p>
<p>Another comment I would like to offer to the OP. </p>
<p>Think about this: 20-30 years from now, you may have a kid who is getting into college. He/she is asking you to pay for his/her college. In addition, he/she is asking you to take half year of your salary to buy him/her a car, while you know you will be retiring in ten years and have no savings for your retirement. What would you do?</p>
<p>Possible Answer:</p>
<p>a. Give him/her whatever he/she is asking for.
b. Kick him/her to the curb.</p>
<p>Take home message: Standing in your parents’ shoes for a moment and think about what the right answer would be .</p>
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<p>If blkbox’s parents’ income is $70K, the amount he wants them to spend on a car is likely very close to their full take home pay for the year.</p>
<p>Guess he plans to have the whole family sleep in his swanky car…since they won’t have money to pay a rent or mortgate.</p>
<p>As somebody who didn’t have a car until I could pay for it, and who bought a new but very modest car, I don’t see any need for an expensive car. Assuming that blkbox needs a car to get to campus, it might make sense to get help from parents in buying one, but the demand for a luxury car is not reasonable.
blkbox - I suggest you talk with your parents and figure out a budget for transportation, then think hard about what will work.</p>
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<p>Why? Either the OP is having fun stirring up the parents with an outrageous request, or the OP is asking for help with something that’s entirely unreasonable. Parents earning $70k a year can’t afford to help pay for a $40k luxury car. In either case, there’s no advice to be given. Though maybe it counts as advice to tell the OP that this is unreasonable?</p>
<p>Now, if the OP said they were hoping to find an inexpensive used car, which they could maybe buy with a little help from their parents, the collective wisdom of the CC parents would come up with some great advice. But not for this.</p>
<p>Does this mean that a hooptie is out of the question? Cos he could get him some 22’s that spin, pimp it out and get your gansta lean going on for a whole lot less than 40k. just saying</p>
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<p>Actually, not having a car at UCSD is probably safer than having any car, since someone who does not drive is not going to drive stupidly and crash.</p>
<p>If you need a car because you are living off campus and public transport is difficult, then figure out what you can afford. But this is not a reasonable request. OP - of course, lots of folks want to enjoy life. And, many of them are even parents (like yours). But given your family income, it seems to me to be an extreme request and not feasible. Did it occur to you that your parents might not have been able to afford UCSD for four years and therefore the first two years at a cheaper school was the only way they could afford the coming two years?
And, I’m sure you’ll see some impressive cars around. California definitely has a ‘car culture’ so a lot of folks spend more on cars that is reasonable. Some parents have more money and are willing to spend it on cars. Some kids may have scrimped/saved/worked to pay part of the price too. And some may find themselves graduates with a huge pile of debt.
I didn’t have a car until I could pay for it myself (including insurance/gas/etc), and the first three cars I owned were very modest. Now I can afford to drive what I want - and it’s a nice car, but not a head-turner.</p>
<p>“I will be attending a UC in the Fall. This means i will need a car.”</p>
<p>So get a job and buy one. Problem solved.</p>
<p>Your parents have been supporting you your whole life. I’m sue taking care of you was more than 40k.<br>
Why not save up your money and buy it yourself?
Better yet, stop worrying about getting a luxury car just because others have them. It shouldn’t matter. Luxury cars aren’t always the safest.
You can’t always get a job by having a luxury car. If you’re applying for a job and the boss man sees your car he would think, “Oh, they seem to be doing fine. I’ll just take the other guy.”
Don’t make them buy you a 40k car after what they had to give up in order to take care of you.</p>
<p>My parents aren’t paying a dime for my college. Where’s my house? Or rather my really large down payment for a house since I live in California. I deserve it, dagnabbit! My parents owe me for the privilege of having me as a daughter! Grr! Arg!</p>
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<p>This is complete abuse of the system if the OP is able to get fee assistance because of the Blue&Gold promise and still convince his parents to buy him an obscenely over-priced vehicle they cannot afford. I doubt they will and it would be entertaining to be a fly on the wall during that conversation, but it still sickens me that anyone would feel that entitled especially when they might be making use of a rather generous financial aid program.</p>
<p>OP, if you want a car so bad, then earn it yourself. It’ll mean more and you’ll most likely take better care of it.</p>
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<p>What you’re thinking of is TAP, not TAG. TAP is a program used mostly by UCLA and sometimes UCB. TAG is used by UCD, UCI, UCSC, UCSB, UCM, UCR, and UCSD. It is a guarantee that as long as the agreement is accepted and the conditions of the agreement are met, then a student is guaranteed admittance to the UC they signed a TAG with. It is discouraged to sign more than one TAG (although it is allowed) and the process has changed in various ways over the past few years.</p>
<p>For some UCs, you can now just check a box on the UC application that says you meet the TAG requirements. For others, you must actually request a TAG and then it must be approved. The original GPA cutoff was 3.0 for all of the UCs, but it has been increased where necessary for all UCs. Individual TAGs can have different conditions from student to student. I would liken it to Early Action if that helps others outside of California understand the system.</p>
<p>What the TAG does not guarantee (and is what many students often forget) is major choice. It guarantees acceptance to the UC it is signed with and that is all.</p>
<p>TAP, on the other hand, is something that allows priority consideration and consideration of the second major choice. Students without TAP often have their second major choice ignored and are rejected if their first major choice is impacted.</p>
<p>*This is complete abuse of the system if the OP is able to get fee assistance because of the Blue&Gold promise and still convince his parents to buy him an obscenely over-priced vehicle they cannot afford. *</p>
<p>Yes, it would be very gross for a student to get Blue and Gold (free tuition with tax payer money) and then have his parents buy him a luxury car. It’s one thing to need safe/reliable transportation, but what a HUGE insult it would be to the families who make - say $85k per year - who are struggling to pay all costs to have some greedy kid who is getting his tuition paid with tax dollars show up for school in a luxury car that was paid for with money that could have gone towards tuition. Kids with such an entitlement attitude need a wake up call.</p>
<p>I begin to see why CA is on the brink of financial collapse. EEK!</p>
<p>what is the record for the most pages dedicated to a ■■■■■.
the OP is clearly a ■■■■■!</p>
<p>I always wonder if this stuff will become some students sociology paper or something…</p>