Going 140 km/h on a 40 zone.
04-01-2010, 09:54 AM
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04-01-2010, 10:00 AM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
When it comes time for my boys I will certainly HELP them get a car, but I for damn sure won't buy it for them. My parents had money to buy a car for me, but they told me I had to go out and earn the $$$ for it and maintain and insure it my self. I did it, and almost all the kids in my HS who had cars given to them treated those cars like crap, beating them up, crashing them, without a care in the world.
One time, after I blew the transmission in my first car and was riding the bus again and saving up for a new one, some douchebag is in my class all mad because he totaled his car and "his parents were being assholes, because they wouldn't buy him a new one for a month!!!!" I wanted to go over and kick that kid in the face.
04-01-2010, 10:10 AM
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When it comes time for my boys I will certainly HELP them get a car, but I for damn sure won't buy it for them. My parents had money to buy a car for me, but they told me I had to go out and earn the $$$ for it and maintain and insure it my self. I did it, and almost all the kids in my HS who had cars given to them treated those cars like crap, beating them up, crashing them, without a care in the world.
One time, after I blew the transmission in my first car and was riding the bus again and saving up for a new one, some douchebag is in my class all mad because he totaled his car and "his parents were being assholes, because they wouldn't buy him a new one for a month!!!!" I wanted to go over and kick that kid in the face.
One time, after I blew the transmission in my first car and was riding the bus again and saving up for a new one, some douchebag is in my class all mad because he totaled his car and "his parents were being assholes, because they wouldn't buy him a new one for a month!!!!" I wanted to go over and kick that kid in the face.
Honestly, I could never call my parents assholes...if have way too much respect for them. And although they paid for 99% of the M, I paid all the savings I had, and everything else I buy for the car I pay for. I always keep my car clean, respect it, and care for it. BTW, there is a kid at my school who just got a 2010 M3, I have been selling him mods, and he doesn't know any better because he's a freaking idiot, I have made up to 100% return on some of the stuff I sold him...
04-01-2010, 10:12 AM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Honestly, I could never call my parents assholes...if have way too much respect for them. And although they paid for 99% of the M, I paid all the savings I had, and everything else I buy for the car I pay for. I always keep my car clean, respect it, and care for it. BTW, there is a kid at my school who just got a 2010 M3, I have been selling him mods, and he doesn't know any better because he's a freaking idiot, I have made up to 100% return on some of the stuff I sold him...Well milk the fool as much as you can, remember Marc: "A fool and his $$ are soon parted"
I payed for some of my cars in HS by doing work on other fools cars and charging them.
04-01-2010, 10:17 AM
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04-01-2010, 06:24 PM
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Well first, you are incorrect. There is no 18yo who "deserves" an M5. Second: "Helping" them build a business does not equate to actually toiling and scrounging to build a good life for your family through hard work as most of our members here who have M5's have done. That sense of entitlement won;t get you very far, and it's probably a big reason why V gets really pissed at you.
Bottom line: In this life you "deserve" nothing, don;t expect anyone to give you shit. You EARN everything in life. (read the quote in red in my sig)
Bottom line: In this life you "deserve" nothing, don;t expect anyone to give you shit. You EARN everything in life. (read the quote in red in my sig)
But then again, he was able to squeeze an M5 out of his parents savings, technically neither deserving it, nor earning it, but rather, getting away with it
Hmmmmm. OP, you have plenty of time to work for a car like that!
04-01-2010, 06:29 PM
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04-01-2010, 07:48 PM
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Well first, you are incorrect. There is no 18yo who "deserves" an M5. Second: "Helping" them build a business does not equate to actually toiling and scrounging to build a good life for your family through hard work as most of our members here who have M5's have done. That sense of entitlement won;t get you very far, and it's probably a big reason why V gets really pissed at you.
Bottom line: In this life you "deserve" nothing, don;t expect anyone to give you shit. You EARN everything in life. (read the quote in red in my sig)
Bottom line: In this life you "deserve" nothing, don;t expect anyone to give you shit. You EARN everything in life. (read the quote in red in my sig)
04-01-2010, 08:16 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Honestly, I got pissed because he endangers himself and others. His sense of entitlement - in the long run, if he doesn't get himself into any serious trouble, will play out to be a good thing. What I don't have any respect for is laziness combined with demand for "nice things". But again, I was a dumb kid myself. What I feel made me better is that at 16yo I came to the States from Russia without parents and now, it has been about 15 years, and I'm doing good (all things considered and Thank God!) - I'm in position to have a nice car, help out my family and enjoy myself a little bit too. I'm not living an episode of Cribs - not even close, and any and all of the toys I've accumulated - I've had to work long and hard to get to the point of being able to afford them. So if someone says "i lifted my little finger on my left hand, give me an M5", I just laugh. I try to spoil my close ones whenever I can now, but ultimately, I know that no matter how much I spoil them, the world will eventually even out all the "spoils", so I try to "teach how to fish" as opposed to just providing it on a meal-by-meal basis, if you know what I mean...
I know exactly what you mean bro, my parents could have provided me anything, but they chose to make me work for things instead. As a kid, I hated it, but seeing how things could have been if I was handed everything I REALLY appreciate what they did now.