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re: $100K to spend on 2 cars. Go.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:08 pm to BayouBlitz
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:08 pm to BayouBlitz
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You're a moron if you buy your 16 YO son a new Mustang GT.
Make the spoiled brat work for something. But him a 68 mustang fastback that needs work and get him some tools. It's called 'character building.'
My kid has worked his arse off, in school and out. He has over a 4.4 GPA with 4 honors classes in his first year of high school, and he tests in the 98-99th percentile. He has also transformed himself from a chubby little bookworm into one of the top martial artists in the country in his age group. He was making $300/day teaching seminars and $50/hr. for private lessons at age 14 because he put in the work to reach that point. He wants to study Mechanical Engineering at LSU. I'm teaching my kid that busting your arse in everything you do is the path to success and you get rewarded for it.
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 3:10 pm
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:10 pm to 911Moto
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I'm teaching my kid that busting your arse in everything you do is the path to success and you get rewarded for it.
I agree with your sentiment, but I'd let him get his driving kinks out in a beater for a year or two then send him to college with something nice.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:14 pm to 911Moto
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transformed himself from a chubby little bookworm into one of the top martial artists in the country in his age group. He was making $300/day teaching seminars and $50/hr. for private lessons at age 14
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:18 pm to 911Moto
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My kid has worked his arse off, in school and out. He has over a 4.4 GPA with 4 honors classes in his first year of high school, and he tests in the 98-99th percentile. He has also transformed himself from a chubby little bookworm into one of the top martial artists in the country in his age group. He was making $300/day teaching seminars and $50/hr. for private lessons at age 14 because he put in the work to reach that point. He wants to study Mechanical Engineering at LSU. I'm teaching my kid that busting your arse in everything you do is the path to success and you get rewarded for it.
That's all great. Now go buy him a '68 Mustang that needs work and let him spend his $300 a day fixing it up. He will thank you later in life.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 1:14 am to 911Moto
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He was making $300/day teaching seminars and $50/hr. for private lessons at age 14 because he put in the work to reach that point.
So why isn't he buying his own car and paying for it himself? He'll appreciate it more and be more careful with it (and his life) than if you buy it for him. For the wife, get her a Highlander, or ever better, an Odyssey or Sienna. If you're insistent on buying your son a new car then get him a Toyobaru.
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