My friend ordered her graduation present today.. - Page 3

Curious Joel · #21 06-28-2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bavarian

Indeed...and not in the rest of 99.9999999% of the world to be more precise. You people are plainly spoiled in that school. But once gifts and such fail to come your way, you will see how disadvantaged some persons will feel now that they'll have to work for their wants. That friend of yours will likely be such a person...

Getting nice things has nothing to do with being spoiled. You're spoiled if you get these things and you don't appreciate the sacrifices your parents have made to buy you these things. I know my parents have worked hard for for their money.. My dad grew up in a house with no heat and holes in the roof. He couldn't afford to go to college. He worked his ass off and he wants his kids to have the best. I know that, and I appreciate it. You can't make a statement like that about me without meeting me.

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rangerfan · #22 06-28-2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Bav don't be hating! My Parents gave me a condo and a brand new X5 for graduation, It was their money THEY worked hard for so get a grip, everyone is different! Furthermore simply because we're rich and come from rich back rounds does not mean we'll end up flat on our face when our parents stop giving us money, thats a perfect example of you being a jealous person, just live your own life!

I agree with you actually.

However, you might have a gift tax issue. If nothing else, you parents are using up a good chunk of their lifetime gifting.

blondboinsd · #23 06-28-2006, 12:57 PM

I agree curious Joel too, both my parents did not come from money and my dads an Immigrant here from Ireland so he just wants my brother and I to have everything he didn't.

Thunder22 · #24 06-28-2006, 01:09 PM

My first car was a 1969 Chrysler Newport that I got in 1982... with a 440 4bbl carb... now THAT'S a friggin HEMI!

my 2nd was a '74 VW Bug Super Beetle (learned to drive a stick on that one, very fun car)

motordavid · #25 06-28-2006, 01:32 PM

CJ: good for her, but times are certainly different:

I got a hundred bucks, (big dough in 19 and 65),
and me and two buds climbed into a 55 chebby
loaded down like the freakin Beverly Hillbillies and
drove around 32 states and Mexico for the summer.

Beer, cheap whiskey, my first tequila, my first
'shine, first grass, first peyote, first visit to
the ladies of Ciudad Juarez, etc. What a trip.
Summer of '65...

I love telling ol'geezer stories about how it was.

Hope your friend keeps it between the fences.
BR,mD

Thunder22 · #26 06-28-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by motordavid

CJ: good for her, but times are certainly different:

I got a hundred bucks, (big dough in 19 and 65),
and me and two buds climbed into a 55 chebby
loaded down like the freakin Beverly Hillbillies and
drove around 32 states and Mexico for the summer.

Beer, cheap whiskey, my first tequila, my first
'shine, first grass, first peyote, first visit to
the ladies of Ciudad Juarez, etc. What a trip.
Summer of '65...

I love telling ol'geezer stories about how it was.

Hope your friend keeps it between the fences.
BR,mD

I was born in '65

f355b · #27 06-28-2006, 02:15 PM

MSRP $38,500
Options and accessories $9,325
Destination charge $695
Total price as built* $48,520

HOLLY CRAP.....How times have changed, my first car 50GBP Mini 850 1967. No jealousy here fantastic good luck to her WOW.

One thing why active cruise control $2200? dont know anybody who has this.

Thunder22 · #28 06-28-2006, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by f355b

MSRP $38,500
Options and accessories $9,325
Destination charge $695
Total price as built* $48,520

HOLLY CRAP.....How times have changed, my first car 50GBP Mini 850 1967. No jealousy here fantastic good luck to her WOW.

One thing why active cruise control $2200? dont know anybody who has this.

so she can talk on her cell, apply makeup, play with her ipod and drink a redbull all at once of course!

f355b · #29 06-28-2006, 02:18 PM

very cool worth every penny

motordavid · #30 06-28-2006, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by f355b

MSRP $38,500
Options and accessories $9,325
Destination charge $695
Total price as built* $48,520

...why active cruise control $2200? dont know anybody who has this.

That is a marvelous invention that answers a question no one freakin
asked.

What a gizmo for the driving skills challenged!

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