[stellabella]

I sold the car and everything is settled. what a nightmare.

[sushiwhore]

o_o not a fan of beetles but thast a nice color o_o for a beetle i like it more than lime green.. >< o_o i'm pushing my dad to get me a cooper =) i have the perfect colro adn everythign figured out i'm just waiting till i graduate!!! o_O

[sweetREDEMPTION.]

It's cute, but a gift that you have to pay back more than half of it? I'd be pretty upset too.

[tasty]

uhh, i know how you feel - kind of

my friend's in debt to her parents and sister too, but only $2,000 approx. however, she's only on $120 approx./fortnight so it's going to take forever. she hardly goes out anymore which sucks, because we're on a longg break right now.

[jess89]

yeah that does suck how your dad went about that.. and you probably cant just say "take it back then" either :/ its a pretty car though.

btw, do you live in vegas? the houses in your neighborhood are like the style of the houses that i saw in my sister's neighborhod in vegas (:

[simon82]

lawl.


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[rms13]

eh at lest you got a new nice ride in high school. Think of it this way, you got it half paid for you, you don't have to pay interest and since your still living with your parents, with a part time job and managing money, you'll be able to pay it back by the time you finish highschool. you wouldn't have to worry about payments in college...

[stellabella]

o_o not a fan of beetles but thast a nice color o_o for a beetle i like it more than lime green.. >< o_o i'm pushing my dad to get me a cooper =) i have the perfect colro adn everythign figured out i'm just waiting till i graduate!!! o_O

I originally wanted a Mini Cooper too...until I saw the interior. It's the ugliest piece of crap I've ever seen. How can they make such a cute car and miss so badly on the interior?

For the person who asked, no, I don't live in Vegas. I live in Arizona.

Yeah my situation pretty much sucks. But I think I'm slowly getting over it. $13,000....oh boy. Nope, not over it yet.

eh at lest you got a new nice ride in high school. Think of it this way, you got it half paid for you, you don't have to pay interest and since your still living with your parents, with a part time job and managing money, you'll be able to pay it back by the time you finish highschool. you wouldn't have to worry about payments in college...

That's what I keep thinking...but then again, the sole reason I even got a job was so that I would HAVE money while I was in college. Now I'm going to have nothing at all.

[tian]

dang that stinks i'd be pretty mad too. lol cute color

[sushiwhore]

I originally wanted a Mini Cooper too...until I saw the interior. It's the ugliest piece of crap I've ever seen. How can they make such a cute car and miss so badly on the interior?

For the person who asked, no, I don't live in Vegas. I live in Arizona.

Yeah my situation pretty much sucks. But I think I'm slowly getting over it. $13,000....oh boy. Nope, not over it yet.
That's what I keep thinking...but then again, the sole reason I even got a job was so that I would HAVE money while I was in college. Now I'm going to have nothing at all.

the interior? i AM IN LOVE wih the interior o_o i guess different people have different peferences... the reason why i wanted a mini cooper in teh first place was becuase i sat in one and i was liek O_O i love it o-o

[morgan.de.toi]

i'm pretty sure your dad doesn't expect you to give him everything you make
with nothing to spend for yourself.
he probably doesn't expect you to pay him back w/in 1 1/2 years.
he's just giving you a sense of responsibility and teaching you how to save money and such.

although you didn't ask for the car, you should be grateful for it.
your only 16 and you already get your own car.
i'd be pretty damn proud if i were you that at 16, i can already drive myself to higschool in a brand new car

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[simon82]

my first car was a 93 dodge caravan.

i saved up money and bought myself a 89 honda crx hf (....which i drove for about two months before crashing it into a mountain)

so, please don't complain hahah

but i will agree -- i like that color. it's "cute"

just make small payments to your dad over a period of several years, then just tell your dad you want to sell the car. kinda like leasing the car for a fraction of the cost. if you get some of the money from selling it, all the better.

[ddonq]

just drive it wisely,
i heard beetles are notrious for breaking down.

[sushiwhore]

just drive it wisely,
i heard beetles are notrious for breaking down.

hahahha my bfs sister has a lime green one its really bleh.... they have so far paid more in 'fixing' it than what they initially bought it for

[stellabella]

just drive it wisely,
i heard beetles are notrious for breaking down.

That's what the warranty is for But I've never heard that. A lot of people told me it was a really safe car for being small.

I've had it for three days and it already has 95 miles on it. I feel like I'm ruining the car every time I drive it! It's so new and clean!

[aabbyyzz]

sell the car, keep half of the money.

and then get a beater or something..

[FusionGT2]

You dont have to take the car. You yourself have to sign for the car registration to have it under ur name for it to legally be your responsibility. You can always refuse it. But knowing parents, hell will break loose if you dont follow their way.

[sphynkter]

wow that kind of sucks but you can always look at the bright side of things. you're only paying half the price of what you'd pay if you were to buy the car yourself. your parents will probably not make you dump your whole paycheck into making car payments for them. you can probably negotiate with them into giving them half of your paycheck and the other half you can use for spending money. i wish my parents would pay for half of payments on the car i'm going to buy. interest is a biotch so you're lucky you don't have to deal with that.

[kelvin6]

Interest... very bad thing... be thankful you don't have to pay that. I have a friend who owes me several hundred dollars and I should've charged him interest...

$13,000 seems like a lot now, but realize this, as time passes, wages generally go up (small but something) to comphensate for cost of living etc. I remember when I worked two days a week part time one day and one full day on the weekend and still made about $6000+ a year. It won't be so bad once you pay it off.

On the otherside, if my parents dropped a new car on me and wanted me to pay it, i would tell them to sell it, because I don't have to accept this gift. If i had to pay half, i'd definitely think about it, because half is covered. Half is better than nothing, so thats still good. Maybe they will cut you a break later, who knows?

Yes, VW Beetles do tend to have some problems... i've seen so many at a dealership repair shop, sometimes even seeing the same car twice (VWs in general)! I swing by there for parts for my car (its a multi brand dealership), and a overwhelming majority of cars there are the VWs. My tip is, keep the car maintained, and if a problem does arise, do not heistate to fix it, prolonging it can lead to more problems and more expensive problems later.

[clee86]

I'm guessing that insurance is being paid by your parents?
Not a bad deal I would say.