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The other topic got me thinking. People are saying kids should labor to buy their own phones, but what about cars? Did you get a car from your parents? I did.

I had to pay 1/3rd of whatever car I wanted so kind of

They gave me their old car when they got a new one, so I guess.

When I was 15 my dad bought a mustang and I was so convinced I'd get to have it

Uh... The first car I drove routinely was my mom's car but was treated functionally as mine

The first car that was in my name though, I bought.

They made the down payment on my first one (Scion TC), and 5k (50%) towards the down payment on my second one (Camaro, also my current one)

They bought me a Nissan hardbody beater for like $1000 or so. From then on I had to buy whatever I was driving.

Nope. I earned my car without my parents help. They've done more than enough for me. Especially with college.

Kind of

They bought my oldest sister a 6 year old car for her 16th birthday, and that car became my other sister's first car when she turned 16 and then my first car when I turned 16

No I had to save up for a clunker

Yeah, a $600 clunker that lasted about two years.

Technically no. My mom bought herself a Lexus and gave me her old car.

My uncle gave me his car.

Yep. A 1998 buick century. I drove that fucker into the ground. I got it with 44k. The odometer burned out at 268k 2 years before it finally died. I hit 8 deer with it before I finally had to scrap it.

Thanks Mom and Dad.

Yeah, it was a used car from an auction for $700. Used to break down on me all the time.

In contrast, they bought my brother a brand new convertible mustang as his first car. Because first born son

In theory that did, as I got handed down my sisters car when she bought a new one, and her old car was a hand me down from my parents.

Granted, the car was older than I was and had 165k miles on it when I got it.

My first car was my mom's old car. She got a new one.

They've co-signed a couple of loans since, but I paid those off with no help, I just had bad credit due to medical debt in my twenties..

I was able to use the old car for a couple of months before I went to basic training. After that I bought my own car. So not really I just used an old one for like 3 or 4 months.

No. I went hand-me-down -> bought my own.

Yeah, 2003 Dodge Durango. I freaking loved that truck. Sold it for an 06 Trailblazer that ran for ever.

No, but they've basically payed for at least one of them by paying towards them over time.

I paid half. it was about 5k for the car altogether

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In contrast, they bought my brother a brand new convertible mustang as his first car. Because first born son

Well if it makes you feel better even though it won't, I was the first born and while my parents helped with the down payment, I was responsible for the car note

Meanwhile my parents bought and paid for my little sister's Beetle, Mustang, and now Jeep >__>. Think she had a 4th car between the beetle and mustang but I can't remember.

Yep they bought me a 2001 Toyota Corolla that had like 80k miles on it? Put almost 100k more on it before I got my own car years later.

That thing would've ran forever if my stupid sister-in-law's bf hadn't wrecked it. >.>

I got their old car because I was going to commute to college. Otherwise they wouldnt have gotten me one.

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Don't drive at night in Wisconsin.

No.

Parents would never. Got the car on my own.

I half expect my younger brother to get a car though. I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be bitter if it happened. My sister and I have been throwing shade to our mother as a joke asking, "so when are you going to give him your car and get a new one."

No. Bought my first car when I was 16. It was a 1979 Mercury Bobcat, basically a fancy Pinto. Bought it from one of my dad's friends for $500.

Yeah, but I don't know how much they paid. Couldn't have been much, since we didn't have much money.

Also, that car was a mess. Passenger seat wouldn't stay upright, so they boxes and a pipe propping it up. Rear driver seat had a hole in the floor, could literally stick your foot down to the road and touch the axel or whatever. They kept a plastic grate over the hole, but it was attached so it'd just slide around.

It was a waste too, since I didn't have any where to go or a reason to have a vehicle. I'd get sent to the post office and come straight home, and get cussed out by them. It's about a fifteen minutes round trip to the post office and back. They timed me, it took me 17 minutes, and I passed dad on the way back. He was coming to find me, and mom was about to call the police.

It was too much and I stopped driving at all. Then my aunt was desperate for a vehicle, so I gave it to her. Dad went behind my back and told them I wanted $300 and they gave it to him.

Yeah

It was a "family vehicle" for all of us to use, but realistically, I used it more than anyone else to commute to college, and they probably wouldn't have purchased it had I not started going to college in the first place.

Not specifically. My dad bought a new truck and let me use his old one. I didnt get it in my name until after I had moved out.

No, they paid for college instead

They bought me a salvaged Mazda MX3 that I paid back to them.

My dad bought my first car, it was an old fleet vehicle from his company. 1990 Buick Century for $3K. It was a pretty dope first car actually.

Nope. I had to walk or take the bus.

My parents got me a 2005 civic when I was in high school. Very nice thing for them to do for me.

I had one shared car for a bit, then a hand-me-down that was "mine". But after a few years of that they said they were giving the car to my cousin, so I had to buy a new one.

When I'm done with this one, it will probably also end up with a different cousin.

Does it count if my mom bought herself a 2016 new and gave me her shit Kia Sedona that lasted about a year?

No, but they let me use one of theirs until I could buy my own.

My first car was a hand me down from my uncle after he purchased a new vehicle. All my vehicles after that I purchased myself.

Yes but it was a legit POS. They wanted to see how well I would treat it and how responsible I'd be with it.

But hey, it was a ride!

Took me until the middle of college to realize that most of the girls who suddenly started giving me attention in HS were also getting free rides home in it though. Instead of using L.A. public transportation, in exchange for a simple hug or maybe a peck on the cheek they got curbside service...

No, but they bought my sister a car. Mostly because I don't like driving, so I usually have someone else take me places.

No, I worked 50+ hours all summer when I was 16 to save up & buy my first car. My parents didn't even pay my car insurance.

My grandparents bought me my first two cars - or technically, the first was a "we got a new one, you can have our old one" situation. My parents no, though my dad lent me his for a few months while his licence was suspended (due to a careless accident that resulted in injuries but no deaths).