On 25/04/2021 19:55, jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/25/2021 2:22 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/25/2021 1:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> My late dentist use to have a 2003 Infinity G35 coupe. Hoo boy, what
>>> a looker that car is! He told me he was going to give it to his son
>>> when he got his driver's licence. That made me sad. Giving a kid that
>>> car is just asking for trouble. In fact, that car is too good for any
>>> kid. He must have made good on that because I'd see him driving some
>>> ratty sedan. That's just depressing! It's probably what killed him.
>>>
>>
>> Giving a kid a car is foolish no matter what it is.Â* They appreciate
>> having it and will care for it more if they paid for it.
>
> In 1976 I went to school with a boy whose father bought him a Triumph
> TR7 for his sixteenth birthday.Â* Rumor in school was the kid didn't like
> the white TR7 so the next week his father bought him one in blue.Â* Can
> you say spoiled?Â* I sincerely doubt he appreciated it.
>
> I worked and saved money and bought my first car.Â* I took out a loan but
> I paid it off in 3 years.Â* Didn't need a co-signer.Â* My ex-husband did
> his damndest to ruin my credit but I paid off those debts.Â* Some were
> cleared in the divorce proceedings.Â* For example, I have no idea what
> happened to the washer and dryer he bought on credit without asking me.
> Maybe he sold them after I left.Â* I made sure in filing the decree I was
> not responsible for any debts he incurred that I was not a party to
> (i.e. didn't include my signature.)Â* But I digress...
>
> By age 24 I'd paid off any debts I was responsible for, re-established
> my credit and easily secured a bank loan.Â* And yes, it felt wonderful
> when I wrote that last check to the bank three years later and owned the
> 1984 Toyota Corolla outright.
>
> Jill

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Well done!!!!!