Scary Death Stats
Sep 25th 2007, 4:45 am
#18
Mr. Grumpy
Joined: Jun 2003
Location: Nashville, TN
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Re: Scary Death Stats
My wife's first car at 17 was a old boxy style BMW 3 series that her parents picked for her for a couple thousand bucks
HMMM, no weight in the rear with powerful engine and rear wheel drive? She wrecked it after a month, flipping the car on its roof and flattening a lampost and nearly killing herself
after this retarded decision, they went and excelled themselves by getting her a nissan 240SX - the 2 door coupe we had in the Uk but known as a 200SX. Again, light car, lots of power and rear wheel drive.
She wrecked that car at 70 miles an hour on the interstate and miraculously walked away
the final car she got from them was a subaru station wagon - finally some sense.
When/if we have kids they are getting a golf or jetta. Solid and front wheel drive with lots of airbags.... no stupid posh cars or big rollover-stricken SUVs...
Sep 25th 2007, 12:50 pm
#19
Captain Caaaaaaveeemaaaan
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Sep 25th 2007, 1:00 pm
#20
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Mother Land.
Posts: 14,858
Re: Scary Death Stats
Completely agree. Americans are dumb as shit in this respect.
My wife's first car at 17 was a old boxy style BMW 3 series that her parents picked for her for a couple thousand bucks
HMMM, no weight in the rear with powerful engine and rear wheel drive? She wrecked it after a month, flipping the car on its roof and flattening a lampost and nearly killing herself
after this retarded decision, they went and excelled themselves by getting her a nissan 240SX - the 2 door coupe we had in the Uk but known as a 200SX. Again, light car, lots of power and rear wheel drive.
She wrecked that car at 70 miles an hour on the interstate and miraculously walked away
the final car she got from them was a subaru station wagon - finally some sense.
When/if we have kids they are getting a golf or jetta. Solid and front wheel drive with lots of airbags.... no stupid posh cars or big rollover-stricken SUVs...
My wife's first car at 17 was a old boxy style BMW 3 series that her parents picked for her for a couple thousand bucks
HMMM, no weight in the rear with powerful engine and rear wheel drive? She wrecked it after a month, flipping the car on its roof and flattening a lampost and nearly killing herself
after this retarded decision, they went and excelled themselves by getting her a nissan 240SX - the 2 door coupe we had in the Uk but known as a 200SX. Again, light car, lots of power and rear wheel drive.
She wrecked that car at 70 miles an hour on the interstate and miraculously walked away
the final car she got from them was a subaru station wagon - finally some sense.
When/if we have kids they are getting a golf or jetta. Solid and front wheel drive with lots of airbags.... no stupid posh cars or big rollover-stricken SUVs...
Sep 25th 2007, 1:26 pm
#21
And YOU'RE paying for it!
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Sep 25th 2007, 1:42 pm
#23
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Sep 25th 2007, 2:11 pm
#24
Up Yir Kilt
Joined: Oct 2002
Location: Scotland > London > San Francisco
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Re: Scary Death Stats
Australia has plenty of crime, numerous immigrants - and you would be one of them if you "immigrate". You're correct about the BBQ though.
Sep 25th 2007, 2:13 pm
#25
Septicity
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 23,762
Re: Scary Death Stats
I can confirm he is being sarcastic. We have a few of them on here. Even a few cynics, too.
Sep 25th 2007, 2:30 pm
#26
Unmitigated Gall
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Sep 25th 2007, 2:42 pm
#27
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Re: Scary Death Stats
It wasn't until High School that I saw kids whose parents bought them cars and such. These were the same kids whose parents hired lawyers to make the kid's DUIs disappear and replaced their wrecked cars with new ones when junior had a few too many or wrapped the new Mustang GT around a light pole while street racing.
But surely those kind of parents exist everywhere?
Sep 25th 2007, 2:49 pm
#28
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Scary Death Stats
That's how it was for my crowd. When I was 14 I wanted a fancy bike. My parents told me I better get to work. I put an add in the paper offering my services as labor. I weeded gardens, mowed lawns and a bunch of other odd jobs all summer to save enough money for the bike. It was the same way when I wanted a car. My parents didn't buy me that TR-6 I posted a pic of, I earned every penny bagging groceries at the supermarket. That was a lot of f**kin groceries...
It wasn't until High School that I saw kids whose parents bought them cars and such. These were the same kids whose parents hired lawyers to make the kid's DUIs disappear and replaced their wrecked cars with new ones when junior had a few too many or wrapped the new Mustang GT around a light pole while street racing.
But surely those kind of parents exist everywhere?
It wasn't until High School that I saw kids whose parents bought them cars and such. These were the same kids whose parents hired lawyers to make the kid's DUIs disappear and replaced their wrecked cars with new ones when junior had a few too many or wrapped the new Mustang GT around a light pole while street racing.
But surely those kind of parents exist everywhere?
My OH did just the same as you and he was an only child, of course his Parents could of bought him a car, but I do know they use to help him out with the Insurance.
Sep 25th 2007, 3:01 pm
#29
Unmitigated Gall
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Re: Scary Death Stats
There'll always be Parents with more money than sense and one day they will sit and wonder what they did wrong to have a Brat in the first place My OH did just the same as you and he was an only child, of course his Parents could of bought him a car, but I do know they use to help him out with the Insurance.
My OH did just the same as you and he was an only child, of course his Parents could of bought him a car, but I do know they use to help him out with the Insurance.
Sep 25th 2007, 3:22 pm
#30
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Re: Scary Death Stats
There'll always be Parents with more money than sense and one day they will sit and wonder what they did wrong to have a Brat in the first place My OH did just the same as you and he was an only child, of course his Parents could of bought him a car, but I do know they use to help him out with the Insurance.
My OH did just the same as you and he was an only child, of course his Parents could of bought him a car, but I do know they use to help him out with the Insurance.I would rather let her have my car and I would drive the older car.