I feel like we're cruel parents...
Boy is moving along with wanting to trade in his Mercedes as a potential ball joint along with issues on his sound system not working now seems to have broke the camels back on keeping the Mercedes.
5 of his good friends in the local area around us ALL have had their parents outright buy their cars (most brand new) and we're forcing our boy to buy his LMAO (although we will help him on our end interest free depending on route we take).
Don't get me wrong, he didn't ask for us to buy him anything, but I was asking how all his friends could afford new cars under 20 years in age as I saw one of his friends in another different car.
As a father I really wish I would have put my foot down on him buying that Mercedes a couple of years ago, but I told him it was his money and he's worked hard, been good as a son, and he could do what he wanted to with his own money, even though I thought it was a mistake. This is one case where I was hoping I could have been wrong. Hopefully he'll learn his lesson, but I'm not certain. Had to put my foot down on saying no help on a Mazda Miata convertible LOL (but dad, I can get my duffle bag in the trunk was his reasoning).
Told him he's an adult now and he can buy anything he wants on his own if it's a convertible he wants.