Remember your first car?

[ewoss3]

Richard, I completely understand about making sure the kids are spoiled. Both of my sister-inlaws live within rock throwing distance and their children have complete run of a 5 acre area. since we don't have children I get to spoil their children and then send them home. We usually travel as a family group(17 total) going places like europe, hawaii, canada, australia, plus trips throughout the US. These trips are generally a reward for helping in the family business which keeps us all busy. Every adult as well as child helps in the maintenance of our old park and in the construction of our new park.

These children realize they are getting to do more than 98% of their classmates but they also understand it comes with a pricetag. Generally the children will pick an item that they would like to purchase(electric jeeps, 4 runners, go karts, 22 rifle, shotgun, ect) and then they clock their hours with grandpa, get paid weekly, but have to save the money on their own. So far I haven't seen them do without and don't suspect they ever will.

 

[cowboydoc]

Thanks Paul. I think it's a pretty good deal!!!

Rob,
Your place sounds exactly like it was with me growing up except we had a big ranch to take care of. Every year my grandparents took the whole family, all of their kids and grandchildren, on an adventure. We went all kinds of places and it was a blast. We got to see and do things that other kids never had a chance to do and it was great.

 

[greenthumb]

This is in response to Rob A. post about kids with the 20000 + cars.

I am teacher at a large high school and we have joke around school that the nice new cars are on the student parking lot and the old cars that the auto shop students are working on come from the teacher's parking lot. It is not uncommon for these kids to drive yukons full size blazers, jeeps you name it the kids drive it.

 

[ewoss3]

Greenthumb, I've heard that expression from both my parents and my in-laws, they are all teachers as well as having their own businesses. The newest car any of them has is 5 years old with the oldest being my father whose car is 14 yrs old. It just makes me wonder why we pay teachers so little, but that is a whole different discussion.

 

[JTD]

58 green 2-door Chevy Biscayne, straight six, 3 speed. Sold it after 2 years when the clutch went out. Bought a new VW bug, 1968. Probably the best car I've every owned was a 1984 911 Porsche. New and beautiful. A dream to drive. Sold it after 2 years for a house and wife. I'd buy one today but tractors and trucks keep taking my cash. They're more fun anyway.

 

[therrien]

Paul
I don't remember having any trouble with speedo, except when the police said it was going slower than I was.

 

[ByuBill]

The way I see it, everyone remembers their first, car, motorcycle, pickup, tractor. Their first date, their first,,,, better not go there,,,, Anyway, my first car was a 1957 Ford Skyliner. Got it after I broadsided a 1956 Ford custom with my first motor scooter. A 1959 Vespa. Broke both arms and both legs. Figured that a car was safer. Age 15.
Bill

 

[tgello]

bill, my dad had one of those ! my first car was a 1964 pontiac gto that my neighbor used to drag race. had a 455 in it. it was quite a car for a 15 year old. when i got my license i was one of the only kids at school who didn't drive moms station wagon to school. i even had a cassette player with four speakers back in the days of 8 track......tgello

 

[Anonymous Poster]

therrien, I use to have a 340 Duster that I loved, I had the same problems with cops radars , I was consistantly 20-40mph to the bad(for me). I did have a theory that there must have been some kind of electrical interferance between my plymouth and his radar/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

Cowboydoc

If the kid is doing chores morning and night you can afford to spoil her a little bit. Kinda hard to get into trouble with your firends if you're busy shoveling out the barn. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Lack of chores appears to be half the problem with the kids today. It isn't that they're all that spoiled, its just that they're somewhat spoiled and have absolutely nothing to do. Idle hands...

SHF