Nobody Bought Me A New Truck For College??

Bryce Frazier

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Just read in an article online that %70

SEVENTY PERCENT!!!

Of parents buy their child a BRAND NEW car as a present on their first day of college?!?!

My family is not part of that percentage I guess!! :p

Today is my first day of school... I am off to college. Sorta! I am dual inrolled with a local college, and my high school (online). I have to go into Sandpoint Mondays and Wednesdays..

Thats okay though! Can't help but thinking this is my last year of school... Very exciting!! Next June, I'll be 18, and free!! :p

Well, away I go...

To get breakfast that is!!! These sleeping beauties don't start until 11!!!! :p
 
Most parents are buying that vehicle out of neccesity rather than as any reward for great grades ot behavior. The kid just needs transportation to college and needs a car.{ by the way you are enrolled not inrolled].Spelling nazi.
 
Be glad that your parents love you enough that they are teaching you how to be responsible for yourself. When you work for what you have you have an appreciation for the value.
 
You go to a college sometime and look in the parking lot, you will see very few new cars. I believe that 70% of parents buy a car, and may be new to the student. But I doubt very many are new. There are some tho.
 
Was that an on-line version of "the Onion"? Just shows that not everything on the internet is true.....I"ve never known of anyone that did that, and someone claims 70%?
 
My daughter will never get a new car, so don't feel bad. I've already told her I'd much rather buy her a nice, older car, or truck that will both be reliable, and easy to repair if it does break down, than one of the new ones that guarantees a to need a tow to the dealership when it breaks down.

As far as the turning 18 and being free......I hate to burst your bubble, but you've been FREE for the past 18 years..... now the real fun starts....

Anyways, good luck. Proper schooling is great, but nothing beats the school of hard knocks for a true learning experience.
 
You don't strike me as the kind of guy that would even want a new truck! Now show up in a fully restored 3100 5 window, that you did all by yourself... Now that is a gift!
 
Ya okay.... You're right..... :)

I should would like something with a Duramax in it though... I just really really would.... :)
 
Dear Bryce,
I recognize what you wrote was tic as is 90% of what I post. But what I want to tell you is you seem to be a fine young man. I'm proud of you. Get all the education you can nobody can take that away from you. I worked from the time I was nine years old although dad did give
Me my first car a 66 fairlane station wagon. He gave $60 for it, no motor or transmission and an empty rear end housing. He said to take every thing out of my grandfather's wrecked falcon that I would have a car. That's what I drove to High School and College. I'm not sure what all that means cause I still drive a junky old car. But I know what it's like to want a new truck. God bless you son.
Ron
 
Sorry you'll have to miss out on the right-of-passage of driving a new Ferrari or Porsche to the first day of college.

Could yall maybe "get by" with one of the cheaper varieties like a BMW or Lotus? Sometimes in life you have to make compromises....
 
[i:654c4848f0]Be glad that your parents love you enough that they are teaching you how to be responsible for yourself. When you work for what you have you have an appreciation for the value. [/i:654c4848f0]

This. My son is back for his senior year in HS this year. Sporting a 1994 Buick that [b:654c4848f0]he[/b:654c4848f0] paid $400 for and bought needing a transmission. I did help him put the $200 junk-yard transmission in.
 
Huh, the university college parking lot here is a sea of rusty junkers, hand-me down toyotas and hondas, old jacked up jeeps etc. Actually looks very similar in the staff parking too. A handful of BMW's etc outside the computer science wing.
 
Bryce, part of the time while going to Clemson U, I drove a 1945 military jeep MB. Paid $500 dollars for it and rebuilt the engine in it under a shed with a dirt floor. After I finished Clemson and went to work there, I drove a 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton PU all through the 80's. I always made sure my wife had a decent ride and still do, though we haven't bought anything new since 1987 and never will again.
When I was rebuilding the 45 MB, I needed someone to hold the head of a bolt under the jeep. I was under the hood and dropped a good sized wrench on my wife's nose. We have been married 41 years and she still remembers that, but will still help me when I need it.
Richard in NW SC
 
Ahhh yes! 18 and free. Come back when you are 30 and let those that are still around know how free you were at 18. :)^D
 
We told the girls to drive their old HS cars to college. You never know who's gonna hit your car. We almost made it thru, youngest got her 97 lumina backed into while setting in the student parking lot last Christmas. hit and run. Put a salvage bumper and fender and she's still driving to her job everyday. The oldest did get rid of her "money pit" a '98 intrigue after working for a year.
 
Heck, I just bought myself a 99 escort wagon as a dialy driver because while I love driving my 2003 VW Passat, I can't keep dumping hundreds/thousands at a crack into keeping it running. I gotta get it registered yet and insured, but it's in my drive waiting for me. I could buy new, but I don't want another bill right now. Making good progress on our van, and that one was 3 years old when we bought it.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
I hope you don't think this really is your last day of school. There is much to learn about what ever interests you and some sort of formal education on the subject can be extremely valuable, even if done part time or evenings. As they say, be a life long learner.

The car I drove to college (my first stint at it) was one my Dad let me drive from his "fleet"... a '66 Plymouth Belvedere with the old poly spherical 318 V8, this was in 1973. When I got out of the 2 yr. school he let my sister drive it and she trashed it. Wish I had it back.
 
It is funny , that when you are 18 you think the party is starting and by the time your 21 you realize that was the party , it's over , and it is time for work.
 
I bought an old Triumph TR3 to go to college in and had a great time with it and several other old British Sports cars.A friend of mine in college parent's bought him a new Ferrari
quite a difference but we were good friends and had a lot of fun times driving to the beach and some other activities maybe you'll be smart enough to stay away from(LOL)
 
Welcome to the school of hard knocks, where the tests come first and you have to figure out the answers on your own!

Which schools was the article talking about? That 70 percent does not sound anywhere close to accurate even for $70,000+ per year Ivy League schools. Most schools recommend against against full time freshman students having cars on campus because they really are not needed.
 
Maybe they are talking about UBC where my daughter goes. At least half the students are Asian (am I allowed to say that?) and the brand new BMW's are what the poor ones drive.
 
Oh, I don't know. The high school my daughter teaches at in VA, about half the 11th and 12th graders are driving cars I can't afford and never will.
 
I googled that and all that I could find out is that 70% of all college kids own a vehicle or have access to one....I guess that the other 30% walk or ride a bicycle.....Very few parents in my area could even afford to buy their kids a new car....Some do get their kids decent used ones....
 
I agree a lot of kids drive nice cars. Now-a-days body styles don't change as fast and cars hold up longer. A nice two to ten year old hand-me-down from dad or mom can look pretty new yet.
 
George Burns sang a song "I wish I was eighteen again" and I would suggest that you look for it on YouTube and learn the lyrics. Freedom is what you have until you leave school and home and take on all those responsibilities of living. Enjoy now, it will never be better!
 
Good for you Bryce; I know that you will do well at Sandpoint Community College.

What course(s) will you be taking?

Will there be an online component to the course(s)?
 
My first college roommate had parents that bought him a new 69 Dodge Charger. All he did was complain that it only had a 340 engine rather than the 440 six pack that he wanted.

I got by just fine with my 55 Olds Delta 88. It sat parked most of the time other that going back and forth from MN to TX because I couldn't afford gasoline even if it was only about $.25 a gallon.
 
College!!!!!!!!!!! I joined the Army and Jeeps, 3/4ers , deuce and a halves, 5 tons were my pleasure.
 
I gave my kids a new truck, AFTER they graduated college. The truck of their choice. Of course I gave them a matchbox truck.
 
The kids that I knew that got new cars when they went to college usually flunked out by the 2nd quarter. Parents should think off all the things that can distract a kid from studying and make sure that they don't provide it.

I grew up poor; I think that was a good experience for me. It certainly taught me the realities of life; ie, if we want to make it in life, we have to do it ourselves and not expect help from anyone. Very few kids today know anything about making it on their own; if this economy collapses there will be much wailing, moaning and grinding of teeth. They will have a much harder time surviving than those who know how to work and look out for themselves.
 
T.F. BOUGHT BUG EYE AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE, 61, NOT FOLKS...LATER, 58 AUSTIN-HEALEY 100/6, SUNBEAM ALPINE, SUNBEAM IMP, 62 LOTUS SUPER 7, SOME VW RABBIT RAGTOPS...2 FRIENDS HAD TR-3...SINCE THEY WERE MOTOR 4 TRACTORS, THIS IS LEGIT?? BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED, NIK
 
Bryce what do you mean one more year and you're free? If you're going to college that's 4 years going straight through with no work (or very little) on the side. Put your nose on that grindstone and keep pushing cause that's the only way to get there.
BTW I graduated from college in 1966 and owned a 1957 Dodge which I had to rebuild. First new car was a 1971 Chevele at which point I was living in an apartment, working 10 hour days for the Navy Department and unmarried (no girlfriends either). Next new car was after a 4000 mile move, a marriage, now working 12 hour days still for the Navy and the new wife decided we were getting a 1986 Volvo (which we still have) because she had been saving for it. I started working in testing in 1964, when I started working for the Navy it was testing submarines and no matter what I tried I couldn't get away from test or Subs and I when I finally retired in 2014 I was still working a 10 hour day even on the last day.
I recently heard a quote that goes something like this "If you find a job you really like you'll never work a day in your life".
 
I drove my truck I bought in high school to collage. 1967 Dodge half ton with a 318 in it. That was in 1980. Drove it for years after that too. Good old truck. It had the ride of an ox cart. Lake most it sat in the parking lot most of the time as gas was pricey with only a part time job to buy it with. Hang in there. Your day will come when you can go get yourself a new one, or new to you anyway.

Greg
 
My Daughter got a full ride scholorship at a major university 1000 miles away. what kind of piece of crap do you guys think I should have got for her.
Yea right, I can just see her getting there or halfway and out comes my credit card to get her going again.several times

I bought her brand new chev sonic fo $15,000 she likes it and it has 3 more years factory warranty even 1000 miles away.

any decent used car was nearly 10k and warranty out or about out .Paul
 

Through in a lifetime warrant, free gas, insurance etc what a deal..

My son drove a 92 Toyota I paid $200 for I put a engine in it and good tires I had 1K in it. 5 years later After I traded out for it I drove it 4 years and got $700 for it would have got more but I hit a deer and did some body damage...

My daughter drove 93 Honda I paid to much for but I had rebuilt the engine for the owner and done all the maintenance it was a good car.... I am not going to complain she drove it 5 years I lost $400 on the deal :) But it cost me 5K to replace it.... MY bad I missed the trans was going out :evil:

Folks ask me what I drive I tell'em what I buy for my kids and when they are done with it I buy it back...

When I am dead and gone there lifetime warranty runs out :shock:
 

I was born at a very young age. I mowed yards for a buck to $2.50 at the age of 10. I bought my first vehicle, a little honda sport 50 when I was 12. That allowed me to get my first real job where I made .50 an hour. Eventually worked up to .75 an hour as I turned 14. Of course I lied about my age and told them I was 16, which was the required age to work at the time. Then when I turned 16, got a real job at a buck an hour. I was very wealth on pay day. As I grew up I had slowly accumulated almost nothing. Through hard work and careful planning, I still have most of that. Got great electronics/microwave/radar training courtesy of USAF. My draft number was 10. Got a job with a fortune 500 company and eventually became a communications engineer and manager for 41 years. Retired, went back to work, retired and now working again. Still have most of what I started with. But I DO have a little 1965 honda s50 in the barn next to the 9 tractors. That little bike used to take my skinny butt up to 52 mph.. Now I'm lucky to get my fat butt up to 40 mph... Amazing what an extra 100 lbs does to a 5 hp engine. Oh yeah,, I had to walk to school 4.9 miles every day. It was up hill both ways. Fought wild Indians on the way to school and had to run from the dinosaurs on the way home. Turns out the if we lived one block further from school, we could have rode the bus...had to be 5 miles to ride the bus. School had no air conditioning but we did have a fan in the gym (wealthy school). (100 degree days in south texas.) After military, was surprised that college had air conditioning. Went to jr college first and paid my own way, while working. But then I had it easy and I still have some of that left also.
 
Whoever wrote that is so full of you know what must have been at a very special college but not the norm by far who is kidding who better throw that article away and forget you ever read it. Anyone with a small bit of common sense knows thats just not true.
 
we have a 2005 Chrysler and 2002 Dodge 1500 pickup neither were new when we bought them.
have something going on with the Dodge i hope it isn't expensive to fix.
 
Buying and selling those old British cars was one of the ways I made my money back in the 60's and 70's they were prone to breakdowns like the electric fuel pumps but were usually easy fixes so they could be fixed and sold for pretty good profit most times.
 
Bryce, seems your parents gave you something better than an automobile! They gave you a good foundation and a head full of knowledge! Most folks your age are not lucky like that! Take care!
 
thats ok, i bought my own back when i went to college, that was a long time ago, but ive personally paid for every vehicle ive owned, and if i remember right i paid for my last bicycle i ever rode too, most kids who are given something as expensive as a car will just rag it, they miss the lesson where if you want something, you have to work for it or you dont get it, i paid 800 bucks for my first car back in the mid '70's it was a 69 olds cutlass with 80 grand on the clock,and a 350 4bbl. that 800 took me 3 summers of work to save the 800 up,at around a buck an hour, so i took pretty good care of that car, even though i did whip a mustang or 2 at the stoplite, i left the shelbys and bosses alone, but the 289's were fair game, i know of one guy here who was given a new car for college ,he was given the boot in his 3rd semester ,he simply didnt do anything while there, hes now on his 4th car all given to him, he's 26 and just got a job....at walmart if you earn what you have, you will value it more and take care of it, its the better way to go in the long run, this rule will apply to live as well, your future home, your future wife ect
 
be glad Bryce.
someone gives you a new car, you would miss something very special.
I was in the workforce about 12 years before I felt I was financially ready to sign on the dotted line for a new truck.
First week driving it....well the experience is hard to describe...
...mine..new...[b:d9350560c1]I[/b:d9350560c1] did it.

Don't worry about your 'free' statement. Most understand.
I got out on my own early, and yes, it was very, very tough to survive.
But, no matter how loving the 'yoke' is.....it's still a 'yoke'...
gotta make it on our own.
 

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