Im 27 and so not that old, but when i started driving we all drove £500 pieces of c**p. Now all 17-22 year olds seem to only want to drive brand new cars. Are people in their late teens/early 20's becoming more materialistic?
2007-07-29 11:58:01 · 25 answers · asked by jj26 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Good answers. When you drive around in a total POS you appreciate something that is even slightly less a POS. I started with a 81 Mini and when i got my 92 peugeot 106 - i thought "wow, this is so cool". But yea, they are all getting finance now on everything - they are all going to be so screwed before they get to 30.
2007-07-29 12:13:49 · update #1
No, but parents are making more money.
Are you telling me that you WANTED to drive a $500 shitbox? Wouldn't you rather be driving something you actually like?
2007-07-29 12:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by gallstaff1 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm able to start learning to drive in about a years time. but im not going to! i have had to earn all the money i got from a paper round hence the name "paper" unicycle. if i want anything i buy it with my hard earned cash.
my friends get handed money when they want it. they get fancy expensive electronic equipment for their birthdays and dont use it after christmas has arrived cos they got an even better thing or the latest model.
i actually appreciate having the things ive got. ive got an old tv in my room and i dont see the point in getting the latest model like HD when the one at the moment is perfectly fine.i get so angry at how easily other kids my age have it.
but id rather grow up knowing the value of money and not be so darn spoilt. its going to take me ages to save up for a car and insure and tax yet my friend just got a small motorbike- all paid for by his parents and next year he's getting an even better one cos he will be old enough for a more powerful model.
i tell myself that I'm being brought up in a good way, learning how it is in life but i sure damn hope so. i don't think i could take it when I'm older and my friends still continue on in life with no money problems.
2007-07-29 21:55:02 · answer #2 · answered by Felicity 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think people see the cars that we used ot drive as being more dangerous than when we drove them we thought oh well its a piece of sh*t but its still mine and I love it whereas today they think Im not driving that death trap so turn to mummy and daddy.
Also prices are so much lower now on new and nearly new cars than they were in years gone by so they can afford them more easily. Gosh dont I sound old.
2007-07-29 19:03:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A real sadness looms out of thiss Because of my age my first house was £1750 and with moving the obvious massive rise in property left a genaration that can never again exist.When young people get a good deal from there youth,they will try to do the same again for there offspring,which will leave us with a generaton feeling they let there kids down Shame really,but as parents we can,t help ourselves?good luck
2007-08-02 13:31:42 · answer #4 · answered by charlie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya, well i'm a kid and learning to drive,
I want a older car !
Plus I can't afford a brand new one !
I think it is because the parents tend to buy a car for their spoilt brat, and they choose a brand new one.
But, you may notice there is a lot of modified cars driving around ?
Young kids buy little Nissan Micras, 106, corsa, rover etc.
And then pimp them up / modify them.
So yes, people are becoming more materialistic, especially young kids.
2007-07-30 09:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by SB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like you i also had the £ 500 rust-box to begin with. these days mummy and daddy either lend the kids there own car or go out and spend a fortune buying brand new for them
i know of a young girl who lives in my area who had 4 write offs in the space of 2 years and yet every time her parents would help her to get a brand new car.
obviously there is also the fact that people in their teens /early twenties see loans and credit as no big deal and do not worry themselves one iota about how they will settle the debt in the future.
2007-07-29 19:10:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't be credit on the part of the teenagers as your credit rating is virtually nil at 18.
Rather, (and it's the same on both sides of the pond), despite what the opposition parties say, there is a good economy with disposable income. Factor in as well increased fear-selling (your kids aren't safe in a rust-bucket. Why not get a new car?) and (UK only) lower costs of motoring in real terms, and that's why I see University students with Mini Coopers to ferry them 1/2 mile to home. I try not to get bitter at stuff like this. I merely remind myself that this is the 'oppressed middle classes' the Daily Mail goes on about.
2007-07-29 20:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by barryboys 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a wealthy person, but I could buy my kids' a car if I wanted to. But I'm not!!!
Kids today are more materialistic than we were, but I don't think they are necessarily the ones to blame. I think parents are. Most kids today have parents who buy their kids as much "stuff" as they want, so in return, kids expect more and more. And let's not forget how people today must keep up with the Jones'. When Billy's parents say he has to work and buy his own car, Billy moans and pouts and says, "Well, Timmy's mom and dad bought him a car!"
What parents aren't thinking about though, is how they are damaging their kids' futures. When the kids finally branch out on their own, they're in for a rude awakening. Then they're "blessed" with credit, and it gets even ruder. Its up to us parents to show them the value of the dollar, the satisfaction of obtaining what you want by hard work, the appreciation for what they've obtained, and good, healthy self-respect.
Can I get an amen? lol
2007-07-29 19:23:29 · answer #8 · answered by dawn p 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Im 30 and my first car was a $500 POS, but that was because my dad wanted to instill the value of a dollar into me(thank god!) and didn't just buy me a nice car. By the way I paid for it!!!
2007-07-29 19:04:56 · answer #9 · answered by ERIC E 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Parents are more aware of the relative crash performance and crash avoidance of different cars. They are not willing to let their kids drive around in old cars with poor crash performance and no ABS or airbags.
Therefore they spend thousands buying cars with 4-star or 5-star EuroNCAP scores and ABS (ABS is now mandatory on new cars in the EU).
2007-07-31 07:11:51 · answer #10 · answered by Neil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
parents today don't spend any time with there kids. So why would they spend time working with there kids ride? as time is money and kids are wasting there time. Back in the day we all were taking out with our fathers to buy a p-o-c-car and worked side by side on the week ends or after school with dad and moms too. but as for today well.
2007-07-29 19:08:57 · answer #11 · answered by Robert LaFrieda 442 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋