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Ultimate Peril
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1st Car Problem/Issue
OK well I found a Subaru Liberty GX 1997 model and I really loved it, it was a bit pricey, but I knew if I owned it I'd keep it for more years then if I got a car my father would want me to. He wants me to get a crap car (i.e. corolla, laser) which in my opinion as soon as I buy one of those I'd save up money to get a better one anyway and get rid of that s**t right away.

This started a massive arguement between me and my mother vs my father. He is not paying for the bloody thing I AM! Technically I should be able to get what I feel is right. I need to borrow some money from a bank. I'd pay 4k then pay $44 each week to pay off the full amount. The Car is $7.9k. I'm also gonna get the RAA to check the car out top to bottom. I see no problem with me getting the car.

Ok there is a point I tried getting across, but If you didn't get it, here it is. If I got a cruddy 1st car which would be under $4k I'd save up my money ASAP to get a car worth over $4k, so you see I'd be paying way more by getting a crap one then that Liberty which is a car i'd have for many years.

Now some of you may say well father knows best, or it is your business not your fathers so screw him. Well I hate family feuds and would do almost anything to make sure feuds never happened, so this issue is really pissing me off and I don't know what to do. Should I buy the Liberty or do what my dad wants and buy a crap one?


thanks for reading this long thing. If you know how to help please, please, please reply on this.





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little_miss_pesky_face
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 @ 05:03am


well dear, it is YOUR money and your dad needs to respect that a little, that you are going to want to shop aound and the best deal for your money.
But i think his issue is that you'd have to borrow the money to get the other car and sometimes it is kind of tough pushing yourself to make sure your bills are ALWAYS paid on time. I have delt enought with debt to know exactly what that kind of situation would be like. I'm sure he just wants to save you the headache of being in debt with borrowed money.
Personally I'd get the crap car first, just so you have something, and save your money for the actual car you want. You will be saving yourself from the loan sharks and when you actually get the car you want ( to be perfectly honest you may find something BETTER and less expensive if you wait), and even better it will be not be something you have to pay off over time.

But what can I say, I'm just the peanut gallery. If you really want the car and think that it's worth it, get it. Things will work out the way they're supposed to and your father won't dissown you for not following his advice over something so trivial.

Hope to talk to you later, don't stress tooo much about his k?


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