DSM Turbos
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2006
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
This is the biggest difference (I see) between when I was a teenager and now.
Back when I was a kid, we saved for whatever shitbox we could afford. I had my eyes set for a CJ-5 so I started work at 13-1/2 when I could legally get a workers permit and started washing dishes at a rest home that I could ride the school bus too.
All my friends had shitboxes. NO ONE had a new car except the popular rich kids that lived on Hopkins Rd.
But for MY kids? I wanted them in something safe. Which meant likely newer than anything I was driving at the time. Because between my 16 and their 16 another 3 billion people populated the earth. Several million of those were fucktards from Ohio on their way to myrtle beach and for my girls, I wasn't about to put them in anything that MAY or may not start or get them home EVERY time, so I didn't take any chances with safety.
Several of the parents my age sprung for new cars....and at the time I didn't see the logic. But as Ron pointed out to me, the peace of mind far outweighed the cost. But like Ron ALSO said...if you don't have teens (that you actually parent and are responsible for 24/7) these day, you truly do NOT understand the struggle.
Same here, with more distracted drivers out there, I want something that has all the airbags, emergency braking just in case, etc. People were not all on their cell phones driving when I got my license.
I don't think its as easy for kids under 16 anymore to also have jobs and make money as it was 20+ years ago either (longer for some of us).