Thread: my kid wants my GP

Buy her a cheap SE or GT?

get her one. they are a dime a dozen. and if you search you can find a nice one for a good price.

Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch

get her one. they are a dime a dozen. and if you search you can find a nice one for a good price.

Exactly. These arent expensive cars anymore. Start hunting craigslist.

ahhhhhhh give her the car for christmas.

With a big red bow.

its up to you if you want to separate from the car. i personally wont be giving my kid a car as nice as a GTP as a first car. cheap 4 banger 5 speeds makes a great first cars. but just my $0.02

Tell her to get a job and buy a car......Its really simple you are the parent she is the child. Dont spoon feed her everything or she will grow up to be on welfare. The only way some one will respect something is to earn it on there own. I worked for every car I have ever owned and now know that **** just dont grow on tress, you gotta work.

Originally Posted by footballplaya3k

I'm sure I will get bashed for this but oh well. I completely disagree. My parents bought my first car, paid my gas and insurance while in high school so I could have a car and still play sports and focus on my grades. I ended up getting a job about a year after I started driving because I wanted money to blow and started paying for most of my own car stuff. Really wish I didn't get a job. It took away a ton of time that was the last of my child hood. Instead of being an all league football player like I should have been I worked, missed practices and workouts. Instead of graduating in the top 5 in my class I dropped to 20th, barely made top 5%. I am working and in college now. My parents made my life very easy for me for the first 18 years of my life which most would say makes ppl not learn how life is. I believe its how your parents raise and give their children things, not a matter if they make them go out and do it theirself. Up to 18 is the part of life you should enjoy stress free, don't take that away.

Im not saying you have to stop doing everything. I was in sports for highschool. I just bought what I would afford. Worked 12 hours or so on the weekend and made what i could. Yeah working sux but you gotta do it. I am probably biased because thats what I had to do, but it worked out well for me. I learned to work hard and still graduated in the top 15% of my class.

Originally Posted by footballplaya3k

I'm sure I will get bashed for this but oh well. I completely disagree. My parents bought my first car, paid my gas and insurance while in high school so I could have a car and still play sports and focus on my grades. I ended up getting a job about a year after I started driving because I wanted money to blow and started paying for most of my own car stuff. Really wish I didn't get a job. It took away a ton of time that was the last of my child hood. Instead of being an all league football player like I should have been I worked, missed practices and workouts. Instead of graduating in the top 5 in my class I dropped to 20th, barely made top 5%. I am working and in college now. My parents made my life very easy for me for the first 18 years of my life which most would say makes ppl not learn how life is. I believe its how your parents raise and give their children things, not a matter if they make them go out and do it theirself. Up to 18 is the part of life you should enjoy stress free, don't take that away.

classic spare the rod and spoil the child. my mom made me buy everything myself i wasnt even allowed on her car insurance.. i appreciated it. im not sure how old you are but kids dont give a $hit anymore. especially if it comes free.

Originally Posted by footballplaya3k

Don't act like you know how I was raised, don't don't know $hit lady. My parents may have bought me stuff, but it def wasn't what I want when I wanted it. My family is no where near rich, no way they could give me everything I wanted. Sorry my parents tried to make their kid happy and yours didn't.

WHOA! thats kinda outta line. i never said anything about your parents or how they raised you.. thats actually like a proverb actually. and calling me lady? holy crap im not even old enough to go to the bar, not the old lady next door with all the cats. and my parents didnt want to make me happy? try switching that to parent that has 2 other children to raise and support and dealing with a deadbeat husband. get off your soap box. poor baby you got a job for spending money and messed everything up. its not my fault you couldnt keep you priorites straight.

to the op:
start off by slowly letting her borrow the car, but dont "give" it to her right away. learn to trust her and see how she does.

Originally Posted by GTBabyGirl

classic spare the rod and spoil the child. my mom made me buy everything myself i wasnt even allowed on her car insurance.. i appreciated it. im not sure how old you are but kids dont give a $hit anymore. especially if it comes free.

im 16. my mom bought me this gp. therefore it was free. your going to try and tell me i dont give a sh1t? and not everyone was raised the same. my mom pays for insurance and repairs. but when something goes wrong , i dont just say "mom my car is broken, get it fixed" i try and fix it myself to save her money. she doesnt know much, when something goes wrong she usually brings it to a shop and has them do it. i will try and find the parts first to save money, and so forth.
/hijack

Originally Posted by footballplaya3k

I'm sure I will get bashed for this but oh well. I completely disagree. My parents bought my first car, paid my gas and insurance while in high school so I could have a car and still play sports and focus on my grades. I ended up getting a job about a year after I started driving because I wanted money to blow and started paying for most of my own car stuff. Really wish I didn't get a job. It took away a ton of time that was the last of my child hood. Instead of being an all league football player like I should have been I worked, missed practices and workouts. Instead of graduating in the top 5 in my class I dropped to 20th, barely made top 5%. I am working and in college now. My parents made my life very easy for me for the first 18 years of my life which most would say makes ppl not learn how life is. I believe its how your parents raise and give their children things, not a matter if they make them go out and do it theirself. Up to 18 is the part of life you should enjoy stress free, don't take that away.

I 100% agree with you...My first car was actually a handed down vehicle and my mom paid everything and just told me to put gas in it and she would contuniue to pay my ins and things like that as long as i was doing well in school. So im VERY GRATEFUL for my parents. And yes while kids do need to work for things, i do believe that some stuff can be made an exception.

IMO If she wants the GP, and she is a good kid, You should give it to her and see about buying you another DD/Winter Beater. Or the other way around...Buy her another GP and keep yours.

I think you guys are being a tad harsh...i mean we dont know how his daughter is (and actually studies show that men drive a helluva lot faster than women, teenage as well as adult) and on top of that like a few other ppl said you can speed in anything with wheels and a motor.

I say God bless her- Most kids nowdays want some import, and or expect a brand new ride... If you don't want to part with it, I say do like the others said, and ya'll start hunting for one of her own.

Start her with an SE or GT, you gotta make her humble first. I started with my GTP, too much power. But girls especially like to speed for some reason, even in the crappiest cars. Giving her one with power would be bad...

Yah im in the same boat as you. My parents got me a car, i paid for some of it cuz i kinda wanted one with lower miles. So i think if your daughter is in highschool, has good grades, and is out of trouble go a head and get her a nice gt.

Get her a SE of GT, I think A GTP is a little to fast for a first car.