Christmas Gift!! Black on Black G37S :)
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^ wow no offense, nicely put but you sound like my dad. lol. My dad got me a 07 Camry V6 but that was because I got injured in a horrible accident so i am paying for half of it. And for my college. So i am not spoiled, he is showing me the ropes while keeping me happy. But now I want(need haha) a G37
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Or edit the Vid and just upload the good parts.
I'm one of those that wouldn't buy my kid a car and definately not for doing what they should have been doing in the first place... Education is a privilege, not an act of labor. My kid however would have had enough money to buy their own car because Daddy would have taught him/her the value of money and financial responsibility as well as the gift of earning what you have starting at 5 years old. It wouldn't have been a G37 but a nice 12K'ish car. As they mature in life and build skils and their salary increases they would be able to top each car and benifit from the feeling of improving ones self as well as acquiring the personal ambition and motivation that provides. Starting at a G37... you next car's going to need to be 55K+. By the time your my age you'll need to be driving a Supercar. Now if your in a wealthy family and have the best opportunities to achieve that then more power to ya. If your not...you won't have as much to look forward to in your next car, or God forbid be going backwards..ouch.
Better to teach them to fish, then give them a fish.
I'm one of those that wouldn't buy my kid a car and definately not for doing what they should have been doing in the first place... Education is a privilege, not an act of labor. My kid however would have had enough money to buy their own car because Daddy would have taught him/her the value of money and financial responsibility as well as the gift of earning what you have starting at 5 years old. It wouldn't have been a G37 but a nice 12K'ish car. As they mature in life and build skils and their salary increases they would be able to top each car and benifit from the feeling of improving ones self as well as acquiring the personal ambition and motivation that provides. Starting at a G37... you next car's going to need to be 55K+. By the time your my age you'll need to be driving a Supercar. Now if your in a wealthy family and have the best opportunities to achieve that then more power to ya. If your not...you won't have as much to look forward to in your next car, or God forbid be going backwards..ouch.
Better to teach them to fish, then give them a fish.
Yeah that may be true for some people, but just because i have a nice car doesn't mean i know the value of money and financial responsibility. I worked almost 40hrs a week last summer and 3-4hrs every day after school, and instead of just blowing it all on crap like most kids i know I save most of it. Now I've proved to my dad I know what its like to have a real job and manage my own money, so now when i go to college this fall i'll have some cash saved up and can spend my time studying and not working.
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Wanting the G37 is a good thing, you'll need that motivation to help you succeed. The toughest parts of you life are just coming around the corner.
Once you get the G37, it's all down hill from there.. there's the first scratches, paint chips, growing number of G's on the road, bills. Release of the new and improved model the following year...the magic fades...
If you can enjoy the journey you'll benifit more out of the whole experience.
Once you get the G37, it's all down hill from there.. there's the first scratches, paint chips, growing number of G's on the road, bills. Release of the new and improved model the following year...the magic fades...
If you can enjoy the journey you'll benifit more out of the whole experience.
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^ Thanks I never really thought about it that way. Actually I have this car as my wallpaper on my laptop so while I am in college and can't get through a problem, all it usually takes is the glimpse of this car and I am back on track. BTW where is that video?
when I was 16 my parents didn't think that my grades were good enough for my own car so I temporarily had a Volvo. I worked my *** off the next year and they ended up surprising me on the day before my 17th birthday with a 05 g35 coupe with everything except nav (the weeks before that they had been taking me to look at other cars like the f-150 when they knew I wanted the G). So now that the 3 year lease it up, it was time for my parents to mess with me again by telling me that it was impossible to get the g37 with the options I wanted in black, so my dad convinced me to go to the dealership and look at a silver one. When I got there there was my black g37 with my name in the windshield, needless to say I was speechless. Sorry for the rant but I too was on the grades system with my cars so I figured I would make a post. Congrats on the G, you will love it.
this is all very true, but i believe that good grades should be rewarded and not go unnoticed. When i turned 15 i begged my parents to let me get a job and they refused to let me have one. They repeatly said that school was my job and nothing can interfere with my grades
not that i'm hating or anything, but you are one lucky lady. i was rewarded with hugs, which have no monetary value.
they finally bought me my accord during senior year, and i definitely considered myself very fortunate, so consider yourself SUPER fortunate. i sincerely hope that just because you now have what you worked so hard to get doesn't mean you think the journey is over. like RedG37SNC said, the bar has been raised and if you want even greater things in life, you're gonna have to work that much harder to get them.
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this is all very true, but i believe that good grades should be rewarded and not go unnoticed. When i turned 15 i begged my parents to let me get a job and they refused to let me have one. They repeatly said that school was my job and nothing can interfere with my grades
This right here is one of the major problems with families these days. The kids expect to be rewarded with material things if they "are good" or "get good grades". They should be doing those things without being rewarded. It shouldn't be "do this and you get a car". It should be "do this and you get to better yourself for the future". A car won't last forever, but a good education and teaching the right values will.
For the original poster, congrats! Enjoy the car, don't wreck it and keep a good head on your shoulders. But also don't always expect to be rewarded for doing a good job at things. That is not how life always works.
Oh and yes, I know all about AP classes. Had to deal with them myself way back in high school. High school is NOTHING like college.
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well yes and no because my dad got that car because of our boat and he has a rather expensive hobby which is rc racing and he bought a trailor for that. My mom just thinks every car is either too low,too high,too long,not big enough, except for her car although she lovess the Hummer.
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Getting good grades is not just some task that a student should do to "get" things. Your reward is you get into a good college. Then a further reward is that you get a good paying and rewarding job. Then the next reward is you become financially independent and start living on your own and are proud to know that you did it all yourself. That to me is the reward.
This right here is one of the major problems with families these days. The kids expect to be rewarded with material things if they "are good" or "get good grades". They should be doing those things without being rewarded. It shouldn't be "do this and you get a car". It should be "do this and you get to better yourself for the future". A car won't last forever, but a good education and teaching the right values will.
For the original poster, congrats! Enjoy the car, don't wreck it and keep a good head on your shoulders. But also don't always expect to be rewarded for doing a good job at things. That is not how life always works.
Oh and yes, I know all about AP classes. Had to deal with them myself way back in high school. High school is NOTHING like college.
This right here is one of the major problems with families these days. The kids expect to be rewarded with material things if they "are good" or "get good grades". They should be doing those things without being rewarded. It shouldn't be "do this and you get a car". It should be "do this and you get to better yourself for the future". A car won't last forever, but a good education and teaching the right values will.
For the original poster, congrats! Enjoy the car, don't wreck it and keep a good head on your shoulders. But also don't always expect to be rewarded for doing a good job at things. That is not how life always works.
Oh and yes, I know all about AP classes. Had to deal with them myself way back in high school. High school is NOTHING like college.
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