Faux pas post:

Okay, so.. i've got a 2005 Tacoma and i'm 26 (as of last Tuesday!) .. BUT i see you 18, 19 year old guys and gals with 2008, 2009 tacomas.. I mean.. i make good money, and my payment is pretty decient per month (and i could have spent more) BUT....



How does that work?

 

Car insurance after an accident.

 

Mom and dad.

 

sold my 01 integra my dad bought me for a down payment, good credit

 

Worked in the oilfield for a while.

Now my Mom pays it. She said she'll pay it if I go to school. Good trade. But I pay the insurance.

 

I have always been good with money. I save. But i also have worked hard at establishing good credit. I think I'm up to like 760. Im 21. Ill take it! lol. But I dont own mine yet. I just bought my 08 in December and I still owe 15k. payments are 290 a month. I do sometimes feel bad because like you and other people will say....it took a while to get what you have. I appreaciate what I have though. I work hard too. So I feel I deserve it a little. I'm a mechanical engineering major and I work in construction. Also, since I was 18 I have made it a goal to never take money from anyone including my parents and I have been successful so far. I like to earn my keep. Sorry for blabbering on.....

 

Most of these "teens with tacomas" fall into 2 catagories:

- Mom and Dad pay
or
- they are already living beyond their means and are deep in debt

 

but this kid deserves his truck, how i read it.

 

+193

 

Agreed. Country would have such a better future with that mindset. Sad how rare it is nowadays.

 

just because there is a 16, 17 or 18 year old with a 2008 or 2009 tacoma that mom and dad bought, doesn't mean they don't deserve it.

For example - i got a 1996 mustang. it was 8 months old with 4000 miles on it. I was 17. I made great grades and had a job. my folks said that if i did those things they would buy me 1 car. i drove a new car till the doors fell off.

it is not a bad thing to get a teen a new car, if they are responsible. it will last them through college / early 20's, until they can trade and get something else. with a tacoma and the amount of miles you can put on them, it could last 10 years with minimal repair costs.

anyway, just another point of view. oh, and i am 31 with an 09.

 

don't forget the category of i worked my freaking ass off and bought the truck of my dreams and i am paying 425 dollars a month and getting it paid off while putting money into it. at least thats the category i fall under.

 

that may fall close to the living beyond your means catagory... depends on if you are living paycheck to paycheck.

 

if im living paycheck to paycheck then how the hell would i be able to pay for a 1800 lift and many other things?

 

Mommy and Daddy and then a lot of whining for mods.

 

Remember that a lot of people in this category probably still live at home. If you live at home work hard in a good job that makes you a lot of money you get to keep most of that money whereas if you don't live at home any more and you spend $1000 a month on rent, utilities, groceries... that's $12,000 a year. Live on your own for 2.5 years and you have spent enough on living expenses to buy yourself a brand new DC 4x4 Taco.

 

Are you saving money too?? Cause that's part of a well-managed/balanced budget.

 

haha you are right to a certain point chris. i put in on my card but paid it at the end of the month.