Ah kids, they're so lovable.

Good grief, did you watch her video response?!?

Take the car back and make the girl get a job!
 
Porr kid. If the dealer had a return policy, I would certainly fix the problem.

"Sorry, sweetkins, you no longer have a car that's the wrong color." *

Even if the dealer didn't have a return policy.






* You now can discover a thing called public transportation.
 
Greebo said:
Good grief, did you watch her video response?!?

Take the car back and make the girl get a job!
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My responses to her tantrum:

Nicer - "You want it blue, find out how much it'd cost to repaint it and we'll figure out some way for you to pay for it."

Nice - "Take it or leave it."

Normal - "Fine, it's your brother's now."

Of course, if she hadn't thrown a hissy fit, and said "Dad, I really appreciate it, but I was hoping for a blue car..." then maybe I'd even be willing to shell out the cost of repainting, but after that fit, phew, like I said, she'd be lucky to even own it.
 
mikea said:
Porr kid. If the dealer had a return policy, I would certainly fix the problem.

"Sorry, sweetkins, you no longer have a car that's the wrong color." *

Even if the dealer didn't have a return policy.






* You now can discover a thing called public transportation.
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Yeah, that's why I suggested just giving it to her brother. THAT'd probably get the point across. "Happy Birthday Mckenzie! Your brother has a new car!"
 
I'll never defend the spoiled little b*tch, but if I were the dad I think I'd have paid attention when she specified a specific color she wanted. Then I'd send her out to go buy a '91 Corolla and show her the way to Fact-O-Bake.
 
Bill Jennings said:
Looks like good acting to me, as in staged.

OK, maybe not so good acting, but still staged.
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Don't think so. Nobody writes like that. Too much overlapping dialog. She kept telling the brother to shut up and turn off the camera.

I think they need to show this tape to any potential suitor. Otherwsie, the futre husband might have grounds against the family for negligence.
 
mikea said:
Don't think so. Nobody writes like that. Too much overlapping dialog. She kept telling the brother to shut up and turn off the camera.
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You don't have to script out everything, and the "shut up and turn it off" just adds cred to the production.

I stand by my opinion, made for youtube movie!
 
wbarnhill said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR-iDNsq388&mode=related&search=

Flip side. Kid gives his father a classic muscle car. :D
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Now THIS one is really great to watch - it's beautiful!

Mackenzie? Nah, don't think so - "Give me the keys, Mackenzie. Now." "Give my regards to public transportation. Maybe we can try this again next year - give you a chance to plan your response."

EDIT: glad it wasn't true this time - but I've seen similar crap on that cable show that tapes rich kids getting cars and such on their birthday. Spoiled is spoiled, and it's out there ...
 
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Lets apply our ntsb armchair skills and get to the root cause....do you think its the kid's fault?
Not me, I think its all in the parents' lap...and started about 15 years ago.
Odds of 'fixing' it now? <1% imo.
Only thing that will fix it is an adult wake-up call. Ive seen it, tain't pretty.

Parents do your kids a favor and


a) deny your children a few things now and then! Give them some limitations and boundaries! (jeez that sounds like the dog-whisperer!)
b) apply (mostly non-physical) discipline (always with love).


I have a s.i.l. whose full time job is to fix problems parents (actually, 'non-parents') have caused.
 
My gosh!! I was just thankfull my mom helped me with the down payment on mine! Even then, that was my graduation present. I went and got a job afterwards and paid mine off in a year!
 
Tristar said:
My gosh!! I was just thankfull my mom helped me with the down payment on mine! Even then, that was my graduation present. I went and got a job afterwards and paid mine off in a year!
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You got help on a down payment?!?!?

Am I the only one born after 1970 that actually had to pay for my own first car, in its entirety??
 
Yea she actualy put $1,000 on a $10,000 car for me. I had saved up and put $2,000 down that same day. Then paid off the rest in exactly a year.
 
While this is ingenious...I really, really hate viral marketing. Seems like taking advantage of people on the internet (even those of us that are "Internet Smart")
 
BTW, I bought my first car. It was a POS, but I still look back on it fondly. I'll bet most who were given their first car do not have the same pasion for a crappy car that I do.

BTW - if anyone has a 1980 Plymouth Arrow for sale, let me know.
 
EdFred said:
You got help on a down payment?!?!?

Am I the only one born after 1970 that actually had to pay for my own first car, in its entirety??
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Why pay it off? Mine get totaled every few years with my work. So I just buy another! :)
 
SkyHog said:
BTW, I bought my first car. It was a POS, but I still look back on it fondly. I'll bet most who were given their first car do not have the same pasion for a crappy car that I do.

BTW - if anyone has a 1980 Plymouth Arrow for sale, let me know.
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Okay how about this one nick. My first car was my mom's 1993 Dodge shadow. In 1995 she hit a dear and had to replace the front hood. It was badly painted and soon had little paint left on the hood and little clearcoat on the rest of the body. By the time I got it, It was about 9 years old, leaking from every cylinder and had to have oil every 3 weeks. We towed that car home three times, once from my high school! Talk about degrading! The final one two years ago when it finally threw a rod driving home. That dodge shadow was never completely in my name but it was considered mine, it was cleaned sometimes twice a month or more and polished at least once a month except for the parts that couldnt handle polish (About half the body). I even put tire shine on it and a 12 disc CD changer me and my dad installed together that I found in his closet. I was quite proud of that car all the way through my first year of community college.

That car wasn't going to last me if I moved off to college, me and my parents both agreed that we couldnt have the finances to take care of old car problems so we went looking for a newer one. My Toyota Celica was 5 years old when I bought it and it has yet to see a month without me cleaning it in one way or another. Not only that but I worked at Toyota's detail department cleaning old and new cars, I have seen some crappy cars go through that have truely been a diamond in the rough.

My dad actualy used to have a 1989 oldsmobile cuttlass calais that when I was young he promised I could drive it when I was old enough. He sold it about a year before I was and I still wish I could have before it got too expensive to maintain.

I'm not perfect but I deffinitly believe I can appreciate old cars.
 
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EdFred said:
You got help on a down payment?!?!?

Am I the only one born after 1970 that actually had to pay for my own first car, in its entirety??
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Nope. First car I had to pay 3000$ for. 1993 White Ford Mustang LX. I was quite disheartened when some teenage girl flew through a red light because she was TURNED to her passenger and chatting and hit me just in front of the left wheel. Sigh, I miss that car so often. Now I've got a Dodge Neon that I'm having to make payments on and it's simply pathetic.
 
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EdFred said:
I dont think the bank was going to go for a $450 car note:rofl: .
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Isn't the Click and Clack theory that anything that runs is worth $1000?

(I didn't pay that for the Sable and paid barely $1300 for the minivan, and it was in nearly perfect shape.)
 
My parents absolutely refused to buy me a car. In hindsight I'm glad they raised me that way.

My first ride was a 1968 Cutlas that my boss was going to send to the scrap yard. I idled it the 15 miles home and rebuilt the engine and it was my baby. 350 c.i.d. rocket with 2 speed power glide (or power slide depending on ones vernacular).

My favorite ride was a 1964 Olds Hearse (yes, as in cadaver carrier). It was the most popular car on campus when I was in college and I met my now wife while cruising :yes:

The spoiled POS girl on the video, and her parents, need professional help:D
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EdFred said:
Am I the only one born after 1970 that actually had to pay for my own first car, in its entirety??
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Nope. Hell, my parents wouldn't even buy me a damn skateboard, much less a car. And they're friggin' liberals! :rofl:

So, yes, I did pay for my first car... But I didn't buy it until I was 23.

I'm only on my second one now. I paid for it too. :yes:
 
flyingcheesehead said:
Nope. Hell, my parents wouldn't even buy me a damn skateboard, much less a car. And they're friggin' liberals! :rofl:
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ibid.

When I wanted a fancy skateboard, I worked the paper route until I had the money, when I wanted a nice 12 speed, I worked the paper route.....

Bought my first car as a fresh Ensign out of college, a 1987 Acura Integra LS.
 
The only car my parents bought me was a Volkswagen Beetle. Christmas Tree Ornament! Said that was the only car they'd be buying me. Leslie and I bought our first car years after we graduated from college. Sold it at 150K miles. Now we have two very nice (paid-for) vehicles, one with 152K, the other with 140K. We'll have them for quite a while longer. We've bought all of them new.
 
EdFred said:
You got help on a down payment?!?!?

Am I the only one born after 1970 that actually had to pay for my own first car, in its entirety??
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I was born in 1980 and bought the two cars that I've owned by myself... no help from the parents or anyone else.
 
etsisk said:
EDIT: glad it wasn't true this time - but I've seen similar crap on that cable show that tapes rich kids getting cars and such on their birthday. Spoiled is spoiled, and it's out there ...
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I've seen that show... my gf likes to watch it (sigh) and laugh at the spoiled b*tches on there. It's on MTV (first warning sign) and it's called My Super Sweet 16. Unbelievable what these rich parents let their kids get away with in the ways of values. Makes me sad.
 
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Glad to see I'm not the only one. Surprised some of you my age have only had 2 cars. I think my Colorado is my...

90-91 1978 Pontiac Bonneville - but it was a 2 door.
91-93 1984 Buick Skyhawk - 2 door (acquired with insurance $$ when a delivery truck wiped out the "Boneville")
93-94 1988 Chevy Celebrity - got me by until I could afford something better.
94-95 1994 GMC Sonoma - could go 600 miles on a 20gal tank of gas. That was nice. First new purchase. Sold it for only $1500 less than I paid for it.
95-96 1994 Chevy Z-28 - My only fun car, wish I kept it.
95-96 1989 Olds 98 - winter beater while the Z28 was parked in the winter
96-99 1996 POF'inS Jeep Cherokee I will NEVER own a Chrys/Jeep/Dodge again. Worst customer service ever, all the way up to regional manager.
99-07 2000 Chevy S-10 ZR2 Ran great, got the 7 year itch
07-?? 2007 Chevy Colorado. Love it.

I guess it's my 9th car and 12th vehicle. (2 street bikes and an airplane)
 
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