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GulfCoast66

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26. Funny how we end up loving parents for things we hated them for in adolescence.

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 07:20 PM

Mar 2021

When about turning 16 I was looking for a car and had saved over $2500 throwing papers for 4 years. This was in 82 so cars were cheaper.

I announced at supper I had found a nice 69 Chevelle SS with a large block V8 I was going to buy. Dad announced I was not going to buy that car I had never been so angry. Ended up with a 78 Ford Grenada!

He saved my life.

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update on "who buys a lamborghini for a 17 year old?" [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2021 OP

Douchebag ruins son, destroys multiple lives trying to reproduce himself. Grokenstein Mar 2021 #1

yes, read up on Hulk Hogan and his son Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #3

If the guy bought Performance Teslas the race would have been over in 50 feet. TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #37

Poor little rich kid. marble falls Mar 2021 #2

He suffers from "Affluenza," don't you know? SoonerPride Mar 2021 #6

'whose' car. Plus both are assholes. CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #4

Well since he cries every day surely that's punishment enough, right? SoonerPride Mar 2021 #5

It doesn't indicate that he's a competitive swimmer, so............. leftieNanner Mar 2021 #18

There is only one person I feel bad for here, GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #7

.. Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #10

May she rest in peace. In_The_Wind Mar 2021 #22

Such a sad waste of a life. GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #25

Oh boo hoo the kid can feel something... sdfernando Mar 2021 #8

I bet that kid is only crying about what is going to happen to him, not the one he killed. TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #36

His insurance rates are going up. Rustyeye77 Mar 2021 #9

When I was in High School, a classmate got a brand new Corvette for his 16th birthday. Midnight Writer Mar 2021 #11

Sad. Parents probably overwhelmed w grief Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #17

A Guy in my husband's HS class leftieNanner Mar 2021 #19

Funny how we end up loving parents for things we hated them for in adolescence. GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #26

Wish you had that Chevelle SS now!! leftieNanner Mar 2021 #27

Lord I wish I had it as well. GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #28

My Twin Brother Tried to Buy a 1967 Shelby Cobra GT 500 from Elderly Next Door Neighbor Stallion Mar 2021 #30

divorced dad... trying to be "best friend" instead of father lapfog_1 Mar 2021 #12

There's no cure for douchebaggery Yeehah Mar 2021 #13

Daddy will buy his way out of it CanonRay Mar 2021 #14

They don't want either the civil or criminal juries to see those pictures exboyfil Mar 2021 #15

Negligent Entrustment Deacon Blue Mar 2021 #43

another reason we need a huge wealth tax FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #16

Someone with too much money and not enough sense JesterCS Mar 2021 #20

As Bill Cosby said rsdsharp Mar 2021 #21

The kid would no doubt have been street racing PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #23

Those high performance muscle cars are incredibly hard to control, robbob Mar 2021 #24

Admittedly, I have never driven anything remotely high performance. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #29

A friend of mine had a beat up Camaro Delarage Mar 2021 #31

They are not race cars! Mopar151 Mar 2021 #32

Incorrect. RotorHead Mar 2021 #34

+1. Old school muscle cars were far more difficult to operate, radius777 Mar 2021 #38

I use to street race my 1961 Rambler American. marie999 Mar 2021 #44

I've been reading this same story for going on fifty years. Iggo Mar 2021 #33

Tv show about how the car changed America mentioned that Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #41

Back in the 1970's my parents friend bought a Corvette for his son to take to college. SharonAnn Mar 2021 #35

I often wonder with people who think like that, from where does their money come? joetheman Mar 2021 #39

IMO the reason some parents do this is radius777 Mar 2021 #40

Got my first car at 18 PlanetBev Mar 2021 #42

Exotic cars ain't all that practical Mopar151 Mar 2021 #45

I'll bet the kid is remorseful DFW Mar 2021 #46