I'm British and I bought my first car when I was 20, cost me 2,700 and then another 1,200 in insurance.

I bought my first car and insured it from the get-go. Then again, I've also been paying for all of my college out of pocket with no assistance from my parents.

I'm not sure if I'm the rule or the exception to the rule.

I need a car to move across America. I heard age of consent in Mexico and i'm in Canada, and also there's some chubbies in the way.


The problem is that i'm dead scared of bumping into people with my car.

I don't really feel I need a car in London.

I live in the US and a car is necessary, but that doesn't mean my parents would have ever even thought of paying for one. I bought my first car in cash, for $700. It was a delightful piece of shit.

Parents signed for the loan, I'm still paying it all off on my own. They insured it, but I'm paying for everything else.

I wish my parents would have rolled over and submitted to letting me buy/own a '90-something Honda Civic instead of an '08 VW.

Wouldve been a lot easier to work on and the upkeep would be less of a hassle...but I love my Golf. :3

My first car was a little '88 Honda CRX. My parents paid for half, I paid the other half and paid my insurance.

A friend of mine got his first car from his parents, though it was a hand-me-down stick shift Toyota minivan. We ripped on him a lot for it, but truth be told that minivan was fucking awesome.

Everyone I know at least paid for their own insurance, and most paid for their first car.

Everything relating to cars in the US is cheaper. Insurance is WAY cheaper, which is why at my high school it was common to get a Mustang as a 16th birthday present. Petrol is very cheap. I'm paying about $3.00US per gallon right now. There is a massive used car supply, and parts are cheap. We're a car culture, and it shows. I really enjoyed visiting a former girlfriend a while ago in the UK, and not needing a car for anything. 4 block walk to the train station, and we were in every city center...

>>8186248

My sister gave me her hand-me-down 93 MX-6. Its a good car but its taken a lot of work to keep it up.

I got my mom's old car (1992 ford probe) at 16. I stayed on their insurance and used my dad's gas card til college. Although gas was like 1.15 a gallon then.

I found a good deal on a Sportster and my parents bought it for me, but I've taken it upon myself to make payments on it, keep it gassed up myself, and to fix it myself when it needs work.

I don't like hand outs, even from my parents.

American here.

>>8186328

>american
>says petrol
>wat
>must be gay

>mustangs are for faggots, Camaro SS is where its at.

>>8186248

Paid everything on my 125cc bike as well, brofist.

I'm italian and my first (and only) car was bought for me by my father as well.

the culture is to get a hand-me down car from you're parents.

>>8186335
>Although gas was like 1.15 a gallon then

1 US gallon = 3.78 Litres

That works out at roughly 15p a litre.

At the moment, average petrol prices in the UK are hovering at 120p a litre.

Jesus, fucking, Christ...

My parents offered to buy me a car, and even pay the insurance, but I refused. I wanted to work for it myself. After this summer I should be able to get my first car AT 22.

>>8186399
Cost me 116.9p a litre to fill up my car with petrol on Tuesday, really is a joke.

>>8186399

Uhm...no.

One gallon now is $2.65 where I live. So its only double. Also, your governments tax the shit out of your gas.

>>8186248
hey op. 22 year old britfag here
ive got a provisional license, never had any types of lessons though. what do i need to do in order to get a 125 on the roads?

My father actually offered me financial support, but I said no because I hate driving cars.

I wish. Saved up five grand from a shitty FAST FOOD job I got when I was 15; when I turned 17 and got my license, I bought a car. Payed my stupidly high insurance premiums, my gas, everything myself.

Fuck you overprivileged faggots who got shit handed to them.

Senior in high school here.

My Mom can't afford to get me a car, or put me under her insurance so I can drive her car. I wish I still had my permit.

All my friends have cars. Feelsbadman.

>>8186498
Fuck that. All my friends peg on me to drive them around.

22, still live with my parents, don't have my own car since I didn't even get my license till like a year or two ago.

Luckily I live within walking distance of a university and work on campus, so I've never really needed transportation, but I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do after I graduate in a few weeks.

>>8186519

I feel like a douchebag whenever I ask someone for a ride. I wanna be the one giving rides to people, I dunno why. I feel so lame having my mom drive me places, so I end up just staying home all day. Fucking wish I had a car.

My first car was a hand me down from my brother. My parents bought a new car and gave him their old one and he gave me his old one.

It was a 96 Saturn sedan with well over 100,000 miles on it. He bought it himself from a friend and then destroyed it over the year he had it. By the time I got it, it had a cracked head, and a shit ton of other more minor problems.

I fueled it myself, maintained it myself (with a little help from my boyfriend), and kept it in running condition for a little over a year. My parents paid for my insurance though.

Then, on my 20th birthday, my parents bought me a new car because they saw how much trouble I was having with my old one. Plus, my brother dropped out of college and started smoking pot and I was their only remaining kid that was worth a damn. I fuel and maintain this new car myself, but they pay for my insurance still.

>>8186487

No. Fuck you. Fucking poor faggots.

>>8186248

Hey OP, i'm in the same boat as you! I bought myself a little 125cc due to the fact that I couldn't afford a car. Mine's a little Suzuki GS 125 and I love it to bits.

Pic related, it's my bike.

My parents bought me my first, second and third cars.
I am spoiled.

My parents "gave" me the car I drive when my dad got a new one.

I only pay for the gas.

It's nothing special, a 90s plymouth colored gayly, missing a hubcap, and with a crack in the windshield.

Fuck people with nice cars.

When I turned 16, my grandpa gave me his car since he couldn't drive anymore. It was a piece of shit, but it got good gas mileage. I had to insure and pay for gas myself.

>>8186571
Not OP, but I bought a 125 instead of getting a car too. I got a Suzuki Van Van.... BROFIST FOR BIKES

>>8186614

Hells Yeah!

>>8186614
>>8186571

Are those safe to ride on? I'm fucking poor and I think one of those would help me a lot.

I got my dad's shitty old honda when he bought a midlife crisis sports car.

when i say shitty i mean SHITTY. not even a charity would take it.

>>8186636
>>8186614
>>8186571
>>8186347

>Bikes

Fuck yeah. Aw man I miss my bike :(

I don't get how all you Americans afford cars at 16 'n shit.

>>8186643

Yeah, they're sound. I bought mine (The GS 125) for 675 (British Pounds - Stupid robot), the insurance is 136 a year and I get 160 miles out of 8 Quid. Wear full gear at all times, pay attention to the road and everything that's happening and don't do stupid shit like weaving in and out of traffic and you'll be fine.

I never had a car, I don't even have a license.

I'm 27 years old.

I bought my sister's Integra for 1500 when I was 17. It had 163k miles on it and I've only put about 12k on since then. I've had some of my car insurance payments made by my dad, but we sort of switch off between payments and if I'm tight on money and can't pay, I usually end up repaying them by fixing one thing or another around the house. In the end they usually end up saving money by helping me.

>>8186693
our economy is based on keeping everyone in debt for as long as possible, therefore it's easy as shit to get a car loan.

also, parents are very eager to cosign since it means they won't have to keep driving their kids asses around everywhere.

>>8186693
We're a car culture bro. Most of us don't by new cars first, but because everyone here owns cares you can usually find something for any budget used.

>>8186693

Their fuel is like 0.40 a litre, and their insurance is half the price you'd find in the UK.

Salonica, Greece.

Saving up for a 1992 Mini cooper to commune to the university.
Im also 193cm tall.

Will i fit?

I bike and bus to school, it's generally more efficient during peak hours, I don't have to be a slave to anyone, and I can catch up on reading for classes on a 40 minute bus ride, total time spent is roughly 1 hour to my residence and school (25 minutes by car). My sister on the other hand (younger than I) had the car bought and paid for long before I got my bike and bus pass. She became an irritable drive slave and general slave to my parents $$$ for her insurance/gas etc. Not to mention getting into wrecks and being a rather awful driver. I scared my mother my first time driving on purpose and then proceeded to talk her into letting me own a motorcycle to which she refuses as long as I am in college. I now get to ride a more dangerous vehicle, get exercise, and catch up on my reading. Seems legit.

TL;DR It's more convenient to bike and bus everywhere than it is to drive where I live. Plus, I like not being on a 2 ton leash as a drive slave to friends and family.

Bought my own car myself. Paid for my own driver's ed course ($1000) to get a break on insurance, buy my own gas, pay for all my own repairs. My parents haven't put a cent into my transportation. I'm jealous as fuck of kids that get free shit, but I know I'd end up being a total idiot if that happened to me.

>Isn't it the culture in the 'States to have your first car bought for you

Maybe for the upper middle class.

Im allmost 20 and i'm still working my ass off for my first car.

If it can go 70mph can you ride it on the freeway/highway?

>>8187827

Yes in the united states of america

My dad bought me a Porsche for my first car. No joke. But it was a shitty Porsche 924, which is just a VW with the porsche name on it. It was only $9000 in 1977 when it was new. It had manual transmission, steering, windows, everything... and it sort of ran like shit, but I just liked to be able to say I had a Porsche.

Yes most people in the states have their first car given to them. My parents were poorfags with four kids, so we all had to buy our first cars-except for my little sister because she is the favorite. I bought a '92 buick for $2000, but it was worth about half of that. I will have to sell it soon because I have other bills that are of greater importance.

>mom offered to pay $1000 towards a car if I insure myself
>couldn't afford it, took the $1000 to take a summer program at community college for the hell of it
>still don't know how to drive

feels mediocre man.

im in the U.S. i bought my first vehicle at 19. a motor scooter. i had it for 3 months before it was too slow and i bought a real bike. well kind of- i got a 1985 honda nighthawk for $850. i had that for a year before getting in a bad wreck and breaking both of my wrists/thumbs. then my dad bought me a '94 civic del sol with about a million miles on it for $2000. it died in a month and a half. next i bought a '94 ford escort wagon for 1000 bucks. it lasted all of a year before needing new struts and various other work so i scrapped it. concurrent with that i saw a '93 chevy cavalier convertible with 200k miles on it on CL and talked the guy down to $450, just on a whim for a fun summer car. i actually got 1200 miles out of it before it was totaled by repair bill (struts, plus brakes and tires for inspection, plus i can tell the trans only has about 5-10k left in it because of the way it is shifting.) it became my daily driver after the ford died even though the interior was in a sorry state and it was generally a junker, but so much fun anyway because it was convertible plus it had a v6 in a compact car. i just bought a 94 accord for 900 bucks, its in really good shape, hope to hang on to it for a while.. oh and i have always paid for my own insurance.

My parents got my a 95 LeBaron, insured it and funded my gas for a year.

Yeah.

My mom bought my first car when I started my first job. I never really went anywhere other than work, and she never asked if I wanted a car beforehand. I made the payments on it and paid for gas. She paid the insurance.

When my dad died, she gave me part of the life insurance money to pay off the remainder, since I was starting to pay the insurance, which wasn't much less than the car payments. A week before I switched insurance, I somehow totaled my car going 10 miles an hour, getting hit by an suv three times the size of my car at the same speed. The insurance was going to cover it, but since it was still in my mom's name, she took the money and left me broke without a car. I spent four years having most of my paychecks go to that car, and what I had left, she drained from my savings accounts before I was old enough to access it. Shit sucks.

I inherited my first and only car from my mom. She died and my dad had no use for a second car.

I'd rather have my mom than a free car.

The deal my dad made me was that he'd buy me a car or pay for insurance. I bought a cheap-ass car.

>Never learned to drive
>Too busy getting high
>Go to college in the city
>Never need a car.

They paid for half and I paid for half. I paid for all of my gas, and they paid my insurance. Shit was so much better than paying for everything myself.

The only reason Americunts drive everywhere is because they built all their shit miles and miles apart.

I've often wondered what ambulance and police response times are like there. They must be terrible.

My father is insisting on buying me a Jeep Cherokee for my nineteenth birthday. I feel like shit taking $2000 from him.

My parents bought me a land rover when I turned 16.

>>8186614
>Suzuki Van Van
I hear its worse than a honda cub in terms of acceleration.
>>8186683
>cbr 125
Enjoy your sub moped acceleration.

I passed my test in my mums 96 honda civic hatchback, but I didn't own my own vehicle till I got one of these.

Then I got an Austin mini clubman 1080 and then a ford ka for 600 quid!

Doesn't matter how shit your car is as long as you bought it. Fancy cars are for niggers and old men with erectile dysfunction issues.

Most people I know had their cars paid by their parents, including insurance and gas. They're a bunch of spoiled kids.

I already feel like shit for having mine paying for my driving lessons (which were A LOT), and I'm going to have to refund them in the not-so-distant future. They seem bent on drowning my ass in debt since they're eager to 'borrow me some money' for a car. I don't want a fucking car. I avoid driving like the black plague. I'll be damned the day I'll be force to drive to work.

>>8189665

Same here too. I've avoided driving for many reasons, primary because I live in a area full of public transport.

In Maryland, the state where I live, expect to pay upwards to $6,000 in driving lessons in order to get from a learners permit, to a provisional license if you don't have any friends.

I had to buy my car and petrol but my dad payed the insurance.

It was like 2000GBP or something, much lower now thanks to delicious no claims bonus.

I kind of wanted a bike due to the cheapness of running one, but by then I already had my driver's license and bikes aren't much cheaper to buy than a car and then there is the whole SHITTY WEATHER ALL DAY ERRYDAY thing.

>>8189298
The best neighbors are corn and trees. Americans like their cars and their space.

i usually drive one of several different cars depending on the day. but my first car that is mine was bought by, insured by, and still has its gas paid for by my parents. I have a 2004 Land Rover Freelander and a 1997 Land Rover Discovery. My little sister swaps between her 1967 Ford Mustang and our 2006 Mercedes-Benz.

>>8192747

Where the hell are you people getting all these costs from.

It cost me maybe like 50 bucks for drivers and and 20 to get my license and that was it, aside from my car, which my parents did pay for insurance/gas and all.

>>8193272
Because in the state of Maryland, everyone regardless of age has to go to driving school and get at least 30 hours of driving experience.

If you don't have family or friends who are willing to supervise you driving with a learners permit, you have to pay the driving school for a driving mentor, and it costs $300 for six hours with one.

in america, where we aren't overwhelmed by a crushing tax burden, people can afford multiple cars for their families.

also, we don't live on top of each other like you filthy europeans because america is a big-ass nation

>>8193705
Maryland fag here. My dad never bothered with that log shit and just signed me off.

My bro had to wait 9 fucking months to get his provisional. $250 at some ghetto ass Blue Bird driving school.

Well, my mom gave me her old car (2002 Pontiac Grand Prix), but I pay for gas by myself. However, I don't have enough money for insurance (minimum wage job, shitsux), so she's paying for now.

My dad bought my sister a car. And then she moved to Chicago and I got it.

why'd you want a car? its much more fun to just live in your room forever in complete quietness

my parents bought me my MKIV VW Golf and pay for insurance and fuel

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