Who bought their 997 w/ the "you only live once" attitude?
#18
08-05-2010, 06:15 PM
to me it doesnt matter where u live the biggest thing is u got to know how to invest before pleasure(if u have good relationship with yur parent stay with them)...dont matter how ol my kid is she can stay with me for the rest of her life if she want n I'll support her any way that I can
#19
08-05-2010, 06:19 PM
Seriously.....are we on Candid Camera ??
Let me see by a show of hands if:
1. You would rather be in bed in ur own apt spoonin' with a hot chick or
2. Driving around yourself in a hot car and go home to sleep with ur parents.
C'mon now .....I love Porsches as much as the next guy BUT......
Let me see by a show of hands if:
1. You would rather be in bed in ur own apt spoonin' with a hot chick or
2. Driving around yourself in a hot car and go home to sleep with ur parents.
C'mon now .....I love Porsches as much as the next guy BUT......
#21
08-05-2010, 06:37 PM
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I am not dying to get into a 997. I am saying the opportunity is there.
And people are forgetting (or ignoring, or both) that I ALREADY HAVE a place to move into at the end of the year... and it's 30 minutes closer to work (from a 40-minute commute). My question is for people who have had to ask themselves if they were ready to put a relatively big DP on a car... especially since there is potential to lower my overall monthly payment on a car.
As for the Lambo comment; I begged for a Murcielago; only got a Gallardo... some parents...
And people are forgetting (or ignoring, or both) that I ALREADY HAVE a place to move into at the end of the year... and it's 30 minutes closer to work (from a 40-minute commute). My question is for people who have had to ask themselves if they were ready to put a relatively big DP on a car... especially since there is potential to lower my overall monthly payment on a car.
As for the Lambo comment; I begged for a Murcielago; only got a Gallardo... some parents...
#23
08-05-2010, 06:48 PM
Seriously.....are we on Candid Camera ??
Let me see by a show of hands if:
1. You would rather be in bed in ur own apt spoonin' with a hot chick or
2. Driving around yourself in a hot car and go home to sleep with ur parents.
C'mon now .....I love Porsches as much as the next guy BUT......
Let me see by a show of hands if:
1. You would rather be in bed in ur own apt spoonin' with a hot chick or
2. Driving around yourself in a hot car and go home to sleep with ur parents.
C'mon now .....I love Porsches as much as the next guy BUT......
And in terms of the OP saying he really can't see himself driving anything after a 997 and if he buys one and driving it until it explodes, doubt it. There's always the GT3, GT3RS, Lambo, F430, etc. to drive next.
#24
08-05-2010, 06:49 PM
[quote][and live at home as long as u can 
or seriously, until u can afford to buy a house/QUOTE]
I am seeing this trend more and more and I find it pathetic . There are guys in my town who live with their parents and they are 30 years old . Some of them even make decent money--certainly enough to move out --- but they blow it on stupidity (like going to clubs , cars, jewerly, clothes ,BLING) and they have nothing saved.
In fact they go home after a night of hard partying (wasting time) and their grandmother is cooking them, steak telling them how great they are, In fact when they finally do get married some of them don't even move out then and they can't figure out why their wife wants to leave them.. The few who do move out are so accustomed to BLING (and having their ego stroked by his parents and grandparents) that they end up in foreclosure , debt, bankrupcy, divorce and then right back home with grandma at 40 or even 50 saying "oh poor baby --don't worry "
I grew up in an entirely different planet I suppose . I wouldn't even own a 335i above my own apartment (that I paid for) . Independence is the most important aspect in becoming an adult . I would feel ill if I was 30 years old living like a spoiled child as an adult.
I think some of the parents like keeping their adult children dependent on them too . I don't unnderstand that either . If I had a 25 year old living in my house like some sort of adult in extended adolescence I would evict him because its time for him to grow up and be a man.
Yeah --I did buy my first Porsche with a "you only live once" attitude but I was 34 and had my own house.
or seriously, until u can afford to buy a house/QUOTE]I am seeing this trend more and more and I find it pathetic . There are guys in my town who live with their parents and they are 30 years old . Some of them even make decent money--certainly enough to move out --- but they blow it on stupidity (like going to clubs , cars, jewerly, clothes ,BLING) and they have nothing saved.
In fact they go home after a night of hard partying (wasting time) and their grandmother is cooking them, steak telling them how great they are, In fact when they finally do get married some of them don't even move out then and they can't figure out why their wife wants to leave them.. The few who do move out are so accustomed to BLING (and having their ego stroked by his parents and grandparents) that they end up in foreclosure , debt, bankrupcy, divorce and then right back home with grandma at 40 or even 50 saying "oh poor baby --don't worry "
I grew up in an entirely different planet I suppose . I wouldn't even own a 335i above my own apartment (that I paid for) . Independence is the most important aspect in becoming an adult . I would feel ill if I was 30 years old living like a spoiled child as an adult.
I think some of the parents like keeping their adult children dependent on them too . I don't unnderstand that either . If I had a 25 year old living in my house like some sort of adult in extended adolescence I would evict him because its time for him to grow up and be a man.
Yeah --I did buy my first Porsche with a "you only live once" attitude but I was 34 and had my own house.
Last edited by yrralis1; 08-05-2010 at 06:53 PM.
#26
08-05-2010, 07:26 PM
[QUOTE=yrralis1;2933445]
Best post in the thread.
[and live at home as long as u can or seriously, until u can afford to buy a house/QUOTE]
I am seeing this trend more and more and I find it pathetic . There are guys in my town who live with their parents and they are 30 years old . Some of them even make decent money--certainly enough to move out --- but they blow it on stupidity (like going to clubs , cars, jewerly, clothes ,BLING) and they have nothing saved.
In fact they go home after a night of hard partying (wasting time) and their grandmother is cooking them, steak telling them how great they are, In fact when they finally do get married some of them don't even move out then and they can't figure out why their wife wants to leave them.. The few who do move out are so accustomed to BLING (and having their ego stroked by his parents and grandparents) that they end up in foreclosure , debt, bankrupcy, divorce and then right back home with grandma at 40 or even 50 saying "oh poor baby --don't worry "
I grew up in an entirely different planet I suppose . I wouldn't even own a 335i above my own apartment (that I paid for) . Independence is the most important aspect in becoming an adult . I would feel ill if I was 30 years old living like a spoiled child as an adult.
I think some of the parents like keeping their adult children dependent on them too . I don't unnderstand that either . If I had a 25 year old living in my house like some sort of adult in extended adolescence I would evict him because its time for him to grow up and be a man.
Yeah --I did buy my first Porsche with a "you only live once" attitude but I was 34 and had my own house.
or seriously, until u can afford to buy a house/QUOTE]I am seeing this trend more and more and I find it pathetic . There are guys in my town who live with their parents and they are 30 years old . Some of them even make decent money--certainly enough to move out --- but they blow it on stupidity (like going to clubs , cars, jewerly, clothes ,BLING) and they have nothing saved.
In fact they go home after a night of hard partying (wasting time) and their grandmother is cooking them, steak telling them how great they are, In fact when they finally do get married some of them don't even move out then and they can't figure out why their wife wants to leave them.. The few who do move out are so accustomed to BLING (and having their ego stroked by his parents and grandparents) that they end up in foreclosure , debt, bankrupcy, divorce and then right back home with grandma at 40 or even 50 saying "oh poor baby --don't worry "
I grew up in an entirely different planet I suppose . I wouldn't even own a 335i above my own apartment (that I paid for) . Independence is the most important aspect in becoming an adult . I would feel ill if I was 30 years old living like a spoiled child as an adult.
I think some of the parents like keeping their adult children dependent on them too . I don't unnderstand that either . If I had a 25 year old living in my house like some sort of adult in extended adolescence I would evict him because its time for him to grow up and be a man.
Yeah --I did buy my first Porsche with a "you only live once" attitude but I was 34 and had my own house.
#27
08-05-2010, 08:33 PM
I think there ought to be a law that in order to get into the P-dealer you need to show your ID at the door to make sure you are over 30. The same goes for 'Vettes, 'Stangs, Merc-AMG's, BMW-M's, etc. In most cases (notice I said most, not "all") putting high powered cars in the hands of teens or 20-somethings is dangerous. It takes a good decade or so after you get your license to really call yourself experienced. I once worked for a limousine co. and the owner wouldn't hire anyone under 28.
#28
08-05-2010, 08:43 PM
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I did not buy my car with that
attitude. For me personally I never felt right about buying an expensive car before buying a house. I have lived on my own since I was 17 and I grew as a young adult in the bush era where buying a home was just what you did first.
It sounds like the OP is very lucky if his parents are going to give him a house. I don't have a clue what his financial status is, but if you feel comfortable buying a Porsche then go for.
As for the Lambo comment I'm not sure what that means. I know lots of Lambo guys that are also Porsche guys
It sounds like the OP is very lucky if his parents are going to give him a house. I don't have a clue what his financial status is, but if you feel comfortable buying a Porsche then go for.
As for the Lambo comment I'm not sure what that means. I know lots of Lambo guys that are also Porsche guys
