Age of 370Z owners?

Footloose301 · 01-20-2011, 07:48 AM

I'll be 25 in March. I didn't have a ton of money to put down on the car as I work a full-time job that pays OK, and I go to school full-time as well. I pay all of my bills myself, including my schooling. I do live at home with my parents for now. However, I do pay them rent each month as well. I make enough to make ends meet and still have enough to go out and have fun occasionally, but I cannot afford any mods to my car without extra income such as my tax return, or my annual bonus at work. If I stopped having fun on the weekends and stopped taking my gf out to dinner and movies each weekend then I would be able to have some stuff done to my car. But hey, I think I'm doing pretty good for 24years old.

Before my current job I was a construction manager for a new home builder and made $73k/yr when I got laid off a couple years ago when the market crashed. When I worked there I was able to buy everything I needed at that time, like a $4k Apple Computer fully built up, a $4500 LCD TV(Tvs are much cheaper these days), and all other kinds of things. I paid cash for everything so I don't have many bills that kids my age have.

Sorry for the length here but I'm tired of the older people assuming that we don't work for our toys when of course they had to work on a farm, milk chickens, and walk to school in the snow barefoot as a child. Times have changed.

jpritche · 01-20-2011, 08:02 AM

One thing I learned the hard way is just because people have nice things doesn't mean they have always had them. I personally had some family problems and we ended up losing everything, but my dad worked his A$$ off the past 6 years, started his own company, and is now making half a million a year. Of course running a business means needing to have overhead, so not all that money goes to us, but lets just say the company needs a bunch of vehicles to work

I busted my A$$ off helping him get where he was. I have been with him every step of the way, so progressively every year I have gotten a newer nicer vehicle. at 16 I got a 2006 Silverado 2500HD diesel, at 17 I got a 2006 Toyota Tundra X-SP, and last year for graduation at 18 I got my 370z. He feels like I deserve nice things for helping him get where he is today, but I don't try to take advantage of that, so for christmas, I asked for nothing.

So just because people have nice things, I cannot/will not cast judgement because I don't know what they have been through....

View Poll Results: Age of Z owners?
15-20	200	8.27%
21-25	580	23.99%
26-30	513	21.22%
31-35	298	12.32%
36-40	199	8.23%
41-45	170	7.03%
46-50	143	5.91%
51-55	124	5.13%
56-60+	191	7.90%
Voters: 2418. You may not vote on this poll

01-20-2011, 07:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Footloose301 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 2,659 Drives: 40th Rep Power: 23	I'll be 25 in March. I didn't have a ton of money to put down on the car as I work a full-time job that pays OK, and I go to school full-time as well. I pay all of my bills myself, including my schooling. I do live at home with my parents for now. However, I do pay them rent each month as well. I make enough to make ends meet and still have enough to go out and have fun occasionally, but I cannot afford any mods to my car without extra income such as my tax return, or my annual bonus at work. If I stopped having fun on the weekends and stopped taking my gf out to dinner and movies each weekend then I would be able to have some stuff done to my car. But hey, I think I'm doing pretty good for 24years old. Before my current job I was a construction manager for a new home builder and made $73k/yr when I got laid off a couple years ago when the market crashed. When I worked there I was able to buy everything I needed at that time, like a $4k Apple Computer fully built up, a $4500 LCD TV(Tvs are much cheaper these days), and all other kinds of things. I paid cash for everything so I don't have many bills that kids my age have. Sorry for the length here but I'm tired of the older people assuming that we don't work for our toys when of course they had to work on a farm, milk chickens, and walk to school in the snow barefoot as a child. Times have changed. __________________ 2010 40th Anniversary 370Z

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01-20-2011, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
jpritche A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cartersville, Ga Age: 34 Posts: 2,570 Drives: '15 RR, '14 IS250 Rep Power: 32	One thing I learned the hard way is just because people have nice things doesn't mean they have always had them. I personally had some family problems and we ended up losing everything, but my dad worked his A$$ off the past 6 years, started his own company, and is now making half a million a year. Of course running a business means needing to have overhead, so not all that money goes to us, but lets just say the company needs a bunch of vehicles to work I busted my A$$ off helping him get where he was. I have been with him every step of the way, so progressively every year I have gotten a newer nicer vehicle. at 16 I got a 2006 Silverado 2500HD diesel, at 17 I got a 2006 Toyota Tundra X-SP, and last year for graduation at 18 I got my 370z. He feels like I deserve nice things for helping him get where he is today, but I don't try to take advantage of that, so for christmas, I asked for nothing. So just because people have nice things, I cannot/will not cast judgement because I don't know what they have been through....