Yes so what?

I can save up money that I don't have to spend on rent/buying a house/apartment, heating,electricity and so on

No worries. I did the same when I graduated college in August 2009. I lived with them until I bought my house in April. I didn't mind living with my patents at all. Nice house, my own wing of the house, free food, no rent. Now my life revolves around bills.

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Dont worry big guy ... I still live at home too... its how I avoid paying for food and rent while studying (and how I can afford a Z)...

heck, my mom still makes my lunches and my girlfriend makes me dinner on the days I have night class, muahaha

fixed again. ;)

you really need to get out of your parent's house and live on your own to consider youself an adult. unless you're taking care of your ill parents or something in return. from wat you've posted your dad rocks a GT-R and mom probably drives around a nice benz or something, right? :tup:

kids say they pay for their own cars but adults pay mortgages and utilities, raise kids, and yet pay for their cars. big difference.

now im hungry again. :yum: (chomped on some cookies my wife baked me last night. :p )

ughhh... advanced monetary macro policy exam tomorrow... FML

Tomorrow? You have a Saturday class? That sucks! I have a day planned with the Z.

i'm still mad I clicked that luxury4play link. It's RIDICULOUS. this 18 year old kid has like 5 ferraris and ****. Ugh I read it all and I think i'm going to puke. We don't have health care but this kid has a ferrari for every day of the week.

but I digress. Don't click that link.

Well its finals now... so they run exams all week long... even worse is our "Spring Break" is in February ... Common, its still -10 and 3 feet of snow in Canada in February!

Rather be in the states!

kenchan makes a really good point. To outsiders, having a nice car does give you the appearance of being well put-together and successful, but it doesn't necessarily mean you are. someone who owns their own home and drives a beater every day has accomplished more financially than someone who owns a nice car. and chances are, at 22, you don't own your own home and drive a sports car. not saying its impossible. but i'd be willing ti guess that most of the really young people on here owning a Z are living with parents.

I live at home, and i paid for my Z myself. but i dont try and pretend that i would have done it if i were living on my own. I definitely would not have. I would be spending money on mortgage, property taxes, home maintenance, utilities etc. But i don't have to do that because i'm living with my parents. and i have such a great appreciation for the fact that them still letting me live at home does allow me to treat myself to some nice things, like my Z, but my focus is on saving to buy a house not spend a ton of money on cars.

I made the decision to buy the Z knowing it might keep me at home for an extra year, which is fine with me. I'm living at home because it makes sense for me and it allows me to save most of the money i make and put it towards buying my own house etc. I dont live at home so i can spend all my money on cars or car parts. Does living at home allow me to spend more money on a car then i would have otherwise? yes, but it's not the reason i am living at home.

I know the wise thing to do would have been to hold on to my altima and save the 23k difference between what my altima was worth used, and what my z was going to cost me new. My dad, who is a big influence on me and my financial decision making and planning told me that if i really wanted the car, i should buy it. maybe it will set me back a few months living at home, but you have to live life, and you can't base every decision around what is the most financially viable choice.

^ I don't want a sports car when I'm 30+ and married, I'll settle for a home and an SUV then. I lived on my own before getting the Z, and the Z is more fun lol.

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My kids aren't getting anything from me growing up. Oh you want some milk and diapers? go get a job and buy them yourself! I gave you life and that's all you're getting from me.

In all seriousness though, I think we're all pretty lucky to even be able to own a 370z. You can say luck doesn't have anything to do with it and that you worked hard for it but really you're lucky enough to have the opportunity to work hard for it.

And I applaud people for mooching off their parents for as long as possible.

Very well put, Jeff:tup:

wait a minute, you were the one complaining kids have it easy.... you're a kid and you got it easy too! :bowrofl: damn, we adults were all fooled! :rofl2:

I think there are some valid points made in this discussion. However, this once again follows with the whole "younger people are worse drivers" blanket statement. Honestly, I have see more 40 year old women with SUV's do TWENTY TIMES more stupid crap than I've seen kids pull in a car. In fact, someone I know drives an older Maxima and he took a left and crossed over a median just to get where he needed to go. It doesn't matter how old you are or what you drive, there are plenty of older people and younger people who drive like morons.

However, I will say that driving experience and education is a far more accurate way to decide on how well a person can drive. Obviously the more experience you have driving correctly and intelligently, will generally dictate how well you can drive. Now you may argue that with age comes experience... yes... but that doesn't help if you can't use that experience to your advantage. Also, taking safe driving courses and HPDE are beneficial to your driving ability. I honestly see nothing wrong with giving a kid (even highschool age) a 370z if they can prove that they can respect the car and will learn how to drive responsibly and SHOW they can drive responsibly AND they either are taught by their parent(s) how to drive safely or even taking safe driver's education (defensive driving education).

I may be biased but my 370z was a graduation present and I've owned it for a year now. Guess what? It's still in one piece, it hasn't been wrecked, there's not even a small door ding in the car. Why? Because I respect the car and drive sensibly. Yes, I give the car a little gas when no one's around and only when I'm in a SAFE, CONTROLLED environment. No, I don't street race, no I don't drift in parking lots, no I don't pull stupid stunts. No I don't trash talk, no I don't think I'm awesome, but I do appreciate and love my car and it's going to be with me for years to come!

It's nice to see such a good car community really come together despite age and life experience differences and diversity and all respect and love the 370z... there are far too many car communities out there that just turn me off...

Well I'm 22 but look about 18 and I buy my 370z myself. Also as for teens with fast cars, I was bought a 300zx at 15 by my father. Then by 17 had it built to 618WHP and I never wrecked it! So just cause some teen wreck cars does not mean just as many 40 year olds dont wreck them.

wat are you two talking about? we dont care about driving experience we're talking about parents spoiling their kids and kids end up not appreciating things and at the end becoming a useless fat dud for the american economy getting raped by the chinese.

also talked about cheeze fries and burgers. :p

I thought it was about a jealous mid 20's something?

:icon18: indeed.

It's just not worth it. I pay about $500/mo extra to live on my own. Very nice not to have to tip-toe into your own residence. Besides, I work nights. It wouldn't mesh well.

Yea freedom has it's price I guess. I don't live at home anymore but when I did my parents didn't really care about me coming and going at all odd hours of the night. They never charged me rent, I ate their food, used their electricity and they paid for internet. It was awesome. They didn't even give me crap about bringing girls home hahaha

Living alone of course is great but I do miss my parents, not just mooching off them but them in general. That's just a part of life and growing up though. I know when I have kids, I'm gonna try my hardest to get them out ASAP lol

Well, I think that puts you in the "rich-kid" camp now, lol. The thread started because OP was jealous about what someone got for nothing. Look out!

22 is the magic number. i tell my kids their arses will be kicked out when they complete college by 22 and find a job. so they better study hard.

both my bro and i moved out of our parent's house after graduating college. i moved 2200miles he moved 5500miles. no we dont hate our parents at all and do miss them. it's about life and life really begins at age 22. until then, it's just practice.

i hope my wife makes me tonkatsu tonight. :yum:

But he lives at home too! don't think you can talk about getting something for nothing and be living at home lol

I don't think there's really a magic number for the age there. To me it's really about when I feel they can survive on their own. I mean if my son were 18, had his own job and can take care of himself, he's out! lol but yea by 22 I would expect my kids to be on their own, although I'm sure I'd miss them, :gtfo2: :tup:

woooo, i like tony-style. 18, you're outta here!! :tup:

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I was out at 17...only because I was young for my graduating class and started college 3 weeks after I graduated high school.

wat is this, some pissing contest? :icon17: i was youngestest and crawled out from my parent's house before i was even 1. ;)

Shake your d$cks! This pissing contest is over :tup:

Isn't that what a car forum is for...discussing car stuff and tooting our own horns?:rofl2:

i am not one of those guys in college, however i am a graduate who's been very grateful for what i've accomplished to be where i am today. while i was in college, i never thought i'd graduate and make bank. in fact, i thought quite the opposite, figuring id fall into the same trap that millions of others have, unemployment. however, hard work and networking gets you places...

anyway in reference to the engineering, excuse me, ive been too caught up in work lately. when i refer to an engineer i think software engineer, or hell even hardware engineer...and back in 1995, those guys were raking in the $$$. you had a few job offers waiting upon graduation, and could actually negotiate a salary, definitely not something thats common, if at all even around in today's job market.

I guess I just completely missed the point of the thread.

$43,500 right after graduating? That's pretty awesome.

I live at home. I don't plan on moving out until I'm out of grad school.

If you have the opportunity, it just makes financial sense to stay at home. Even my buddies who have solid, career jobs are staying at home as long as they can. Why risk moving out when the economy is bad?

I'd rather live at home until I know I can safely move out financially. I'm not willing to take a risk with my money, health or happiness just to prove something to society.

edit: Though, if you are a fierce, independent sort of person, I completely understand and get it.

Re-thinking moving to the states... making 23 an hour as an undergraduate at the university and my contract doubles next April as a grad student (Canada).

Maybe there is just more demand in my field than in engineering? I dunno.

Nice save at the end there, playin it politically correct lol

Yeah, I wouldn't leave if I was getting paid that much! I've been out of college for a year now and am still making $10k less than I wanted to my first year out. At least my job is going to look great on my resume for my next employer!

What about your parent's point of view? Wouldn't it be nice to have the home to themselves again? They have a life, too. All you have posted seems to focus on the child's viewpoint, when in fact it is the parent calling the shots (their roof).

both parents use the GT-R though my mom drives it ALOT more than my dad :roflpuke2:.

our other cars that we use once in a while is a megane CC and a laguna