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How old were you when you got your 1st Mustang...
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<blockquote data-quote="CV355" data-source="post: 15495261" data-attributes="member: 181885"><p>16. I had saved up $1800 over the course of the previous 2 years while working two jobs through high school. I was entering college and needed a car to get me there as well as work. My father handed me two torn-out ads from the local newspaper- 88 Z28 Camaro or a 90 Mustang LX 2.3l- both $1500 and 130k mileage. I said I wanted the Z28 because the 4-cyl would have no power. He crumpled up the Camaro ad and handed me the one for the Mustang. </p><p></p><p>That weekend we drove out 40 miles to see the Mustang, which was covered in snow, quite rusted, and didn't want to start. It had been parked for a while. My father took it for a test drive. I still remember sitting in the passenger seat thinking "oh God this thing is horrendous." He talked the guy down to $1400, wrote him a $200 check for a deposit, and told him to fix several things and we'd pick it up the following weekend. </p><p></p><p>We drove back out to pick it up the following weekend. The seller handed back the deposit check and I handed over 14x $100 bills. Painful. On the drive home, the oil pan started disintegrating and we kept having to pull over and add oil. We got it home, my father and I looked through it, and he put together a list of parts we needed. A few days later he handed me a printed out spreadsheet with the parts, pricing, estimates on college books, and the auto insurance cost amortized into a monthly payment- $205/mo. He knew the repair costs would sink me, so he offered me an interest free loan on everything, telling me he'd take the keys if I missed a payment.</p><p></p><p>The damn car fell apart on me over the course of the next two years. Exhaust rotted off and wrapped around the axle, ignition went out, alternator died, rear drum brakes corroded to the 5th plane of hell, virtually every gauge died, fuel pump died, the list goes on. My account balance throughout college ranged from $0 to $50 on a good week. </p><p></p><p>Man, at the time I thought he was being a hardass but in retrospect it was a wise thing to do. I still have that piece of paper. If I ever have kids someday, they're getting the same lesson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CV355, post: 15495261, member: 181885"] 16. I had saved up $1800 over the course of the previous 2 years while working two jobs through high school. I was entering college and needed a car to get me there as well as work. My father handed me two torn-out ads from the local newspaper- 88 Z28 Camaro or a 90 Mustang LX 2.3l- both $1500 and 130k mileage. I said I wanted the Z28 because the 4-cyl would have no power. He crumpled up the Camaro ad and handed me the one for the Mustang. That weekend we drove out 40 miles to see the Mustang, which was covered in snow, quite rusted, and didn't want to start. It had been parked for a while. My father took it for a test drive. I still remember sitting in the passenger seat thinking "oh God this thing is horrendous." He talked the guy down to $1400, wrote him a $200 check for a deposit, and told him to fix several things and we'd pick it up the following weekend. We drove back out to pick it up the following weekend. The seller handed back the deposit check and I handed over 14x $100 bills. Painful. On the drive home, the oil pan started disintegrating and we kept having to pull over and add oil. We got it home, my father and I looked through it, and he put together a list of parts we needed. A few days later he handed me a printed out spreadsheet with the parts, pricing, estimates on college books, and the auto insurance cost amortized into a monthly payment- $205/mo. He knew the repair costs would sink me, so he offered me an interest free loan on everything, telling me he'd take the keys if I missed a payment. The damn car fell apart on me over the course of the next two years. Exhaust rotted off and wrapped around the axle, ignition went out, alternator died, rear drum brakes corroded to the 5th plane of hell, virtually every gauge died, fuel pump died, the list goes on. My account balance throughout college ranged from $0 to $50 on a good week. Man, at the time I thought he was being a hardass but in retrospect it was a wise thing to do. I still have that piece of paper. If I ever have kids someday, they're getting the same lesson. [/QUOTE]
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