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Originally Posted by Tcoat
I am pretty sure that the OP has burnt up that tank of gas and the thread will die soon anyway so derailing should not be an issue.
So you are 17, dad bought car, took it away for some "unjust" reason and you are at least reasonably proud of the fact that you can manipulate your parents. Does that sum it up?
You say you can pay for your own gas so step up to the plate, buy a locking gas cap and be the only one to put gas in. Problem solved.
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1) 17 is correct
2) My dad never paid a cent for the car. My grandparents have saved up over the past 20 years so I, their first grandchild, could have a nice new car when I was old enough. My dad nor my mom was letting my grandparents use the money in the way they wanted to. My mom was being let on by friends trying to get me a Volvo V60, which starts at ~$35000 (OTD price in my area of ~$45000). She was going to do it too because she really wanted me to have a car before the start of school. I made a quick rash decision at that moment (that worked) because I wanted to "save" money and have a car that was fun to drive, while making my dad especially happy that I was getting a manual car.
Edit: I understand my previous post mentions my mom wanting to buy a new car for ~$25000, but that was before her friends convinced her to look for a more expensive car.
3) An argument between my parents (Edit: I didn't take part in the fight) about my University of California Application Prompt led to my dad becoming furious and the car being placed in the back for 1.5 months, which is actually bad for a car, when it isn't driven for a while. (He was going to take the battery out of the car instead before I showed him how bad that can be.)
4)Yes, I am at least partially proud that I can bring my parents to stop arguing over multiple issues, even if it takes me figuring out their desires to find a common ground.
5) My dad is the type where if I tried anything like using a locking gas cap he wouldn't stop screaming till I had thrown it away or until he de-threaded the gas cap with a metal tool.
I do agree I should have explained in more detail, but then my original comment would have looked like a large wall of text. I understand that many people consider me spoiled for finding a used limited BRZ with 6 years of warranty for $24000, but I did my research and it would have been a much greater waste to get a $45000 car I didn't even enjoy driving; and I do enjoy driving the BRZ very, very much.