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Originally Posted by extrashaky
My bicycle was stolen.
OP, don't listen to these people who think your son shouldn't have a hot car. That's just jealousy. People who don't get what they want always think other people shouldn't have it either, because that's not "fair." It's not "fair" that your kid is driving a nice car when some have to ride stolen bicycles. Waaah! It's not fair! Where's the government to level the playing field? The school should ban your kid's car!
Those people need to mind their own damned business.
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I agree, jealousy is a sin and everyone has a "right" to own and/or drive what they want. With that being said, sometimes it is good to be a realist. Many people like to say that kids are different today than they were 30 years ago. Personally, I don't believe that. One only has to read Shakespeare to realize that people have been the same for thousands of years. Long story short, I would never send my kid to school with a nice car and then get upset when some punk(s) vandalize it. If you're worried about this stuff, then you only have a couple of options. One is drive what you want and be willing to deal with scratches/dings/dents as they come. The other is to minimze your risk by driving a beater or not taking a car at all. To expect that human nature is going to change overnight and everyone is going to stand around the campfire holding hands singing koombayyah isn't going to happen.
Just to be clear, as I mentioned in my first post, I hate vandals and/or thiefs. That's why I park my car as far away from everyone as possible and even then I know that when I leave it unattended that there is risk of something "bad" happening to it. In the end it's a car and I have other things in life to worry about.