Negative attention

[Turbo95eg6]

Saving more lunch/allowance money should take care of that.

[Mr Kirmudget]

Originally Posted by brzbrad

I know what you're thinking, "this 17 year old has a BRZ, he must be a spoiled prick!" I don't blame you and the rest of my school for thinking that, but the truth is, my parents paid exactly $0 towards the price of the car.

Are you getting as tired as I am of having to explain this every time someone asks about your car? I almost want to get a sign made up that says "Yes, I paid for it," or something like that.

[brzbrad]

Originally Posted by Mr Kirmudget

Are you getting as tired as I am of having to explain this every time someone asks about your car? I almost want to get a sign made up that says "Yes, I paid for it," or something like that.

Haha yeah, that might be a good idea. That's the one thing that I don't like about this car looking much more expensive than it actually is, people think differently about you before they know any real information.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by brzbrad

Haha yeah, that might be a good idea. That's the one thing that I don't like about this car looking much more expensive than it actually is, people think differently about you before they know any real information.

Believe me this problem isn't restricted to just you young guys or those in school!
Although I have never had anybody do anything to the car, I got really sick of hearing "must be nice to make that kind of money" and "wow they pay you too much" for a couple of weeks at work.
Even my boss who got his $52K pickup a week before me said "I guess I have to check what we are paying you".
Now, many of these guys were joking, but some were not, and even after explaining the car was only $30K and there is a such thing as financing they kept it up.
It started to wear thin after a while and I eventually just quit answering.

[Mr Kirmudget]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Believe me this problem isn't restricted to just you young guys or those in school!
Although I have never had anybody do anything to the car, I got really sick of hearing "must be nice to make that kind of money" and "wow they pay you too much" for a couple of weeks at work.
Even my boss who got his $52K pickup a week before me said "I guess I have to check what we are paying you".
Now, many of these guys were joking, but some were not, and even after explaining the car was only $30K and there is a such thing as financing they kept it up.
It started to wear thin after a while and I eventually just quit answering.

Exactly. There's plenty of cars around school that cost more than the twins but they don't get a second glance.

[KungFuWaffle]

Mostly nice compliments, but I live in a gated community across from a elementary school. My complex is always full by 4pm. I get home around 6-7pm from work and my parent use the garage so I park across at the school. The owners of the complex have a written agreement with the school saying we can park there overnight due to overcrowding as long as the cara are moved out by 7am. I move it out every morning on time, but a couple times I'll find these stickers on my windows with Dr. Suess saying "excellent reader" or something like that. And I also had one of those big gulp sodas from 7-11 dumped on my car. Rude teachers...