To sell it or NOT

I don't miss my toyota. honda. nissan dailys, i'll always miss the 67 chevelle.
and I earned every penny that went into them.

 

If the Mercury is not his choice, it will be thrashed and trashed. He will not care for it,or about it, and it will be fair game for anything and everything to happen to it. Been there, done that. End of statement.

 

i have 2 young boys (5 & 2), and the day they ask for a tuner car in any way, shape or form is the day i disown them! (and i'm only joking a little. god i hope i never have to deal with that!)

 

I'm in for telling him to sell his blazer if he wants some pos tuner. Take the a and the merc back and enjoy them yourself. Give the kid some reality and some responsability.....unless you can afford to provide for him his entire life, let him start now providing for himself.

 

Met your boy in '07. You let me follow you in my '47 Ford to the Jalopy Showdown. Seems like a good kid.
I'd say offer to let him drive the Merc every day. If he says no then tell him to just keep driving the Blazer so he can save up $ for the car he wants later on. This will give him plenty of time to think about things. Who knows..... by then maybe he'll change his mind about the tuner...

 

Make him buy his own car.

 

When I was 14, I started working washing dishes at a bobs big boy after school, I wanted to buy a car, my dad told me he would double what ever I was able to save up, My friend in Ensenada had a model A coupe I used to drool on, I would hitch a ride to Ensenada every saterday just to stare at it. My friend ran into some money problems and told me he would sell it to me. I told my dad that I had found the car I wanted and that i had enough of my own money to buy it. He told me that antique cars were a richman's hobby and that he did'nt want me to buy it. He said that if I bought the car , he would not suport me financialy,anymore but would give me a place to sleep as long as I kept going to school. I bought the car , that's how bad I wanted a hot rod, washing dishes made me apreciate school, for I did not want to do that the rest of my life, since then I have always owned an old ford, I proved my father wrong, the old cars have given me years of enjoyment, and in hard times have suported my family. Your kid does not want a hot rod, sell the merc, bad investment, build the model A yourself and enjoy life, may be your kid will take interest when he sees it being built. My dad did me the biggest favor in life , I learned to be self suficient at a early age. that's the best gift you can give your kid., the rest will come by it's self,

 

I think I've seen that Merc. It's the one that says "The Enabler" on the trunk lid, right?

 

Wow, Nothing inspires passionate discussion quite like one's kids and cars. Sadly Mike, we can't dictate our kid's auto interests. He doesn't seem to be really into the Merc or the A project, and that's okay. We have to remember that his generation grew up seeing the "Fast and the furious" and watching their friends fix up Honda Civics and Toyota Celicas. With all the other distractions kids have today, we should appreciate "any" car related enthusiasm they have, even if it is (gulp) for imports. Looks like you are stuck with the A project and Merc but I say he's on his own now, at least as far as the decision making process. If his heart is set on a tuner, let him sell the Blazer and put the money toward what he wants and can afford on his own. Good luck and as always, much thanks for all the work you and your crew do for the Jalopyrama.....Don.

 

When I turned 16, My dad took me down to car lot I' bought a 53 ford convert, I think the payments were about 18.00 mo. But i had a job pumping gas.

 

sell em both and keep the money for your own stuff. Lesson learned.

Getting a 4th car when you are 17 is a little much. How long do you think the tuner will last before it is boring. A few weeks, months, maybe a year?
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I had three cars when I was 17 in the mid 90's. Most expensive one was $650. Still own two of the three and drive them all the time. Corn detassling and Mcdonald's funded them, the insurance, and the gas.

 

there are so many things wrong with this post, i don't know where to begin... but i'll start with; no pics.... and the kid sounds spoiled.... and end with a; WTF?

 

Who mows your lawn?

 

For all you guys that are judging without knowing, Mike is a good father and Chris is a very good kid, he works hard, stays out of trouble and is very respectful, I believe his values are in a good place. Just because a father wants to make his kids life easier and try to help him out doesn't mean the kid is spoiled.
That being said, I don't think you can dictate what he likes, he wants what he wants, trust me I've been through it with both my boys. My oldest loves the old cars but if he has to chose between them and his customised air bagged VW, the VW wins. Sell the Merc and the S10 and look for a reliable daily that fits into what he's looking for.

 

When it was Time for my Daughter to drive, I "helped" a Lil in buying a '62 Falcon she liked for $600.00.

She Worked on the car, Cleaned up the interior, Lowered it & did some Father Daughter Custom mods to it & she drove it for almost 3 years.

She then wanted a '55 Ford I thought the guys were asking to much for but would not Bend an inch on the price & I Knew the seller.

So I says to her " If you want it, You need to do what it takes to get the $$$ "

She went out & got a Loan, Sold The Falcon for $3000.00 and paid the car off last month.

The Excitment She displayed at paying it off & the Fact She was Never Late on the Payments no matter what was going on made Me feel like I did the right thing.

Now She has Credit, A feeling of acclomplishment & a Cool '55 ford She loves More than if it was Handed to her.

Make him Buy a Tuner or Drive the Merc.

 

fine, but we still can't help make a decision without pics.

 

Buy him a new pair of shoes.

There are too many entitled teen agers in this world. My co-worker is a single mom of a 15 year old boy and a 19 year old man. She has to pay a lawn service to cut her grass. And she has a nice riding lawn mower! WTF.

 

Thanks again for everyones comments, hopefully things will work out for both he and I. Some interesting thoughts and all are appreciated.

 

Id say your boy would be feeling the pressure of this read ,He would think he has been pidgeonholed all too easily.
Let us know what his thoughts are after reading this thread please .

Also I remember clearly how I wanted the world at that age and patience was something I had to learn. so changing paths was common and it was for me to work out where I wanted to be in life , and here I am "on the HAMB)

 

Like I haven't said this a lot!

 

I thought S-10 Blazers with 4.3's in them were daily drivers. At least those are daily drivers for a ton of kids in this area but most of them don't lower them around here but put lift kits on them.

Tuner car with a 17 year old around here usually ends up meaning broken car cluttering up the back yard in short order or broken kid cluttering up the couch after he wrecks the tuner car doing something stupid.