wait til you get to college and need that trunk space to move And then when you run out of money to eat, you think "damn..why'd I spend $ on this car"

I want my windows tinted and some speakers, but I have to pay the rent first. It'd be nice to be back in HS with money to throw around.

I remember back in high school all I cared about was having a nice "system" when alot of guys thought it meant just huge woofers. I started out with just a 10", and now theres two 8" subs in the doors and 4" components to match. It sounds really clean and balanced.....and very loud.

It actually took me until THIS WEEK when i installed Siruis radio in my car to realize that the reason my setup hasn't thumped as much as i always hoped was because theres actually a seperate processor for "Super High-Definition Bass Output" settings on my headunit that literally makes the bass 2-3 times as loud as it used to sound....and of course this is after 3 years of owning it and moving beyond that bass-obsessed stage in my life. Oh well.....fear my system, kiddies.

Ok I just have one question for all the highschool kids with nice systems:
yeah you installed them yourself - good job. But who paid for them?

I'm sure many of you got jobs or mowed lawns or whatever and paid for your own systems and cars to put them in. To those kids I say good job. But the kids I absolutley cannot stand are the ones who brag on what their mommy and daddy bought them. The rich overpriviledged kids who have never worked and are always asking mommy and daddy for a handout. Those cars and systems are not yours - they belong to your parents.

I'm not necessarily talking about anyone on here so know one get offended or anything. It's just that in the year and a half since I started my car club I've seen so many spoiled kids talking about how fast their cars are and great their system is. I see them get $2500+ rims or engine swaps etc. But yet their parents pay for everything "so that they can concentrate on their studies" or some other BS. One kid even complained about his "crappy" hand-me-down 2 year old IS300 that his parents gave him instead of the Camaro he wanted. Then he had the nerve to ask if he could join our Toyota club though he'd rather be in the local domestic club. I just walked away.

Sorry to all. I just had to vent.

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Oh I know alll about that. Area I live in is full of rich people (or people who think they're rich but are actually up to their eyes in debt). So many spoiled kids etc then the few of us who had to do stuff ourselves. This guy at my high school was so full of himself and how he had a new harley and a new Tacoma and a new this and new that and a new Mustang for the weekends and $10k in stereo stuff in his truck etc. Well his parents were in debt buying all this stuff for him and he never worked a day in his life.

Another guy was huge into drugs, wrecked his dad's BMW our sophomore year so his dad buys him a Cobra Mustang. Well this same guy lost his Mustang when he was drunk and on coke and plowed into my first Celica in an intersection. Guess what he got after he got out of jail: a Bullitt Mustang, compliments of his dad again. Kid never has had a job, just gets high all the time and drives free nice cars.

The whole damn town is like that and I can't wait to get away once I'm ASE certified.

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I get irritated at these rich kids. My parent's have a lot of money, and I'm lucky for it. They're paying for all the college that my scolarships aren't covering, as well as my food and what not. They're nice to me. They even allow me to me obsesive over my car, fixing everything that ever breaks. This is mostly my mom, of course. I bought my Celica, and I bought my other cars that I have. Except the 67 Mustang my dad gave me, hand me down project. This is my junior year in college and it's the first year I can remember not having a job. I've had a job since I was able to push a broom. I worked in my dad's shop forever. It kinda sucked growing up, because all my friends had parents with money that bought them things, and my parents were/are pretty stingy sometimes. They're looser with their money than they ever have been with me now though. I need their help more than now, so it's a good thing they're nice. My mom spoils my little brother. I get mad at him, but I should feel sorry for him. He just blew up his 2nd car from running too hard and not taking care of it. This is car #4 on the totalled list for him. And now mom is talking about buying a new car for him. He's 19 years old, and has no sence of money or resposibility. It's easy to get mad at these people, but trueth is, they'll never make anything of themselves, and that's sad. It's mostly the parent's fault the kids end up like they do, but not completely.

yea 1 more thing...we were all in highschool @ some point. just dont act like an arrogant b!tch.

i agree with everone about the rich kids, i see it all the time around here too. but i will admit that my parents did buy me the car (first car) but it wasnt expensive or anything, but all the stuff i have on my car i bought for myself and im glad i have those bragging rights around town because there is that little sence of pride you get for doing your own work and being respected for it,

Dustin

it went from highschool kids not having nice cars, to rich spoiled kids geting all that they want, yea it pisses us off, but they can never have cars as cool as us if they cant do any custom work for themself, and i have my own way of telling if it is really your own car, i you have ever been under it in 15 degree weather trying to fix it changing a starter or something, or if you have been inside your own engine then its your car if you know how to build one because you have takin it apart and back together its yours

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I agree with what you are saying. The thing is my family is living "comfortably" I guess. They haven't put a dime into my car though. They said it teaches me responsibility and how to be hunble having to work for everything. I am spoiled in the fact that whatever scholarships doesn't cover, they will pay for the remainder of my college for the four years.... So I guess everything just had trade offs.

I agree w/ you guys... I guess this car is kinda half mine. Me and my mom split the cost, but i have been doing all the work on it. (although her sowing skills/ insights have come in handy. My mom also offered to pay for whatever scholorships dont, but we'r gonna split that too... So pretty much everything i get is "half-mine"...

Thanks for understanding and agreeing with my ranting - it's good to know I'm not the only who feels this way. We work hard for our beautiful cars and we work hard on them to make them the best they can be - Kudos to all of the above people. You will definetely be someone one day.
BTW - to those of you who said that you're parents are paying for your College - that's not at all what I was talking about. I mean I payed my way through college with scholarships and jobs but there is nothing to be ashamed of in having your parents pay for that. I think all parents should do that if they can afford it. It was just the "Here's my bada$$ car and it's better than yours" crowd who are sporting cars payed for by their parents that piss me off.

And here I thought I was going to get flamed by a bunch of spoiled brats - LOL.

did you guys use that dynamat or sumthing else??? to remove the vibrations?

This post has been edited by XS4lv1Truch0x: Feb 22, 2006 - 10:43 PM

haha, i've been working since i was about 12....

im glad i attend the "rich" public school in my city because i work on alot of peoples cars, and even though their parents pay for the stuff i dont care as long as i get my money for labor lol... I mostly do sound system installations on bmw's and suv's but everybody respects my rides:).

on another note, I went from "loud" soundsystems to a recent "sound quality sound system, with a small 10in woofer and db drive speakers, instead of the sony's and a bandpass 12in.

For the ladies:P I use my droptop GT, and for speed(as odd as it may sound) I use my STX coupe....which i bought after regretably selling my RX7. Future plans include re-painting the ST to Jet black, selling it, MAYBE sell my Vert, and get a nice 5 speed GT COUPE. All with funds I have made by working my but off which all goes into these cars:P.

^^ go liftback not coupe

Im proud of my systems during high school. Triple JL 12W6s in a powerwedge.........in a 90 geo prizm hatchback. I owned all, and ironically my stereo was never messed with even though everyone and their mom knew I had one

Now my celica has been broken into twice in the last 6 months and I didnt have anything near what I used to in high school

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Nope, coupe is better:P
and if anybody has one for sale post!

i am right with ya dustin! Even randoms that would hear a little license plate rattle while in the drive-thru or wherever will say turn the lame system off. Just laugh at em cuz they don't know dick...yeah my lame system consisted of a completely custom trunk with 2 alpine amps, infinity amp and custom done false floor that housed 2 10" type E's and everything wrapped in black velvet to match my black leather inside. then it had custom front door setup with a mbquart 3 way crossover mated to custom mounted 8" sub and the discus 5.25" mbquart components. not too mention, at the time, a pioneer 5700dvd touch screen with n64 hooked up. no, he's right...thats lame.

lol laugh right on with him cuz u know whats up dustin.

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AMEN TO THAT!!!! im probably older than most of you on this thread...


BY THE WAY.... was there ANYONE around here who DIDNT have a car in high school? i had to get up 5 in the morning, walk a mile and catch the A train to manhattan in the freezing ass cold. not to mention having to get up early in junior high to catch the city bus to get to school (ny junior highs and high schools dont have yellow school buses for the most part)

I wound up using my moms car driving to h.s once i moved down to nc, but unfortunately the only reason why i have a car now (my celi) is because my step dad died in 2001, and my mom gave it to me. some are more fortunate than others, i dont knock the high schoolers but i do knock the arrogant spoiled punks that go thru cars like underoos...

I have only one rockford fosgate sub and I find that good enough, I dont need too much bass. I only want quality. I dont think my amp is that great though, it could be better. Im just trying to save up money for other things i want, such as new speakers. Well, I guess it would be nice to have two subs.

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what, liftback looks so much better, and you can go spoiler delete on a liftback and it will look good