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Originally Posted by cosmosblau
I believe that the financial provider of the car is relavant in this discussion because there is no way that a child who is given a car by daddy would be as responsible as someone who has earned the money for it themselves. When you know daddy will swoop in and fix all your dents, hire your lawyer, and buy you another $40,000 toy if needed, how can your actions have the same weight as someone who is fiscally responsible?
Nothing has any value unless you earn it yourself.
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Actually, the fact that my car was a gift makes it all the more valuable to me. Wasting my parents' hard earned money is worse than wasting my own.