Re: I need some advice!

[BIGWAVEDAVE@earthlink.com (David Stankus)]

>> gave me a discount for once I explained I was a poor student.
>
>No offense intended but how do all of you "poor students" afford cars like
> a '93 Audi 100?  I'm a working stiff, make pretty good money and the best
> that I can afford is an '89 200tq that I just bought used!  Did I go to the
> wrong school or what?  ;^)

Jeff,

Same deal when I was in school (early '80's);  I drove a ratty '75 VW Scirocco, bad 
CV's, paint job by Rustoleum... you get the idea.  

Three theories why today's college kids are more "vehicularly enabled;"

1. Generally higher expectations.  Today, every kid expects to have a car.  I drove 
mom's station wagon until college, now all the high school parking lots are jammed 
with kid's cars.  When I went to college, you had to demonstrate that you _needed_ a 
car (usually via a letter from an employer) in order to keep one on campus.  Now, in 
many cases you don't have to prove it, and colleges are likewise jammed with cars.

2. Increased willingness to go deeply into debt for a car.

3. Extension of #1, greater willingness of parental units to "help."  Cars are 
increasingly seen as necessities, etc...  I don't recall the original thread, but was 
it clear that the" poor student" poster had bought the car himself, as opposed to a 
graduation gift or mom/dad's castoff?  Perhaps just a case of a wise choice of 
parents? ;)


Cheers,
David

'86 4KCSQ