You know i do apologise for coming off a little judgemental. First of all, i'm a young person myself and i've worked for every dollar i've spent. I was lucky i that my parents paid for my education and university. But it just astounds me that people still in their teens are purchasing these cars new.

But i've worked it out now, the prices of the cars are remarkably different. The US prices are on average 25% less than Australian prices, and the higher up on the model chain you go the bigger the difference becomes, this appears in all car makes but the differences are huge in luxury cars. Throw in also standard of living issue and how much more we Australians pay for everything i begin to understand.

Wish i grew up in the states i tell you that

 

I live in Australia too....which I love - all but for the freakin taxes though.

I'm 26 years old....turning 27 next month. Have a 98 GS3 and a 99 ES3.

It makes me cry just thiking that you guys in the states pay only USD $43k for an M3. We pay almost 2.5 times that amount.

When I was 17 I had an extremely embarrasing 1983 Ford Falcon XE (you guys in the states probably would not know what our Falcon's looked like but just imagine a big brick painted blue) with no power steering and an AM radio. I did sneak out my dad's NSX though (thank God I never crashed it!).

I am going to sit in a corner with Dominik and MoFunk and cry.

 

hahaha you're a cracker mate. I'd make a list of all the benefits of living in Aus...but i dont want to derail the thread into an us vs them thing

 

Hi I'm Kia,

21years old Female i have a 1998 Gs 300 , 2000 Lincoln Navi and House !

Paid for and owned by me...i got more than my parents!

 

nothing wrong with buying a new car when you're 17...

i've seen plenty worse...

One of my high school buddies crashed his older brother's Navigator...next day bought him a new Yukon Denali...out of his own allowance...

when i heard about that, i went nuts...but i guess life is different when your dad owns a baseball team

 

I just can't stop laughing

 

You've missed my point, i got my firs car new when i was 17 also but it was purchased by my parents. I'm saying that i was bewildered by the fact that the young people were purchasing the cars new by their own means. One of my best pals in high school got an M3 (that might not sound impressive but consider the Australian price is the equivalent to 97K US$ double that of the American price) as his first car when he was 18, but it's different when you buy it yourself. Now if you read my posts again i believe you'll understand what i'm saying.

 

18 years old

1999 ES300

 

I have a few that I go out with, but it's hard to decide. hehe

 

I am almost 27, married and drive a civic hatchback....

 

AHHH...ok...i tend to skim rather than read hahaha....i get you now...

i bought mine by my own means...5 years of slave labor....

 

Im 18 and I just got a 98 GS400 with 86k on it. I love this car

edit: I just realized that I turned 19 the other day lol

 

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damn your only 17? I feel old at 21...