I wouldn't complain consider this your 16 have a 2-3yr old car that probably looks real nice I don't know about where you live but where I do most highschool kids are driving around in $200 beater cars when I was your age I would have given my right arn for a nicecar like that like someone else said thats just part of growing up take care of it drive it till its paid off then get what you want I would be thankful you had parents who did you up like that I know I would

 

Yes, I'm very thankful for my Neon.

What I've bought so far:
Lip Kit

What I still need to get:
17" Rims (tires too, gonna cost about $1,000)
Subs, GOOD Speakers ($400?)
Flowmaster Muffler, Not Too Roary of A Sound But Still Good ($150 + install)
New Exhaust Pipe (one from Carmax kinda sucks, I'd like a nice shiny one).

And if I ever get the cash:
SRT4 Engine

 

my thoughts exactly

 

Hmmm I wouldnt really call that a "bright side" lol.

 

heh heh there's definitely worse choices out there...

 

-I bought my '05 SXT in July for $11k including taxes. It had 19k miles on it and now it has just a tick over 25k. I like everything about the car except a few sqeaks from the front seats I can't seem to locate. Didn't start happening until we went to Myrtle Beach. But besides that it's a fine little car.

L8R,
Matt D.

 

Bought my 2005 Neon SXT with 32k miles on it for 11,000.

 

I was in a similar situation. By coincidence, I went up to the mountains to take pictures of my new car and I mistakenly forgot to put the parking brake on. I set the world record for car flips that day.

 

dude that sucks.........
forget if it damages ur record and shyt dont pay nomore and have em take it away!!![sm=devilgrin.gif]

 

That is a totally inaccurate thing to say... if I thought like you I would be out a good amount of money.

A few months back I took my Dodge Ram into the dealer with about 50K miles on it because I had a bit of shaking in my front end and knew it wasnt due to tire balance. I got a call the next morning and they told me that the entire rack, both complete upper control arms and a few other parts needed to be replaced and got an alignment to boot. And you know it only cost me $100 and I had a rental car that they paid for for 5 days. I purchased the chrysler 5-100 gold warranty for $1200 back in '04 when I bought my truck. It would have cost me twice that had I not had the warranty.

I purchased a new 1080P Westinghouse LCD 42" monitor over a year ago and at the time purchased a 3 year warranty through Conn's. At 15 months the screen started to develop lines on either side of the screen where the non-stretched out channels are black. They didnt go away with adjustments. Factory warranty(if it was still in warranty that is)would have required me to ship the whole thing back to Cali to have it fixed and been without a TV for who knows how long. Conn's sent a tech out, he determined it needed a new screen, came back out a few days later and put it in... at no cost to me and also told me that when it does it again, they will replace it again. Normally the screen replacement would cost me about half what I paid for the TV - $800. I paid $250 for the warranty. Still have over a year and a half left on warranty so it can be done again if need be.

I bought a new Gateway laptop about 4 years ago, paid for a warranty(it also covered hazards)on it because I am pretty hard on them. Cost me about $200 or so, never used it... so it was a waste. In this case as with most computers in general its probly not a good idea to get a warranty for it since they loose value so rapidly anyway. But for a couple hundred it gave me piece of mind knowing that if I wanted to chunk it across the room and the screen broke, it would be fixed.

Point is you just need to know what your buying a warranty for, know what the failure rate is vs. the normal cost of replacement... and most important... dont always believe everything you read on the internet.