Mom won't let me get the Magnaflow exhaust with the CatBack! Damn not owning the car myself. She is apparently against "modding" the car. I'm glad that I bought the sound system and had it installed without her knowing. Man, I was planning on this exhaust for the Dublin meet...

But, part of the reason is that I might be getting an STI...

 

sounds like my parents...cant even get clear corners but im gettin em ne way

 

i guess that is where owning the car yourself is nice...you can do waht you want...except when you have to pay out $200 for a new caliper...that sucks

 

It was great when my parents paid for everything...but since I bought my own car now I gotta pay...including insurance, which sucks!

 

i was spoiled with my integra, but now with my CL and being on my own, insurance is raping me up the ass

 

ah bo hoo


i wish my parents paid for it all

you are all lucky, be happy they do, cause when they dont, you wont know what to do with all the money to pay for it, i just dupped 400 on new pads and brakes

and not including the window regulator, starter, alternator rebuilt, a new battery, new tires, all in the past 2 months

 

now i spent a lot of money on her but ill have her back soon

 

Damn, stop cryin guys- welcome to this little thing we like to call the "real world" where you actually have to pay for what you own.

 

 

after bringing my car home my dad came up to me and told me I needed to lower it. I then told him I spent all my cash on the car and he ended up buying me lowering springs

 

be thankful your parents can and are willing to provide for you - when you get your own car, you'll realize how much money you waste on it - whether its insurance, registration, payments, mods, etc. In 2 weeks, i'll have spent $2k on my car and the only thing I'll have thats cool to show from it is a set of Teins...

 

for me, i aint crying, cuz even though it cost more without my parents i love the feeling of being independant and the fact that when it comes to my car my parents cant say anything about it (like modding and shit)

 

TRUST ME my parents are car modding natsy'z

Im still hearing it "why did you lower your car"...

 

freal, good thing my parents havent seen my car yet, or they'd freak out.

 

There is a way... I'm in college (which my parents pay for) I work (currently at work) and I pay for my car... 5 year financing... pay for insurance and paid for the little mods I have... so I mean it can be done, but if it isn't a top priority then it can wait. If you want to spend money on it just make it a priority of yours to now blow money on other shit like going out to eat and going to movies a lot and stuff like that. Just write out how much you spend on different things like new clothes if you go shopping a lot, food, movies, events/concerts... things of that nature and then add it up and then see that if you cut it down 50% you could buy your car something nice.

 

i just wish someone would of helped me out with any of the mods to any of my three cars ... i paid for it all and still got shit for it ..... but in the long run it all works out .........i just love taking the long way home . just soi can enjoy my car

 

Why would she be against getting a little exhaust system if youre getting an STi, which is built from the ground up as a race car....oh wait that sounds like my mom

But yea if youre gonna get an STi, you should save your money...it's a big jump $$-wise from what you got now.

I like the system I have at home: parents pay essentials like price tag, ins. and all that crap...i pay for extras

 

I had an integra too and just bought a cl.. i hope i dont crash my cl like i did the integ my cl cost 5500 and integ 13,300 and i like the cl better ha...

 

how old is every one? your parents control your life that much that you cant put aftermarket parts on your car. you should tell them that is makes it run better..better for gas milege..thats what would do

 

I'm 20....a couple years back, my parents wouldnt let me do shit...but now they just view mods as wasting money (I see their point since it actually lowers the resale value of the car). So now as long as I'm reasonable, they don't mind too much.

 

Same thing my pops said. Only thing is i paid for the springs and he helped out in labor.

 

yea, that's all he's done, everyonce he'll help out w/ repairing something if i'm broke. But I think part of the incentive was I had gotten straight A's that semester also.

 

Sounds like youngens still living w/mommy and daddy!...which is all good, don't get me wrong. However don't rush to be so independent and own your own ride. You guys have nice cars whether mom/dad pay for it or not, be glad! I have a 5yr old son, own a home, have my GS-T AND have plenty of misc bills(credit cards, utilities, insurance, food, clothes, etc...)! The real world can hit you hard, so don't get so down on your parents for petty stuff. I say petty cause there's many out there who would kill to be in your position and just own a sweet ride, let alone modding it!
Appreciate what you got! Can't have your cake and eat it too...all the time!

 

I'm 17. Mods won't necessarily lower your resale value, if you find the right buyer, they might actually pay you more. I know kids at my school who would throw in extra dough just so that they didn't have to go and get the parts installed themselves. Of course, I also know one guy who was having his sound system installed (just subs) then saw the guy take out his rear speakers in order to connect the wires. Apparently he was dumb enough to not only not realize that they were his speakers being reinstalled, but to pay the guy extra for it (thinking that they were aftermarket speakers)!

 

yeah i used to tell my mom a lotta bullshit about how mods make the car run better.. now she doesnt care what i do to the car as long as i pay for the mods and not fuk it up kuz shes the one payen for the cl

 

haha, thats funny, cuz i crashed my integra too!