Man I'm a baby here. Just turned 18 in December. NO I'm not spoiled. My dad was always a Hitler on me about responsibilty and work which have benefitted me. I'm finishing up my high school through home schooling while I work running a feed business for agricultural farmers. Its a good job since I live in a rural area and I have no GED or diploma yet. I paid my A4 cash 3 weeks ago and I only owe 4 more payments on my A6 that I bought when I turned 16. Age don't matter. You just have to spend your money wisely.
I got my 00 2.8 for a fairly cheap price and I financed it for 5 years but so far i haven't had any real expensive maintenance costs. I'm still at home going to college this summer and I work at a crappy grocery store. Planing on being a Benz tech even tho I drive an Audi
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Im 25 i spend 5 yrs in the USMC (was a Sgt), now Im a Dock Coordinator. Basically we send and receive supplies, tools, etc. to offshore rigs working for various oil companies. Its a good job. I work a 7 and 7 schedule (vacation every other week) Working half the year is awesome. I also have an '04 Trailblazer and an '06 Honda Shadow. Everything I have, I pay for myself and I moved away from home a long time ago.. yay me lol
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what jobs do you have/where do you work/how do you afford to own, drive, maintain and MOD these cars at that age?
I do mean that with all due respect - I am serious...
anyone want to weight in?
I'm 20 but mistaken for 25+ alot (girlfriends dad thought i was 27). My last car ('97 jeep cherokee with lift and other mods) was totaled due to a blind driver in a a prius, and the insurance and a bit more money paid for my A6. I do all my maitnence myself since i work at a Dodge dealership. Also i worked construction last year doing 11 hr days 6 days a week for a couple months. oh and live with my parents. but i do all this on top of going to college. If you know how to work on cars and save your money and know how to spend it then you have no problems. simple.
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Ok, Someone asked about how you can afford to mod it... I'm 18 the car is technically my dads, but he has a company car and I needed a car so I got this. Cheap I know, but i'll take it. As for the job I am a part-time tennis pro at a local country club (Teach rich kids to play tennis) and generally get about $5000 a summer and another $1500 during the school year. Considering I still live with my family and have not much to pay for I waste most of my money on this car and invest it in stock! (hasn't been going well :(
what jobs do you have/where do you work/how do you afford to own, drive, maintain and MOD these cars at that age?
I do mean that with all due respect - I am serious...
anyone want to weight in?
Im 17 and honestly i have worked since like 12yrs (Doing anything i could do for money mowlawns to my grandparents) old knowing that i wanted to seperate myself from other kids in my area (Northern Jersey). I now work at golf coarses in the summer (Big Money there!) and work at a Ski Resort in the winter! I maintain my car by either DIY alot which i thank everyone here for all your input and knowledge!!! I also save money on big jobs like Timing Belts and such because my uncle is a Mech and doesnt charge me labor just parts ! Anything else i do i work hard for my money and I hate when someone calls me a rich boy or that my parents bought me my car cause its not true. I earned it myself!
Yeah many people have told me that I'm a rich boy or something since I drive Audi's. I've just worked in the mud plenty of times and done my share of crappy work to get all i got. Hard word pays off. I want to start my own company this year to buy a new diesel truck and sell my A6 for a 6MT.
what jobs do you have/where do you work/how do you afford to own, drive, maintain and MOD these cars at that age?
I do mean that with all due respect - I am serious...
anyone want to weight in?
Though I don't belong to the 18-25 category, I thought I will chime in. I work as a mechanical engineer for an oil services company in Houston. 15 months removed from grad school......been a little over 13 months at my first real job. And no I haven't paid off my car yet, still paying off those student loans!
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Just turned 36. You guys make me feel old as hell! lol. Wait.....I am! Good Luck guys.
16 is very very young 26 is very young 36 is young 46 is sorta young 56 is getting along in years 66 is old 76 is ancient
I currently reside in the old range - as for the rest of you who claim to be old your not close ! (except for bigsnowdog and munvinair who are getting close to old)
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my dad just scored plant manager at a research and development laboratory (shell) and is mostly the one paying to repair my car (new catalytic converter next week!) my audi is just a new project, my main wallet breaker has and and up till just recently was my 4runner, my wife and i bought it practically brand new for 30k cash after a lot and a lot of f'ing saving (savings accounts were used, trips to japan forfeitted, and the notion of continuing my education lost) . i work a **** job (wal-mart anyone?) to help pay for my wife's schooling (culinary) and to fuel my obsessive need to drive atleast 100 miles a day. wife will be in a job and out of school soon, hopefully either the Hyatt or a country club offer she has received, and once that happens, bye bye a6, hello s4 or elise and welcome back to school!
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34 as of last month. Same day as Honest Abe. They say he was an Audi man too. My mod train is just leaving the station and headed uphill in the mountains. There's a lot to be said for buying something new (or nearly...depreciation is a mother) that is covered by a warranty and is years away from major incident, but there's always been a real sense of satisfaction for me to repair/install something myself. To be able to tell someone that I installed the multimedia entertainment system, DV's, or bi-pipe in my own vehicle. To educate my 8 y/o son who believes everything Project Gotham Racing tells him about the REALITY of doing mods to a car: it's rarely as simple as the shows and games make it look...it's expensive, dirty, nerve racking, expensive, and time-consuming work. And even if you do everything right, you rarely add any resale value. Then I ask him to hand me a ratchet. I wonder where he gets his car bug from...
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22 ...mustang ... what kinda job do you have to afford 2 nice stangs and an audi
i thought i answered that already, but maybe not. i do mainly residential CAD drafting, sometimes commercial, just depends on what it is. one of my uncles is a contractor, my grandfather used to be a contractor, one of my other uncles is an architectural engineer, and my father is an architect, so it was very easy for me to get in to. it's very tedious and time consuming but it pays very well.
i'm also partners with a guy here who owns a detailing/car service shop, so i'll fix or clean cars on the weekends sometimes to get some extra cash. i make decent money from that as well, so that's my story.
oh, and i had a loan on the cobra btw, so i'm not as much of a baller as you might think i am. my '67 and my audi and my 2 old bimmers are paid off, but i've got a loan on my bike.
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RE: How old is everyone here? - 
! Anything else i do i work hard for my money and I hate when someone calls me a rich boy or that my parents bought me my car cause its not true. I earned it myself! 
