Dauphin Rich Kid Receives Hummer From Parents (1525 hits)
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Submitted by Ingsoc (View user info) at 2004-01-03 00:23:07 EST
As I write this I'm in Dauphin, a town 200 miles north of Winnipeg. During my stay I got word of a teen here who learned how to drive a while back. Now, this kid belongs to a wealthy family, which one I won't say- but what he desperately wanted as his first car was his grandmother's Ford Tempo. A real practical kid. Low mileage, decent fuel economy- this guy was thinking ahead. But his father, being a dentist, and his mother, knowing what's best for him, decided to lease the kid a brand spankin' new H2 Hummer. I really didn't know what to say or think about this when I first heard it.
The situation is confusing to me. The family may be rich, but they have three kids already, and another one on the way. The family cars include a Cadillac Escalade, and a GMC (Sierra or Yukon, I can't recall) with Quadrasteer. Sure, that's an alright set up- but what you wouldn't know from the start is they've had to declare bankruptcy three times, and the father has to work his job seven days a week to pay for everything.
And the Caddy and GMC are leases. My grandpa's warned me about leasing a vehicle. You pay your dues every month, and as soon as the lease is up, you don't own your car. Is that a good setup? I really don't think so!
My question is this; if you can save $1200 a month AND make your son happy by getting him the cheap little car he wants, why wouldn't you do it? If you could work only five or six days a week by getting him the Tempo, why wouldn't you go with his wishes? And WHY, if you had a history of bankruptcy, would you keep digging a hole for yourself?
It just doesn't make any sense to me. Rich people have minds of there own. And how their minds work, I'll never really understand. Sure, one can live an extravagant lifestyle with all the SUVs one wants- but when it gets to the point where you have to declare bankruptcy three times, shouldn't you get the message to cut back?
Oh, and the kid recently put a good sized dent in the thing.
Another reason why the H2 is inadequate- http://www.ubersite.com/m/15109
And finally, behold the H3T, yet another chapter to be added to the already bloated carnival of monetary waste.
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Submitted by bangbang (user info) at 2004-01-03 17:20:41 EST (#)
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I don't know if I would consider someone rich if they have declared bankruptcy three times. It sounds like these people just live beyond their means.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2004-01-03 15:09:23 EST (#)
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got tossed off by the title, but the post was still good.
thats a burly truck there. im tired of everyone bitching about the new H2s. you dont like em? fine, but why the hell do you feel the need to tell everyone about how much you hate them. i actually heard someone walking through a mall i was at and, upon seeing an H2 ad, abruptly shouted 'anyone who drives a hummer is an asshole'. technically, i could care less about what they say, but when theyre alone, and in a pretty empty mall, it slightly upsets me.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2004-01-03 14:44:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2004-01-03 14:26:26 (#)
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I'd always heard the term 'hummer' as referring to a blowjob, which puts an entirely new spin on the title.
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I thought this was an Arkansas story myself.
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2004-01-03 14:26:26 EST (#)
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I'd always heard the term 'hummer' as referring to a blowjob, which puts an entirely new spin on the title.
Submitted by tammy (user info) at 2004-01-03 12:05:03 EST (#)
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I was in Dauphin a while ago and had to go to some shitty Country Music Festival.
Submitted by Otter (user info) at 2004-01-03 07:38:25 EST (#)
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Canada is cool, especially Saskatoon, it has a cool name and I gotta say "Hola" to my friends at The Riv bar and restaurant.
+2 for linking to one of my posts. I'm one of the cool kids now.
Submitted by finkboy21 (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:54:13 EST (#)
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Dude you Live in Canada
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:44:57 EST (#)
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Dauphin is a Manitoba 'city' (population nine thousand and declining).
A dolhin, whatever it may be, has never been documented by modern science, ever.
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal.
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:40:07 EST (#)
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DOLHIN CHILD? Why didn't someone inform me of this modern miracle of man made science? Why, it boggles the mind. A child with the body of a human with a large dorsel fin growing from the spine, with the face of a dolphin with the face of a children at the end of it's dolphinish nose. My my.
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:39:54 EST (#)
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Holy shit if my first car had been worth $1200 i would have shit my pants.
Toyota tercel: $400
I rule.
Submitted by The_Menzatron_Persuasion (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:38:28 EST (#)
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I used to drive a Yugo.
Just kidding.
Submitted by Chad_Sexington (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:30:28 EST (#)
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You can't sell a lease. Believe me, I've tried. The good people at Yugo were livid.
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2004-01-03 00:27:49 EST (#)
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Poor guy, he should just sell it and get his little fuel friendly car.