Well put Ben. I agree the problem isnt that his parents want to buy him a car, that that they will buy him a weapon instead of a nice safe Brand new Ford Focus or a nice safe E39 BMW of the same value.
My advice if your parents want to spend $35k on a car for you, buy a Subaru RS Impreza, or a 2nd hand IS200 if you really want RWD, learn how to CONTROL a car not just drive it, any moron can drive a car. Then buy your Skyline.
I went through 2 Commodores, 2 Corollas and and a Celica (not in order) before buying my R33 GTST at age 21 with a full licence.