Anyone Had To Convince Their Parents To Let Them Get Turbo?

[detonation]

any

[dmr]

would be funny if they did

[Topaz]

nope. I cant remember if I even told them i was getting a Skyline GTR. I did get my $25k loan guaranteured on their home loan though so I must have said something.

mmmm low interest rates

[inthisglass]

i just went and got mine

[R34GTTSKY]

haha mum dad i just broke up with my ex, too sad thinkin about how i use to drive her around in it , wanna get a new car something that would get my mind off it:) n then cha ching along came ma skyline

[Chi100188]

hmmmm not really just told them i was giogn to get a turbo engine and put in etc etc and then there ya go hahah

[Mayuri Krab]

I just showed my mum the car I was gonna get & she says she likes the look of it, especially the tail lights.

As for the engine being turbo... well all she knew was that the car had a engine... like all cars are suppose to have...

[s2k12]

Mum actually wants me to get one lol.

[sidewayssam]

not me, my dad talked me into getting a TT Supra when i was 16

[Stage2]

LoL, i didnt even tell my parents i was gettin the car till arrived in freo (imported it myself).. hehe so was a bit late 4 them 2 say no!!!!

[NISZILA]

I just drove in the driveway with a big grin on my face. Mum looked at me and said, "Who's car is this?" I just said, "Its mine"

[MattyP]

Well since I'm old enough to get stuff without asking permission, I left home in the morning in my Pulsar and came back in my GTR. My dad was outside at the time, looks at me and walks inside. He wasn't very impressed.

However the R was kicked out of the garage as they didn't appreciate their cars having to go outside because of my car, so now I don't store it at home which is good as doesn't give me temptations to drive it when I really shouldn't be driving it.

Edited August 3, 2008 by MattyP

[Dani Boi]

My mum had been saying since I was 10 that I wasn't allowed to get a turbo or V8 so when they went to queensland when I was early 18y/o I got a skyline and it was sitting in the driveway when they got home. I suppose I really didn't convince them

Edited August 4, 2008 by Dani Boi

[MeLSki]

I'm about to buy one and Dad said "why don't u get an excel, or an accent like all ur other girlfriends" I laughed and said "Daddy you always told me not be like everyone else, and I'll let you take it for a spin" and then he grunted and mumbeld something like "I knew you were meant to be a bloke"

[NA_Goodness]

Trying at the moment... Failing Hopefully by the end of the year, we'll be getting closer...

[R DIRTY 3]

I was like "Mum, i wanna get a Turbo Skyline"

SHes like "no, your not having one"

Im like "WHY???? IM 29 YEARS OLD FFS"

ok that didnt happen.

[Pal]

yeh, had the same problem except i was 34 and it was the missus. still get the mid life crisis jokes

[Mayuri Krab]

Skim reading through these post, I gotta say most of your mums/dads knows their stuff (well at least more than my folks).

My mum don't have a clue of what a turbo is nor does she care (she is the "its got a engine & 4 wheels, its a car" type of person), & my dad always thought that turbos are meant to give you better fuel efficiency... so if you throw a turbo to a jazz, you will decrease its fuel usage from ~6L/100km to like 5L/100km

Don't know where he got that info from...

[R DIRTY 3]

yeh, had the same problem except i was 34 and it was the missus. still get the mid life crisis jokes

Wives can be worse than parents! LOL

[Marco-R34GTT]

LOL...

My dad convinced my mum to let me get the Skyline. Dad had a 260Z Datsun, so my old man was keen.

I was at hospital at the time, it was the only turbo, manual sedan at Autoworx. I'd just had my shoulder operation and was up to my eyeballs on morphine. Anyway, mum & dad come to visit me, we had organised for them to test drive it the day I went under the knife, so I asked them what they thought, dad said "Oh yeah... It is really nice, I like it, it is a very safe car (ie; much safer than Vl commonwhore)", then my mum said "But it has too many horses, I'm worried about you having that much power".. I sighed, put on a sad look and pleaded my case...

When I got discharged dad drove to autoworx to pick it up, I was a happy as larry.

So moral of the story is...

Get an operation, and play the guilt trip, pay later!