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I was at the wrong end of one of my Dad's lectures again today. Apparently I make many stupid choices and one of them was buying a Skyline.

How many people here have thought, maybe I should not have bought my car/boat/house?

How many people here are happy with the choices they have made?

Who here has suffered abuse from parents, neighbors, friends, other family because of the choices they have made?

I know that whenever I get into my car and go for a long drive...I am free. No-one to hassle me, no-one to tell me where to go or who to be.

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it's tough hey?... if your dad is as typical lecture kinda guy would i be safe to assume that he always thinks he's right? I worked out that with this kinda shit theres no point trying to justify reasons why you bought stuff or did something this way instead of that, because regardless of how wrong they are, the other person is always right. So don't get yourself too down about it, chances are he dosn't understand how good driving can make you feel. Don't worry about your dad and know that buying your line was one of the best things that you ever did, and if you ever think that it wasn't, then take it for hard drive and you'll remeber why you bought it... :D

Everyone makes stupid choices and parents will always whinge. Its what they do and one day it might just be some of us :D

My olds have a love hate relationship with my car.... Its too fast, loud, costs to much etc. But they know it makes me happy, so they accept it!

Everyone makes stupid choices and parents will always whinge. Its what they do and one day it might just be some of us :D Making stupid mistakes is how we learn IMO. Them whinging is a sign they care...

The choices are A) a parent who doesnt give a shite or B) a parent who is (OVER) protective, cares, all that typical stuff that we all take for granted.

My olds have a love hate relationship with my car.... Its too fast, loud, costs to much etc. But they know it makes me happy, so they accept it!

Be thankfull they actually care :D Too often these days alot of parents dont...

Yeh i was very discouraged from getting a skyline

Everyone kept saying 'u cant get any parts for them' 'they are jap crap' etc etc

in the end, i bought my skyline, and i absolutely love it, i wouldnt buy anything else, and in the future i wont be buying anything but skyline/nissan etc :D

Sad thing is that there is only a short period between when your folks give you grief and your wife gives you the same!

Your dead for a long time - as long as what "pushes your buttons" doesn't get you there too much sooner - go for it!

My Dad thaught I was nuts buying a "datsun" and thaught that I should of goten a Rx7 because he is a rotor nut.

My Mum thaught I was nuts because it was a slow Jap car and would never beat her evo 3

My Step Dad (mum's) thaught I was nuts because it would never beat his Vl Brock Commo.

And yes the whole "you can't get parts for them" and everything comes up but in the end it is your car and you have to be happy with it.

I got mine when I was 18 and I could not be happier.

Your dad will carry on and on. It's most likely just his nature.

Everyone kept saying ...'they are jap crap'...
WHY do "Aussies" perpetuate 70's bullsh*t urban legends??? God it shits me.

Does it make them feel good? More like "Aussie crap" with all the bad press about Australian built "quality" (I use that word loosely).

Sometimes I think that parents forget that they were young once and had fast flashy cars just like we do today. However I guess ageing another 20 or 30 years adds a little bit of a different perspective to their memories so they tend to forget that little bit of information. I always bite my tounge whenever I am talking to my parents and they say I know what it is like to be young.

The problem nowdays is there is a lot of media attention on High Performance cars and it creates a negative attitude which parents of course think means that they are bad. Its funny considering that the cars my dad was driving back in the 60's and 70's were probably just as fast as todays fast cars. Yet they ran tyres as wide as bike tyres had no seatbelts or airbags or crumple zones abs brakes etc etc. Its probably even safer today to drive a fast car than it was back then.

I have given up on arguing with my parents and have just taken to putting the phone on speaker and doing something else while my mum rants down the phone line (another benefit of living away from home). Pity I cant do the same with the wife though. :D

I say do what makes you happy not what pleases other people. If you tried to please everyone else you would only make yourself miserable. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but it doesnt mean you need to agree with it. Enjoy your car and the freedom it gives you and use it to go look at some houses you can move out into :D

I'm happy with my purchase.

It gives me something to keep me occupied and keep my mind off of other things that get me down. You see, I bought the car as a replacement for my other car which was written off by a stupid P-plater. That accident actually happened during a really hard time. My long time girlfriend at the time and I were having big relationship problems, and had basically broken up. Then bam. My first car - A car that I loved, had worked on (modified), and owned for 7 years was written off.

So within a week, I had lost my girlfriend, and a car that I had owned for 7 years.

The whole debacle made me decide to f..everything and spend the money I had saved for an apartment for me and my (x)girlfriend and buy something for me. Something I had always wanted....a turbo rear wheel drive....

wil..

I only live with my dad & he had no problems with me buying a skyline, he didnt worry about the money or my driving ability. As for my mum, well she's in QLD & when i told her i bought the car i put a strong emphasis on the luxery side instead of the performance side. "I bought a nissan mum, its got power steering, power windows & airbags, it's really a nice car". 'owww thats nice son', she still doesnt know im a car nut these days, if she knew how fast my car was i'd only be bad for her....

As for my personal thoughts on buying a skyline, i'd say it's possibly my best purchase ever or my worst. I've become hopelessly addicted to modding my car so i spend a bit of money on the car, I love doing it so i dont see it as a waste, i just wonder where my money would be going if i didnt have the car... probably just electronic goods, computer upgrades, mp3 players & sh#t.

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