The whole fucking world's against me, dude, I swear to God

[emony]

So I've spent the last two days looking at cars. By cars, I mean this car, which I want! But everyone around me is telling me not to. Tom at work thinks I ought to get an Aygo (because he just bought one, and is therefore biased). My mother thinks the Fiesta is "too sporty" and too expensive for a "first car". It's a Fiesta!! It is not too sporty! It's a Fiesta. They're like the elasticated trousers of the car world.

She wants me to get a "lower spec" one, i.e. no CD player, no aircon, no electric windows. I might as well put some wheels on a skip. I don't mind getting a used one, that's fine, but the Zetec range are on special offer, so it's barely any cheaper to get a used one right now, especially with the end of the financial year coming up and car salesman eager to hit their targets, unless I get a used one with 40 or 50 thousand miles on the clock.

I'm feeling a bit contrary about the whole thing. I sort of want to flounce off and buy it myself, but I do realise that it would be entirely counterproductive, and that they do have my best interests at heart.

But I want a shiny new car with Bluetooth! I never get anything I really want - why can't I have it just this one time?

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[emony.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's v helpful ;P But seriously, I think that's part of the problem - when I started taking lessons again, my mother foolishly promised that if I passed my test, she would buy me a car. Now she's having to stick to that promise, which I think she regrets for a variety of reasons. She also foolishly said she would pay for the insurance, tax etc., which I said she doesn't need to do, but she won't be told. So as she thinks she's going to be paying for all this, she's trying to keep the cost down as much as possible. After all, she's never going to be inside the thing (there's no way she'll let me drive her anywhere - not until I've been driving for 20 years and she's had her licence taken away), so she doesn't care if it's an uncomfortable, unsellable hunk of crap.

I'll do my best to be rational etc. And she may be right really about getting a smaller car, if not necessarily a very low spec one, although it's not easy to find many that are smaller than a Fiesta. But I think my best bet is probably to hit up my father for some cash instead. I bet he'd buy me the Fiesta ;)

[kangaruth.livejournal.com]

Why not ask her for the cost of the low spec one, then add to the money she gives you to get the fancy gadgets? If that's financially feasable, obviously.

Maybe she wants you to get a Smart Car?

[emony.livejournal.com]

I may do that, yes. We're going to go and see some at the garage this weekend - just a preliminary recce, but we can discuss options then.

I think she'd rather I didn't get a car at all. But I need one!! :)