I guess that even the best of parents will run into stubborn kids and have to concede that the kids will need to make their own mistakes and live with them at some point. Sounds like the rest of you turned out all right, so we’ll put this blame on your sister :)

Can you kindly show me where I said that her financial sense was in any way related to her lack of desire to drive?

See my other reply below to someone else who commented on the financial bit :) You’re taking a few words on the internet and trying to derive conclusions from them that are totally unsupported by said words. 

Geez. I’ll refrain from harsh comments since her parents are yours, but in my case I want to shake my in-laws and ask them why the heck they didn’t at least attempt to force the baby bird out of the nest in some ways. Learning to drive is definitely one. Unless you live in an urban environment (we don’t), driving is…

It would be funnier if it wasn’t true. It’s more sad. Easter was at the in-laws yesterday, and she didn’t so much as make eye contact with me or any of my three small kids over the five hours we were all together. I can’t recall a single time I’ve noticed her initiating a conversation with anyone besides her mother or…

Right, I guess I was just showing that the practice of throwing deceased sea creatures at sporting events pre-dates the entire Predator’s franchise :)

I’ve started to respond to this about 10 different times but keep coming back to the fact that there is no way to succinctly state how very impossible it is for you to draw that conclusion from the few words I typed out without making some gigantic assumptions.

See also: octopi at Red Wings games circa the 90's.

My 21yo sister in law didn’t drive until she was 19. She didn’t own her own vehicle until 20. She didn’t move out until 21. She has the maturity and financial sense of a 15 year old.

It’s clear we don’t agree, I’ll let you have that last word.  Cheers to a fellow wrencher :)

I’m baffled that people often think it’s either staying with a junker or buying new from the lot. There is so much room in between those two opposite ends of the spectrum, but no one seems to acknowledge it. Maybe people are scared of buying off CL and not knowing a car’s history? Just get a mechanic you trust to…

This is very true. From reading my first comment talking about lakes (plural), it could have been inferred that I was not talking about bodies of water large enough for big, fast cats running around. My mistake though as I thought I included the word “midwest” in the original comment.

Have you seen a Prius lately?  They are more cyborg ninja than car.

Fair enough, I’ll refrain from the sarcasm.

Yep, I still have a 06 Z. I remember being on forums and going “lol I just walked an SS/GT this morning”. It was fantastic then and punched above it’s class.

But now, the 370 is basically a 2006+ 350 with bolt-ons an a tune. And it’s being sold NEW for 15k more than it’s worth at this point. Quite embarrassing for…

Who am I echoing? If you read my comments, typically I’m a bit contrarian if anything. I don’t come here to get stars or likes or whatever.

What’s better: offering no gift, or offering a pathetic one? 

You’re ignoring the fact of just how infinitesimal his potential profit is from recommending that someone in a hyperspecific situation buy a new car. Tom does not get a commission from Joe Blow Reader from Missouri going to buy a new car tomorrow, even if there are thousands of Joe Blow Readers and they buy hundreds…

THE CAPTAIN.

You saw through his evil plot! To inspire the handful of readers in the exact same situation that also happen to need a very specific car and also happen to need help buying it to hire him and make... HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.