become a gangsturrr they seem rich

yup.. my buddy hasnt worked a single day yet this year..

yes we can. Our generation have it the easiest compared to our parents/grandparents. Rich parents became rich because they earned it. Chances are our parents had rough childhoods and worked their asses off to make it some where. Now that they are well off, they dont want their kids to go through the same tough times so they buy them wat they want in some cases, 100k cars. But this just stimulates a lazy generation (ours). But then again, growing up in a rich environment will rub off a little, not all these lazy rich kids will be losers in the future. Chances are 70% of them will be quite successful themselves in the future due to their parents' influence and the availability of funds/resources to invest with or open a business with. Their parents already paved the way for them, all they gotta do is jump on the bandwagon.

edit: there's a saying: having a good wife will push you ahead 10 years in life, having a good dad will push you 50 years ahead.

fucking true! listen to this guy! :thumbsup:

are you joking? Cause I don't think you really know how lease work..or why some manufacture are getting out of it.

tell me about it... a few K a year to my accountant for him to plug some numbers into a computer program... ok maybe a little bit more than that. They do try to come up ways to save you tax.

great post.

in the end, does it really matter how fancy their car is? dont stress it, and stop comparing yourself to privileged honger kids. AMG or not they're still playing DDR and sipping bubbletea all day while obsessing over cellphones. i really don't envy them.

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Never understood the attraction to "status", what does it get you in life? Respect?

Naw... I respect the man that works hard 8+ hours a day, everyday to provide for himself and family. Not some guy in true religions and a bmw.

step 1 extract 100% of manufacturing jobs outside of canada

step 2 send them massive amounts of canadian money for products

step 3 ???????

step 4 Richmond?

or you could be alex burrows..who now gets paid $2million/year.

its gotta be parents.. my parents bought me a mazda3 when i was in gr 12. after my friend f'd it up, i went and start financing another one.. and seriously.. even a used mazda3, at 18,999. financing is hard, and thats with 2 part time jobs.. living at parents house but dont have parents around.. so pretty much like living on my own cept i dont have to pay for rent.

way I see it, why drive a 100k car when I can be investing that 100K.
a 100k car gets me from point A to B but so does a 10K car. Isn't a car use to help u travel from point A to B?

why so much hate against those who are powered by parents?

it's not that they are killing your family or something. They are no different from any
other regular guys out there, go to school and chill out then fuck some chicks. Just mind
your own business.

I know some filthy rich guys who work several part times job and do well at school, what
do you want them to drive if the shittiest car at home is a fucking s-class?

I don't get the point of this thread. We should need a thread that says "why do people
take a bus?" how does that sound?

Only 2% of the population can be considered wealthy, so most people can't get there, by definition.

Or you drive an AMG in your mid twenties like me.

by buying a 12 year old one that's cheaper than a Civic. Go me!

It's mainly parents money.
Don't even need to be talking about Baller AMGs and what not.
Even just a simple S2K or 350Z Japanese sports cars are going to be parents money.

Like I believe some guy 18-20 being able to afford that on his own. Yes, there is some that actually can do it, but majority of people won't. First of all, I'll assume they should be in school getting a good education. They're not gonna be able to afford a nice car like that even if it was second hand, third handed, with a part time job on the weekend making like $10/hr. Even if they did it for 5 years. That might be enough to just pay for their insurance, let alone the actual car and gas.

On the other hand, there is some people that work since they were 16 doing part time jobs, working their ass off. And then blowing about 90%-100% of their money on a vehicle. And their parents didn't care and acutally let them do something so stupid like that.

Most of them are leases + Lots of parent's money.

:werd:

In Canada it is.

Toronto and Vancouver are the 2 major points of entry for immigrants.

Few things:

- Vancouver is a dense city, so you're going to notice more nice cars, it doesn't mean there are more nice cars. Key word is notice. If I go out in my parking lot there's only a handful of nice cars, most people drive reasonable cars.
- You're going to notice more nice cars in the West End/Vancouver West/West Van/North Van... cause well rich people live there or do business there.
- The average family income is less than other major cities, ~$60K. Ottawa's average family income is nearly $90K. Ottawa doesn't have many Lambos, yet doesn't have many car washes with 10 underpaid immigrants. Its all about what you notice.
- OT: For the "left" coast, Vancouver has a greater distinction between the rich/poor than any other Canadian city. Vancouver pretends to be a very left-leaning liberal city, yet its roots are conservative.

- Some cultures accept kids living at home longer. Our typical NA culture encourages kids to leave the nest at 18 and make it on their own, while Asian/Indian cultures encourage kids to stay home.
- If you live at home, make $60K, your take home is ~$3700/mn after taxes. You can easily afford a $1000/mn lease payment and have lots left over to mod it.

- Cars overseas are taxed much more than here (my $40K C230 is nearly $80K in parts of Asia/Europe). This makes justifying buying nicer cars easy for immigrants, they can buy twice the car with the same money.

- Some cultures (Asian/Indian) support the notion of giving their kids a great life inexchange the kids take care of their parents later on in life.
- Ever noiced many Asian/Indian parents work their butts off? 7 days a week, buying modest clothes, living modest lifestyles, ... so their kids can live well and they can take care of their parents.
- How many of these "rich" Asian/Indian families do you see the grandparents living in the same home? Many. Its easier to buy one big home, than 2 small homes.

It's all about how hard you work
whatever it is your doing

I <3 this quote. Investments. It's so simple it acutally makes it sound like getting rich is easy. Parallel to the statements like getting rich is as easy as stock buying and selling & real estate purchase and flip.

It rivals those "Get Rich Now" seminars that you see on TV. Unfortunately, life is a whole hell of a lot more complicated than that.

Disagree a little. Barring cases of exception, most people at that age are employed on entry-level jobs. Unfortunately, hardwork doesn't always equal luxury.

If these guys are full-time students and only work part time, the best they can achieve from scratch is a used car not exceeding $10k. If these guys drop school at an early age and just go full-time employment, they can achieve brand new mid-level cars from $15k - $30k at best.

Werd 100%. Got caught up in the lifestyle before too. Not a good lifestyle to live chasing other people's achievements instead of my own.

And trust me...

Driving an entry-level car like Yaris's/Corolla's/Civics but have your own place feels a lot better than driving high-end cars but live with your parents. And trust me, chicks usually dig the former too over the latter (well, except a certain kind of girls ;))

Vancouver has the highest percentage of $30K year millionaires! Really, to drive a nice car doesn't really take much.....$1000-$1500/lease can get you most high end cars. That doesn't mean you are rich, that just means any regular joe can look like a baller. If you own a very nice home in the Westside or the north shore...you can't fake that. I think Vancouver people rather show wealth beforing actually attaining it...what is the saying....."fake it until you make it".....I think you are better off living within your means....regardless........once you stop comparing yourself to others, life is allot smoother and nicer....be happy with what you got. Vancouver is an expensive city, but you really don't need allot of cash to live a great life in Vancouver.

great point, however...
once i reach financial freedom, and have tons of passive income, i wont need to 'stress' about money so much. the best things in life are the little things, but that doesnt mean the big things arent great too. once i have both, that'll be the best of both worlds.

we're talking about the 20 year olds that are driving crazy expensive cars
there is no way beside selling drugs and shit that you're gonna have the cash flow to purchase one of these cars

the parents could have inherited the money from their parents

we're just saying, kids these days are so spoiled by their parents even when they haven't done much in terms of work or school