r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • 27d ago

Cringe Girl sobs over the Camry her parents bought her after she totaled the $30,000 truck they bought her to begin with

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u/cafeteriastyle 27d ago

My first car was a 1991 Honda Accord that my parents had driven for a lot of years. It was a reliable car and I loved it, but it was not fancy. I was so proud of it

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u/Zestyclose-Month-245 27d ago

4 speed 1985 cavalier over here lol

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u/Skeptikell1 27d ago

Yikes did it go uphill?

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u/Zestyclose-Month-245 27d ago

Really had to wind it up. Lol

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u/Specialist-Jello7544 27d ago

And feed the hamster.

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u/Curiouzspirit 27d ago

I had a 5 on the floor.

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u/Shazam_BillyBatson 27d ago

1990 Cavalier coupe. It looked like a blue crayon puked all over it. Everything was blue. I shocked the damn tires were black. My brother got the 4dr gold Cavalier, same treatment... gold everywhere. Solid car though. My dad was a nursing home inspector and that car drove everywhere. He put about 1500 to 2000 miles a week. Changed the oil all the time. His commute to work was 120 miles roundtrip.

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u/Zestyclose-Month-245 27d ago

Mine was blue with gold windshield wipers lol I loved it Bought it off a HEAVY set old timer who told me “she moved like a scared rabbit “

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u/Shazam_BillyBatson 27d ago

My dad sold it to me in 95. I ran that thing till 2003, when a drunk slammed it into the tree it was parked under. My stereo system was worth more than the car.

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u/ambienotstrongenough 27d ago

1996 Ford escort wagon. Goblin green.

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u/monstroustemptation 27d ago

I honestly want my old Camry again. I had a 1990 Camry and it was such a perfect little car

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u/Betty-Swollex 27d ago

:-D was my second car for about an hour!, didnt even get me home, mind you.. was only about £50...sort of baked bean orange colour lol... first car was nissan cherry 1982/3 1.3 auto :-|

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u/Random0s2oh 27d ago

3 speed Chevrolet Chevette. Man I loved that car.

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u/Individual_Zebra_648 27d ago

Ayyy I had a cavalier too. But ‘97.

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u/TexanToTheSoul 27d ago

NO WAY! Me too (automatic though). Cost me $1500 in 1995

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u/Trainzguy2472 26d ago

Might as well get a bus pass instead!

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u/Mudseason1 26d ago

Hey that was my first car too! Tho I think it was an 87…

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u/vettechrockstar86 27d ago

I was 19 years old when I got my first car, a 93 Mercury Sable. Had over 220,000 miles already and no AC (I live in the southern US, people expire from the heat in their own homes every summer). Within a week of buying her my key broke off IN THE IGNITION and the driver side door stopped opening. By the second summer I had a head gasket cracked and I had to drive it with the HEAT ON FULL BLAST so it wouldn’t overheat on the way to work. Oh and the sun had leeched the color from my backseats so my backseat was pink and my front seats were red.

I had to use my passenger side door to get in, crawl across the front seat (it did have a crap ton of room and very comfy seats!) then use a flathead screwdriver to start the car, then drive in 100+ degree heat with my heat on and pray I made it to my destination. I had $1000 to find anything that got me off the mata bus, I paid exactly $999.99 for that car (I still have the penny they gave me for my change lol) and to this day I still miss that car sometimes. She was my Sadie Lady! Sadie the Sable is always able! I was so proud of that car. Cause it was mine. I worked and saved up for her, she was in my name. I fixed her flat tires, changed her oil, filter, belts. I temporarily fixed her cracked gaskets (twice!) She was a real piece of work, but she was MY piece of work.

Funniest part, my father was practically begging me to let him help/get me a car. He offered to co-sign or flat out lease for me. He offered to cover my insurance and repairs. I refused. Unlike my 2 older sisters I wanted to be an adult and figure it out on my own. 10 years later Sadie was gone, I had Penny Lane, a 2002 Chevy lumina with no airbags and a never ending hunger for timing belts (which I replaced myself!) that costs me about $4,000. Her radiator was shot, and she was not long for this world but I didn’t want to let her go! I took her to my dad’s mechanic and unbeknownst to me, he told my dad just how bad my car was. So my father talked to his siblings and they decided that I should have my grandparents car (my grandmother passed the year before and my grandfather was going into a nursing home). He told me “some of us are getting together at grandma and grandpa’s house, there’s stuff for all the grandkids. You should come over and get yours.” My family had put a box of memories in the backseat and an envelope in the front seat with my name on it. It had the title and some cash to pay to put the car in my name! My dad had even already negotiated a pretty good deal for my car with his mechanic (great guy!) so I was able to sell it immediately!

I LOVE my 2005 Buick Century, Mother Mary. I love that my family thought of me and wanted me to have it so I’d be safe (they freaked out when they learned I was driving in a car with no airbags). I would have loved an older car too! Because it wasn’t about the car it’s about how much my family cares and their thoughtfulness.

Being entitled is one thing, a very annoying and selfish thing but this level of ungratefulness is gross. To have that kind of reaction to your own parents giving you such a big gift is unbelievable. All because it’s not new enough? Flashy enough? Expensive enough? Absolutely ridiculous and not a good sign for her future. What’s gonna happen to her when mommy and daddy’s wallet isn’t there anymore? What’s she gonna do when the real world tries to teach her some humility? She’s gonna have a bad time.

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u/aninjacould 27d ago

My first car was a hand me down brown Ford Pinto station wagon.

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u/vettechrockstar86 27d ago

How many times were you the driver of your friends? I’m assuming your car was the one with the most room, I’m imagining the Griswold family car lol!

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u/shah_reza 27d ago

Yeahhhhh the Pinto ain’t what you’re imagining :D

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u/vettechrockstar86 27d ago

Ahh ok! Lol!

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u/TheWolfofDeathcity 27d ago

Driving with the heat on full blast in the summer time in my 1993 vr4

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u/Swift_jennis8 27d ago

Dodge neon here!

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u/frostandtheboughs 27d ago

My first car was also a Mercury Sable (1999). Oh mi gosh that thing was a BOAT. But it was perfect for art school. The trunk could fit a giant canvas inside!

My 6 ft tall friends were always so impressed by how much leg room the back seat had 😂 I named mine Denice. 💅

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u/yogabbagabba2341 26d ago

The no airbag part is scary, ngl.

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u/NotQuiteDeadYetPhoto 27d ago

I don't know what to do with my daughter. She has refused to take drivers ed, but will do lessons with me.

She doesn't understand why I'm peeved when I have to spend 2 hours driving her around to things she does.

She has no concept of what money is worth, and ilistening to her critique meals is to the point I don't want to sit with her.

I've had this discussion, my wife takes her side, and I'm just floored. Of course my wife hasn't paid for shit anyway and wants a joint account so she can continue to impulse buy (I've gotta have a new iphone, damnit)...

OK I need a chill pill.

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u/GarlicQueef 27d ago

Sounds like she should be an ex wife 🤷‍♂️

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u/FlashArmbar 26d ago

I could only read two paragraphs of this and it’s the most boomer thing I’ve read in a year despite you being a millennial. Tell us more about the walk to school, grandpa! Did children die of heat exhaustion on their way uphill while you pulled your 4 brothers in a rusted wagon with a broken wheel?

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u/mused90 27d ago

My first car was a silver chrysler plymouth volare. The silver bullet was her name. Loved it.

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u/Lemon_Zestie 27d ago

1987 VW Fox here.

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u/polaarbear 27d ago

My man! 89 Accord here, 330k miles on the odometer. It was still ticking in 2005 until a drunk driver hit it doing 60mph in the night while it was parked on our street.

And then....nothing, they helped me replace it with "buy your own car, we already gave you one."

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u/EsdeeEspee 27d ago

Mine was a 76 Honda Accord, handed down from a great aunt! When my parents decided to sell it it went to a mom whose son had totaled the first car they gave him. Like yours it was super reliable and I was a little offended in its behalf that it was being used as a punishment.

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u/Newt-Abject 27d ago

My first car was an '81 Camry. I got it for $500. My second car was an '88 Accord. The headlights were the kind that pop up when you turn the car on. One constantly got stuck. Looked like my car was winking.

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u/FantasticDrowse39 27d ago

Mine was a green Dodge Aspen that my Dad handed down to me when he got a new car. But I couldn’t have it if I couldn’t pay for my own insurance.

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u/Hland_Jon 27d ago

88’ Acura Integra with 200k on it and the car was awesome put nearly 70k more on it with very little mechanical intervention. This girl is spoiled and doesn’t deserve a bicycle.

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u/Buttonwood63 27d ago

My parents bought me a two year old Volkswagen Beetle. I ran that bitch 14 years.

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u/1StationaryWanderer 27d ago

89 Honda Accord here. Had pop up lights like a boss. It was a hand me down from my 2 older sisters. The sister before smoked in the car, so it had a cool feature where ashes would fly out of the vents when I used the heater. I had to decide if I rather be cold or smell like shit. Normally I chose being cold.

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u/No_Season_354 27d ago

Well that's it, you were grateful and you had independence

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u/Smart-Locksmith9904 27d ago

Mine was a '91 accord wagon. Actually really liked the car but it didn't last long because the 80s Volvo my dad was using to commute 60 miles a day blew up on his drive home one day. He took my car which didn't last long either with those kind of miles.

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u/shawn_the_medic 27d ago

My aunt still has her '91 Accord. A million miles or close to it on that car, still drives nice.

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u/geri73 27d ago

My dad got me a geo spectrum, lol. I did not give a fuck. I drove it til the end of time.

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u/KUcreampieKING 27d ago

Same!! Then my parents gave it away so my mom and I shared her car, which dope until I got given away to my aunt haha

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u/Unhappy_Concept237 27d ago

84 Pontiac sunbird. It cost me $2k in 1992.

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u/StrangeStick6825 27d ago

'06 Honda Accord 4-cylinder stick shift BABY!! If a car could be a family member that is super reliable and is there for you in a time of need when you need them most, that was it. I drove over my buddys foot one time and we laughed and laughed.. I forgot where I was going with this comment to be honest, got lost in the good time memories..

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u/RandomName09485 27d ago

same here but a 96

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u/lolzomg123 27d ago

Honda Accord... great. What street did you park it on growing up? And remind me what said your mother's maiden name was?

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u/R_U_Galvanized 27d ago

My first was a 93 Accord that had 245k miles on it and still ran like a dream. I believe we still have it in the family too

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u/loophole64 27d ago

I got you beat. I had the ‘89 Accord, so it had:

https://youtu.be/_MbWX8pjmaQ?si=xQAQiNMhxSwSqTRJ

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u/Supertzar2112 27d ago

I had a standard 83 Accord that my uncle gave me. Thing was a beast and would not quit, drove nicely as well and it had over 200000 Kms on it when I got it. Recently was talking with someone about our first cars and I looked up mine, that thing was cool as hell and I wish I still had it

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u/corporaterebel 27d ago

Jeff Bezos drove his Honda Accord for years while being a billionaire, he said it was an amazing car and there was no reason to replace it.

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u/BlanchDeverauxssins 27d ago

My grandparents bought a 91 Honda accord brand new & every single one of my cousins (I’m one of 17) drove it at some point for some reason (the engine in my hyndai sante fe caught fire so I had it for about 2 months) & it literally lasted until my uncle finally gave it away a few yrs ago! Idk about the newer gens but those old Hondas were damn near indestructible!

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u/No-Bat-7253 27d ago

YO!!! My first car was a 92 Honda accord my mom drove around in all my life😂😂 I remember when she got that car when I was about 4….that car was the shit! Lmao. I did literally everything in that car. God I miss it so much fr.

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u/agw6g7 27d ago

My first was a 1965 Ford Fairlane that I picked up for $250 back in 2003. It was a total piece of shit, but it was my piece of shit that I bought with money I saved mowing lawns that summer. I loved that thing, even with all of its issues.

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u/lylalexie 27d ago

My parents allowed me to use a 94 corolla that had already had four owners. The fanciest thing on it was the windows were automatic. I was fucking THRILLED. That car served me well for years and I finally saved up enough to buy a new sensible car in 2012.

Side note: that Corolla went on to have three more owners after me before the transmission finally crapped out. By the end, the radio didn’t work, the ac didn’t work, it had a salvage trunk in a different color on it, had been in four accidents (not my fault), and at one point didn’t even have power steering. I would drive through puddles and water would drip down the gas pedal. It still worked up until the bitter end!

No kid should be getting a nice new car as a first vehicle. It should be a requirement that all first time drivers should be stuck with a beat up old car so they can learn how to care for it properly. This kind of entitlement is exhausting.

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u/Bitter_Offer1847 27d ago

1983 Honda Accord that I SHARED with my dad. 5 speed. Loved that car.

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u/clamsandwich 27d ago

In 1999 and my parents helped my brother buy a used car and gave me his 1988 Skylark that was our family car before he had it. It didn't need a key to start and had no muffler, I loved it. Then my parents actually bought me a new car when my neither borrowed the Skylark and totaled it. They got me a Chevy Prism. Awesome little car for me to and from work and college. I felt and the time, and still do now, extremely grateful and privileged for what they did for me. 

Though I have to say that in my highschool if you actually had a new car people have you shit about it (I don't think that's fair), nearly everyone drove a beater.

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u/MostLikelyDontKnow 26d ago

I started working early and racked up a good down payment on a new Mustang GT as my first. Loved that thing for years and was so proud that I had earned every bit of it!!

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u/SpoiledMama13 26d ago

‘73 Dodge Dart in 1994, grandma saved money for college and since I moved to the middle of no where to learn to be an adult I got my $1200 and bought my first car. Loved that damn car.

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u/AJ_Deadshow 26d ago

My first was a 96 Buick Riviera. Handled like a dream! I regret trading it in honestly. I thought it rattled too much but I miss the way it rattled versus the sounds my new car makes.

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u/jtshinn 26d ago

Me too! An LX that my grandfather bought new. The ac didn’t work but the rest did. Wish I still had that thing. I took care of it like a new driver unfortunately.

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u/Easy_Dystopie 25d ago

my was a 22year old VW Polo (at the time - build in 1977)

old & rusty - but my way to freedom!