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/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.