Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
judge judy once made cuento,
"when i was in college, my dad didn't buy me a corvette or a bimmer or a pony car. he bought me a caddy! so there i was, driving a grandfather's car as my classmates zoomed past me in their sports cars. but dad said, 'if you get into an accident, i'd feel better, knowing you are wrapped and protected by a big metal box and not inside a small tincan of a car.' ".
Quote Originally Posted by ale828 View Post
switching from a sedan to a small SUV helped me get out of those situations.
In my day, our folks told us to be grateful to have even been given anything to drive, not because they couldn't afford to give us better; they simply believed that pampering their kids would eventually make them into weak willed adults ("lampa").

"Matuto kayong tumayo sa sarili nyong paa, at umayos ng problema sa buhay. Kung gusto nyo ng magandang sasakyan, bilisan nyo magaral and buy it yourselves!"