how old were you when you bought your first car out of your own money?

**galant E SS** · February 24th, 2011 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by uls

success story na pala ang buying a car

i thought a success story is like building a restaurant brand and selling majority stake to Jollibee for P3,000,000,000

Higher/highest level of success na po yang sa yo, nahilo tuloy ako sa digits na pinost mo.

**galant E SS** · February 24th, 2011 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by uls

success story na pala ang buying a car

i thought a success story is like building a restaurant brand and selling majority stake to Jollibee for P3,000,000,000

Higher/highest level of success na po yang sa yo, nahilo tuloy ako sa digits na pinost mo.

**oliver1013** · February 24th, 2011 04:37 PM

Or stealing some other guy's idea and building a better friendster and be worth $7B.

**miLes** · February 24th, 2011 04:51 PM

how about a bike?

my bikes worth a couple of second hand cars or a brandnew sub compact

**normanenoza** · February 24th, 2011 05:29 PM

bought my 2nd hand cefiro at age 26. engineer din at pinagpalang makapag trabaho sa isang japanese engineering firm.

**isa1023** · February 24th, 2011 05:52 PM

Bought a Starlet KP61 at age 23, but sold it after two months to buy a 323 Astina.

**vito corleone** · February 24th, 2011 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by oliver1013

Or stealing some other guy's idea and building a better friendster and be worth $7B.

or be lucky to hitch your computer program to an ibm computer where it became the de facto standard and constantly make you the richest man in the world for a certain period

**Gerbo** · February 24th, 2011 11:18 PM

success story na pala ang buying a car

Yes, esp. if paid from your own pocket. Cars are big ticket items. Owning one can be construed as achieving some kind of financial success.

"Poor" people do not buy cars.

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I do not have my own driven car while still in school but drove a 1993 red Corolla GLi (brand new given by my parents) while in residency training.

First car bought was a 2nd hand 1993 blue Corolla (another big body) at age 34 about 4 years into marriage.

First brand new car bought was a 2006 Crosswind at age 36 while anticipating the first addition to the family.

But technically, I do not own these cars--one was a gift, the 2 above mentioned cars are conjugal properties.

**jaymd** · February 25th, 2011 06:30 AM

Originally Posted by Cathy_for_you

I really admire those people who became financially independent and were able to make big purchases in their 20s. I can't figure out how some people do it. In my first job my officemates and I were even abunado with our salary. I couldn't even afford to pay for gas then.

I do hope someday I could afford to buy my own car or even better buy my parents a car

+1 ako dyan

**galant E SS** · February 27th, 2011 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by miLes

how about a bike?

my bikes worth a couple of second hand cars or a brandnew sub compact

BMW, Ducati or something po ba ang bikes mo?

I like bikes too. Ang binili pala sa akin ng father ko non e, yamaha crypton motor cycle, 10 years old na sya ngayon. During that time, I was 21 y.o. single, mas pang-chicks kasi nong time na yon dito sa amin yong motor bike kasi exposed ang kapogian ng driver.

i got married at an early age tuloy. until now, i'm still using it as alternative ride sa car ko. pang-rush and short distance trips lang.