Is a light blue 2010 mercury mariner a lame car for a 16 year old who rides motocross? Is it a old people car? Honest opinions no be happy with what you get. Please and thanks

Edited by Carter2, 06 June 2012 - 07:01 AM.

any car for a 16yr old is not lame. Vanity is a feminine thing, get over it quick

Slackkinhard, on 06 June 2012 - 07:08 AM, said:

my friend got this car and I was just giving him shit about how it's a grandpa car and he just thinks that I'm hating on him because I always mess with him but it really is something you see old people driving lol

And the thing is though it's a chick color

It's a 2010 all-wheel drive, 4-door SUV...I can't imagine complaining in the slightest. I'd have my girlfriend in that thing in a heartbeat, pull a small trailer with bikes.

The Mercury line is just a more 'pimped' version of the Ford, in this case the Escape.

No.

It is only lame to the person whom has no car at all, and has to envy/talk down someone else's car.

cheers
dangerous dave

A 16 year old with a 2010 Mercury Mariner/Ford Escape is doing pretty good I'd think.

dangerous dave97, on 06 June 2012 - 08:54 AM, said:

I have a 08 impala and I get a 09 or newer silverado with whatever I want in it next year I don't care what other people have either I just think its an old people car but I have to admit the Microsoft sinc is awesome iPhone hooks right up

Carter2, on 06 June 2012 - 11:08 AM, said:

Do you get all the bills that go with the car too? When I was sixteen I owned my own car bought with my money. I also got to pay all the taxes, tags, insurance, fuel and repair bills as well.
Or are mommy and daddy paying?

cheers
dangerous dave

dangerous dave97, on 06 June 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:

Yes mommy and daddy/grandma and grandpa are obviously paying. I wish more kids lived a more realistic life. I'm 17, for two years when I was 15 through 16 I worked 4 days a week, twelve hours a day on a farm, not dads farm either so NO special treatment. I got two half hour breaks and then I'd ride my bike 7 miles home at the end of the day. I saved and bought a 99 stratus which I sadly totaled (lol serious story is now funny...). But I paid all the bills, the tax, registration and plates. Gas. Parts for repairs I could do myself and I paid the mechanic to do what I couldn't out of my VERY HARD earned money. Now I have my dr350 which I bought with my own money and Paying for oil, live, has, insurance, registration and plates, literally everything. I wasn't allowed to get a phone till I could pay for it myself. I don't want to make this all about pride, but a LOT of the time on the Internet all the teens and young adults like these kids make me feel very, very manly, and real. I haven't had life handed to me and I'm glad I didn't. I have a new job now as in IT for a local ad/paper business, and I work at Walmart in the evenings.

So go and complain about the cars your parents bought you, while I go back to work, like a man should.

Jhawins

Yes, it's super lame, give it to me.

Any car is better than no car. So, you lose.

Carter2, on 06 June 2012 - 11:08 AM, said:

An 08 Impala...I sure have seen a lot of middle aged women and old people driving those...

Monster Energy and Fox stickers on the back windshield should unlamify said ride. Seriously though, making fun of a buddy's vehicle is what is lame. I'm nearly 44 and drive a 10 year old GMC Envoy with well of 200K miles. While I would not personally care for a Ford product, I would love to have something a little newer.

Slackkinhard, on 06 June 2012 - 07:08 AM, said:

Preach it brother!! Any car is better then walking...let your friends know that too.

I see hate on and be hated on. Ha but does it make it ok if he is one of those very wealthy kids that get everything handed to them I mean I get things a lot I'm spoiled a shitload but I have a 3.9 gpa and I have to keep it I mean his dad has over 16 motorcycles including multiple superbikes and he has two porshes racing ones an ac cobra an excursion bank power edition a ford explorer a ford flex a ford tarus sho with a turbo a Mercedes convertible a jeep Cherokee and a ford fiesta he bought a ktm300 an put like 3 grand in it has rode it once and I &%$#@!ing live in Ann arbor everybody has dough around here there is jaguars and Lexus in the student parking lots the point is compared to all the other cars driven by student it his is like a grandpa car I think it's the color though black would be better

Edited by Carter2, 06 June 2012 - 06:47 PM.

Carter2, on 06 June 2012 - 06:46 PM, said:

Ok, now I agree. He's being a knappy dugout

How is his 2010 Mariner any more of a grandpa car than your 2008 Impala?

My usual daily driver is a 97 Buick LeSabre. THAT'S a grandpa car.

Carter2, on 06 June 2012 - 06:46 PM, said:

3.9 gpa and THAT is how you type? You just made that entire post out of 1 sentence and then a giant run-along with no punctuation. Normally I don't pick at grammar or spelling, because I don't care. But you brought up your gpa which isn't showing here at all!

I'd rather have a mariner than an impala, if they were both pink I'd pick the mariner. So your car is the "grandpa car" here. I hate people who basically brag about they're "dough" as you put it. I honestly feel good about myself after reading how you and your buddy's live. I wouldn't want any part in that. I have always, and will always live between corn fields (aside from college), and I'm proud of that. I will always work my ass off, and I'm very proud of that.

I feel sorry for you.

You can be wealthy and still be realistic, I have plenty of very wealthy friends. Some of them live like snobs, and some of them live like a man should, but they don't have to. They can have anything they want from they're parents, they don't need to work whatsoever, and yet they still work, all the time. Even though it makes no difference for them whatsoever. Men should work, bottom line. Call me conservative, ignorant or anything else you can think of, but who will you ask to build your barns? Or fix your cars and SUVs? You'll ask the real men who take the time and effort to do things for themself instead of just relying on someone else. But the world couldn't function without people like you... Because otherwise we wouldn't make any money doing your petty repairs and projects for 4x the money it take to do it yourself. Without you the real men would be out of a job, but we would survive by our own means. Without us where would you be?

Edited by Jhawins, 07 June 2012 - 02:54 PM.

Jhawins, on 07 June 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

Well I must admit that grammar is most definetly not my best, nor my favorite subject. English is the only subject I have a A- in. That's a moot point though. How I type on an internet forum has nothing to do with my GPA. Just to clear things up in not one of those rich kids that gets whatever he wants, and the only time that I pay someone to work on anything is when I do not have the tools to do it myself. I won't take my car to a shop for an oil change or brakes that's a waste of money I can use to put into my bikes. I mean yes I get everything I want but everything my parents would hire somebody to do I do it instead. Also I hate the big city, detest it. I would much rather be out in the middle of nowhere in some woods hunting, riding, or whatever there is to do. My parents won't get me everything I want either I have to buy some of my own stuff and I have to contribute at least a thousand when I get a new motocross bike, and no I didn't earn it from my parents I worked for it elsewhere. There is also no way I could think your ignorant I agree with most of what you are saying.......wad ma gramerrr duh goods enoof er do I ned ta edet it.