Comments on: "Without asking, my grandfather just bought me a car." http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/2009/11/without-asking-my-grandfather-just/ Where Financial Nerds are Cool Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:27:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J. Money http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/2009/11/without-asking-my-grandfather-just/#comment-6459 J. Money Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:27:03 +0000 http://budgetsaresexy.com/2009/11/without-asking-my-grandfather-just-bought-me-a-car/#comment-6459 Oh man, I wish all the comments from before were still here! (lost 'em when went from blogger to wordpress). She ended up accepting the car and everything worked out great in the end :) Can't remember what she did w/ the budgeted money, but there was def. a happy ending... glad you got something out of it too Leslie! Oh man, I wish all the comments from before were still here! (lost ‘em when went from blogger to wordpress). She ended up accepting the car and everything worked out great in the end :) Can’t remember what she did w/ the budgeted money, but there was def. a happy ending… glad you got something out of it too Leslie!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/2009/11/without-asking-my-grandfather-just/#comment-6441 Leslie Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:16:37 +0000 http://budgetsaresexy.com/2009/11/without-asking-my-grandfather-just-bought-me-a-car/#comment-6441 I advise to accept it and pay him the $2,500 you had budgeted. Your grandfather wants to help you and probably feels very good that 1) he is able to help you out of a dire situation, 2) you now have a nicer car that you (and he) will feel safer in. Accepting this gift does not make you weak. If you flat out do not like the car or think it will be too expensive to repair down the road, trade it in and downgrade in a year. On a more personal note, this situation has given me excellent perspective since I was actually considering buying my dad a newer car. The car he drives now is old, breaks down often and is just a money pit. Also, I feel that it is unsafe and get very nervous if he drives long distances in it. Giving him a newer car would put my mind at ease. However, I hadn't quite thought through how he would feel about accepting such a gift. Thanks, Brandi, for showing me the other side. Good luck! I advise to accept it and pay him the $2,500 you had budgeted. Your grandfather wants to help you and probably feels very good that 1) he is able to help you out of a dire situation, 2) you now have a nicer car that you (and he) will feel safer in. Accepting this gift does not make you weak. If you flat out do not like the car or think it will be too expensive to repair down the road, trade it in and downgrade in a year.

On a more personal note, this situation has given me excellent perspective since I was actually considering buying my dad a newer car. The car he drives now is old, breaks down often and is just a money pit. Also, I feel that it is unsafe and get very nervous if he drives long distances in it. Giving him a newer car would put my mind at ease. However, I hadn’t quite thought through how he would feel about accepting such a gift. Thanks, Brandi, for showing me the other side. Good luck!

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