What would you do......
 

I will be soon shopping for a 4 door sedan and with in couple of years i plan on buying another Porsche,most likely a 996 TT/GT2..
Now the problem is,ever since i sold my Supra TT ( almost a year ago) my son who is 3-1/2 yrs old still is longing for that car.I mean all he buys is Supra toy cars and swear to GOD when i take him to the car shows all he keeps asking me is....Daddy is there any Supra here :(
I know it sounds very childish but would you guys ever consider buying a car just for your kid...I do have friends with Supras so he is able to get rides n that car but there's something about that car that he keeps asking for more and more...
ANY SUGGESTIONS....Please don't be laughing @ me i am very serious...

So, you want to teach your 3 1/2 year old son that he can make you buy anything he wants, including a car that is not the one you really need. Sure, knock yourself out. In a few years, you will have a perfectly spoiled brat...I would not even consider it.

Aurel

dissenting opinion
 

the kid isn't old enough yet to realize he's being spoiled. It could've been a Nissan Sentra he attached to, if you were into that. It's nice that he's got a common bond with you. He knows daddy likes Supras..

depends on how easy is it to obtain another one. Either that or hook him on that 996..

Could be a favorite subject when he's old enough to drive or have kids of his own..

rjp

+1 for Randy's comments

No, I wouldn't buy another one just because the kid is obsessed. He'll get over it. He's only 3. He'll have many, many more obsessions over the year, some healthy, some probably not.

Re: dissenting opinion
 

Sure, I've never seen a <5 year old that was spoiled. :rolleyeys:

I agree...cultivate yours sons interest in the car if you must. Then let him know he can buy his own in a decade plus.

Just got back from MD where we happened to attend a car show and sure enough there was a white Supra in attendance :) Before he spotted the supra we had looked at bright yellow & a bright red Viper,a yellow newer ZO6,black Shelby cobra replica,few camaroes,few hot rods,various color Mitsu evos and lotuses but no excitement until he saw the white Supra.
I wish i had a camera to capture the look on his face when he saw the Supra.The funny part was,when he told my friends 10 year old daughter that this was a white Supra and that he loves supra..It seems like his world revolves around Supras...
Anyway i appreciate all the responses so far and i also agree that it would not be too wise to give in and buy a Supra.However i still think sooner or later depending on his persistence i might actually buy one and keep it for him for i know that the Supra has left a long lasting impression on him..don't forget he was little over 2 when i sold the car and he is now 3-1/2 and he still remembers it :eek:

my son cried when we traded the Prelude for the wife's Audi. He wanted to drive by the lot to take one last look. I think he was 3 or 4. Now at 9 he doesn't even know what a Prelude is. He knows the sound of a flat 6 though without even looking.

Besides, buy a Toyota "for the kid"? Is child abuse legal in Kentucky?

Re: What would you do......
 

People do it ALL the time. I did it Monday. I'll give you a hint, it's not the Targa in the background. :)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1152498293.jpg

Man this thing fills up the garage. Last time I bring it in here, I swear.

Re: What would you do......
 

Not at 3 1/2.

Buy the 996TT. He'll grow up appreciating what a real car is - not some flash-in-the-pan fad.

Just tell him flat-out: "I sold the supra and bought a 996TT because the Porsche is faster and better" :D Even if it wasn't true, you'd still get the "wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" effect

Lesson #1 with kids, you train the kid, don't let the kid train you. He's 3-1/2 for Christ's sakes.

Re: Re: What would you do......
 

I have to second that...You cannot let the inmates run the asylum.

:D

Show him some video of the 996 laying the smack down on a Supra, show him the superiority of German enginneering...Brainwash his little mind with overwhelming fire-power.

My dad tried to by my interest and love with cars and motorcycles and all kinds of various bull. Here's an idea: instead of trying to win his attention and love by owning the things he likes and wants, try being a father of integrity, a living example of how to be man.

My little girl (well when she was 6) used to love riding in my Jeep Wrangler with the top down,.

When I got the 911, she cried because she thought I was going to get rid the Jeep, so I took her for a drive down PCH in the 911 at sunset time. That put a huge smile on her face.



(for the record, I kept them both)

Re: What would you do......
 

Are you interested in adoption?:D

he'll come to love whatever car daddy buys..
ryan