Becoming?
I did my drivers test on my 16th birthday, driving "my" 1960 VW bug. Dad gave me an interest free loan, but I had to pay 100% of the cost of the car, except insurance. I had paid dad $100 so I owned one 1/6th of the car. We all know insurance for a 16 boy year old is expensive. Dad picked that up. But he never paid one cent toward the upkeep of my car. Of course I could stop at Sarges' Services station just off base and have them fill er up, check the air pressure in the tires, wash the windshield, and check the oil and I was outraged the first time it cost over 2 bucks. A 10 gallon tank, and 20 cents per gallon. I stopped when I had to go to reserve to run. That was just a gallon so I usually needed 9 gallons. I remember 16 cents a gallon during the gas wars.
I could literally did through the couch cushions and find 50 cents, and have more than enough gas money to drive around on Friday night with buddy. 36 MPG and that massive 36 HP engine. And the 36 was rated at the flywheel, and when new. It had over 100,000 miles on it when I bought it. I drove it for three years, and bought a brand new 1973 Super Beetle for $$2,600 and paid that off in one year.