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[-] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Why would you want to buy a vehicle just because your kid likes it?

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

My life revolves around my kid. So ya. If it makes him happy to be in a car he loves and it fits the families needs, then why wouldn't I?

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

...because you're an adult who sees the bigger picture and don't have the lens of an 8 year old, but the focus of a man who's lived a few odd but hopefully even years?

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I'm an adult that will do anything to make my kid happy. Maybe you don't understand that is the bigger picture.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hotwheels is a thing.

I wanted a Ferrari growing up, dad had sense.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Well, not everyone can afford a Ferrari. I can afford a Cybertruck.

If my kid loved a Ferrari and I was in a position to buy it. Best believe I'm buying one.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Buy a real car, then weld some sheet metal panels to it. It will be 10x safer for your kid and they won't know the difference.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Step 1: Buy metal. Step 2: learn to weld. Step 3: nahhhh.

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

If he has to get a vehicle why not one his kid likes? What vehicle choice criteria do you find acceptable?

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Safety, efficiency, and price.

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Probably utility and price?

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

If my parents had bought a car I thought was cool back in the 90s it would have been Sgt. Slaughters Warthog from GI Joe or a Dodge Viper.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Duuuuuuuude if my dad bought a Viper, I would have diiiiiiiied.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Because it's a fucking Cybertruck lol... In nearly any other situation, I would say you're right. Take the kid's choice into consideration, but then maybe ask if they have a second favorite car.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

His answer is no. I asked him why he loves it. He loves that it's different from anything on the road. Since he has a rare disorder, he feels that he is also different. He can relate to the car more. Can't argue with that.

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