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My husband and I have five children.Our oldest child will turn sweet 16 next month and she wants a car for her birthday so my husband against our agreement NOT to buy our daughter a car,went out and brought her a Lexus Sc which cost $68,405.His excuse was that our daughter should get something special for her 16th birthday,our daughter doesn't know about the car yet. My husband is a construction worker and I am a hospital nurse so were not exactly rich like doctors,lawyers,etc.Plus we have two other cars one that I drive,and one that my husband drives that we're both still paying car payments for.Also my other children ages are right after my oldest who ages now are 14,13,12, and 11 years old and they're going to want their own a car also.So can I do? Any advice? I don't think we can afford this.
Also,I agree that my daughter should get something special for her 16th birthday,but I can't afford to pay for a car that $68,000.
Your husband either spent $68K of your joint assets or incurred an obligation to pay $1300+ per month for the next six years?
Assuming this is legit (and I admit that it's hard to believe that this actually happened) you have the right to be furious. It's a stupid move and incredibly irresponsible even if you just had the two of you and one child to think about. What does he plan to do as each of the younger kids turn 16? Buy them a Rolls? What does he plan to use to send them to college?
The only slight consolation is that you are not personally liable for the debt, but it will affect you for many years to come.
Yeah I agree with you, that's nuts....first thing you gotta do is make sure your daughter doesn't find out about it, then you gotta convince your husband to "undo" this somehow with the dealership....even if he has to eat the downpayment or whatever, 68k is just too much.....especially with 5 kids. What does he think you're gonna do with the rest of them? What about college? You can get a very nice used car for a fraction of that and really, for a first car that's what you want.
If none of that works....pray someone steals it and strips it!!
Or possibly this is one of those damned families in the lexus holiday commercials that give each other a lexus with a big red bow on it. I just want to vomit when I see those commercials. Rich bastards.
This isn't really even a car question. It's got a lot more to do with family relations than anything.
The reason I say it sounds like a troll post is on your very first post ever on this forum you post something that sounds completely outrageous as buying a 16 year old kid a $68k car. Generally....this is very troll-like.
This isn't really even a car question. It's got a lot more to do with family relations than anything.
The reason I say it sounds like a troll post is on your very first post ever on this forum you post something that sounds completely outrageous as buying a 16 year old kid a $68k car. Generally....this is very troll-like.
Okay,so I posted in the wrong category,I am allow to make mistake. And forgive me for being angry when my husband buys our daughter a car that costs over $60,000 when we're already struggling with money to feed our five children.
Your husband either spent $68K of your joint assets or incurred an obligation to pay $1300+ per month for the next six years?
Assuming this is legit (and I admit that it's hard to believe that this actually happened) you have the right to be furious. It's a stupid move and incredibly irresponsible even if you just had the two of you and one child to think about. What does he plan to do as each of the younger kids turn 16? Buy them a Rolls? What does he plan to use to send them to college?
The only slight consolation is that you are not personally liable for the debt, but it will affect you for many years to come.
Yeah,I don't think I should have to pay anything since I wasn't apart of the decision to buy our daughter this car,but it looks like I either have to get a second job,but I am going to try to return the car to the dealership.
OK. Assuming your husband really did this....he's got more money than sense. If your daughter does take ownership of this car it will likely be totaled or at least have severly deminished value in a relatively short period of time due to the fact that she has no idea how to take care of it. And if she's like many other rich kids I grew up with she will likely abuse it because she has no concept of the value of a dollar.
There it is.
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Not a "troll"
