Me buying a bike has annoyed the 'rents.

[DRZ4Hunned]

Hi,

I've recently passed my A2 and I've been looking for a bike for a few months with the intention of purchasing the right bike when I find it. I've found a reasonable bike that's nearly £2k.

I'm 19 and live with my parents, they charge me nothing to live with them so I try and keep them happy. I work 1 day a week and go to college for the other 4.

I've managed to be relatively good at saving my money for years, now I feel like I want to invest/ enjoy my savings a little and buy the bike I've found. I've already bought a car that I currently use so their excuse is I'm wasting my money on something that isn't a necessity. They want me to save for a deposit on a house.

This has lead to a bit of an argument and I wanted to ask you guys if what I'm doing sounds unreasonable to you?

[-Matt-]

If you will enjoy it, get it

You're 19; spend some time and money having fun and trying things before rushing to save a deposit and getting buried under a mortgage

Fairly decent of them to let you stay there for free though, so maybe come up with some good justification to appease them something about paying a little extra for a 'safe and reliable' bike and it being a good investment - saving lots of travel time you can productively spend on other things. And how it will 'pay for itself eventually' with reduced fuel/parking expenses over the years

[Tracey Suntan-King]

From their perspective, you've bought yourself another (and this time they think, dangerous) toy while living in their house at their expense. No wonder they're pissed off.

Not only that, you've now extended the time you're going to continue to live with them (rent free). This has pissed them off too.

They obviously want to see you securely settled in your own place for your sake and theirs too.

The onus here is on you to be clear what your priorities are and stop taking advantage of them.

Oh yes and grow up.

Is your name Kevin (the teenager) Patterson by any chance?
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[-Matt-]

At the end of the day - its hardly like you're burning 2k that could go on a house deposit - the bikes going to probably hold the majority of its value if you don't slide it down the road / insurance isn't horrific. If and when you need a deposit - sell bike - spend money.

With house prices at the moment and your age, you're not realisitically going to get a mortgage particularly soon I imagine - why go for years without a bike just to have some money sat in a bank doing nothing.

If its just about money surely the bikes a lot cheaper to run and insure than the car anyway, so it would be financially sensible to sell the car and get a bike ?

[Suntan Sid]

You're parents are subsidising your sisters housing empire, they sound like pushovers!
Why do you need their approval, moral or otherwise?
Buy bike, ride bike, enjoy YOUR life, it's for living, as the saying goes!
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[iginge]

Typical situation;

Young lad wants a motorbike, parents try to over rule and disagree.

Even when I had saved up the entire amount to purchase my 125cc from the dealership brand new my father tried to tell me it still wasn't happening, then when I turned up to his work place suddenly him and his work mates liked the bike and started talking all about them.

It's your money and your choice.. as long as you can afford other things like the service costs, insurance, fuel etc then you have no issue..

IMO; £2,000 for a A2 bike is reasonable, can get plenty of choices for that, my estimated is just below that when I take my A2 and hunt for bikes, with a "Suzuki GSF Bandit" being my current bike to aim for.

You already have a car so there is a "if.. " and a "but..", honestly it depends on in you're comfortable spending a huge amount of money on a bike and how much use your going to get out of it, at the moment I'd say wait.. just because of the snow etc.

Get a bike when the weathers passed (or store it in a garage as SORN).

I wouldn't stop going on about how much I wanted my own bike and now I've got one I see it as a suitable, appropriate, mature investment.

+ House/flat prices aren't getting cheaper anytime soon, you're ready to move out when you can afford, without flat sharing most people can't afford it until they're 20-30 (and that's with a mortgage).

[Tracey Suntan-King]

I hadn't read your second post or your replies when I posted.

I have an entirely different view having read what you said. Although your parents do sound as though they're very supportive as long as they approve of what their offspring do, particularly in respect of your sister!

Go ahead, enjoy. Just don't fall off/crash it or you'll have to put up with them saying " Told you so."
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[Ste]

[DRZ4Hunned]

[Ste]

There will always be another bike that's a good deal.

Selling your 125 first could be a good way of getting your parents more on your side.

If you get an apprenticeship nearby then you're going to want to still be in their good books if you want to live rent free.

Do you need the car as well as a bike?

[DRZ4Hunned]

[Pigeon]

Sell the car. Not only is the bike now a necessity, but you've increased your savings and therefore decreased the time you will be living with your parents.

Simples

[andyscooter]

Fuck em

Fuck everybody


Fuck it ran out of wine
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[Ariel Badger]

You only work one day a week and can afford a car and a bike with tax and insurance! Just how many sailors do you have to suck off to pay for that lot?
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[Ste]

Do you pay for running the car and your 125 from your wages or from your savings?

[DRZ4Hunned]

[andyscooter]

[ScaredyCat]

It's easier to get forgiveness than it is permission.


Your parents will forgive you in time.


Buy the bike.
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[Ste]

Fuck college or doing an apprenticeship, whatever the job you're doing for one day a week pays loads so do that for five days a week.

[Rogerborg]

You are spoilt and self-indulgent.

I say this not judgementally, just so that you can make your decision based on the facts.
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[Polarbear]

[alexknight200...]

I am making an assumption here, but I would say that at 19 your college course will be finished this year.

Hopefully you have some concrete plans on what you are going to do when that is finished in regards to a full time job??

Once this has been achieved you will be in a better situation to make decisions about where you live, be that at your parents house or in your own accommodation.

Either way it is getting to that time where you should be paying your way in life.

I'm not even going to comment about your sister!

As to having a car and two bikes on £50 a week. I suspect something has to give, so get arse into gear and sell the 125, enjoy the bike and get some decent grades in your college course.

Communicate with mum and dad your plans and that will help the situation.
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