At 12 my dad bought me a brand new Honda XR100. it was 2400 back then, and while paying for all my hockey **** i knew how hard he works, it meant a lot. i use to ride it for 3 hours and then be in the basement with a toothbrush cleaning it. 2 years later i sold it for 1800, gave 600 to my rents and bought my second dirtbike (Rt180) for 1200. They paid thousands a year traveling and equipment for hockey. They gave me my first car (93infiniti J30T, unreal first car) and still to this day they pay for my insurance and about half my gas. Im still a broke ass college kid playing D1 hockey at the age of 23. But i worked my ass off for 3 months working 13+hours a day landscaping at 10 bucks an hour when i was 19 to buy my car. I have paid for every upgrade i have done to it. BUt it pisses me off when i drive around campus and kids have brand new M3's, range rovers, MB's...and have a 500$ a week allowance. **** i get 40 bucks a week and am grateful. these kids btich non stop about everything.