20-06-14, 08:50 AM
I can understand your frustration however.....
You have several options:-
1 Scrap Peugeot & let parents pay (loan?) for another car.
2 Repair Peugeot as cheaply as possible----instead of bemoaning your "situation" have you considered asking your fellow "foccers" for help with time/tools/expertise?
3 Put Fazer back on road against parents wishes..but ask yourself how much it will cost to do this including finishing off/MOT/Insurance/Tax
4 Buy cheap 125 motorcycle to commute the 20 miles each way to work.
I am not unsympathetic to your predicament but while you remain financially dependent on parents you may well decide to go along with their wishes rather than alienate them.
Life is sometimes tough Christo but if you can stop seeing yourself as some kind of victim of circumstance you will find theres a solution to your problem.
How long til you qualify/start earning your own money?
Many of us have had to struggle to achieve bike ownership-youd have a good laugh if you saw what i ran at 20 & no I didnt own a car til I was 23.
I live in Birmingham close to the University & during term time the local streets are full of cars that students bring(all paid for by bank of Mum & Dad!).
Now why would anyone need a car in Brum? with frequent trains/buses-its a sore point with many locals who struggle to find a parking space anywhere near their house.
Try and take the long view-you will be a qualified engineer-which would have been much harder to achieve without the support of your family who no doubt love you and dont want to see you injured or worse. You have to accept the fact that many people see bikes as dangerous.
You have several options:-
1 Scrap Peugeot & let parents pay (loan?) for another car.
2 Repair Peugeot as cheaply as possible----instead of bemoaning your "situation" have you considered asking your fellow "foccers" for help with time/tools/expertise?
3 Put Fazer back on road against parents wishes..but ask yourself how much it will cost to do this including finishing off/MOT/Insurance/Tax
4 Buy cheap 125 motorcycle to commute the 20 miles each way to work.
I am not unsympathetic to your predicament but while you remain financially dependent on parents you may well decide to go along with their wishes rather than alienate them.
Life is sometimes tough Christo but if you can stop seeing yourself as some kind of victim of circumstance you will find theres a solution to your problem.
How long til you qualify/start earning your own money?
Many of us have had to struggle to achieve bike ownership-youd have a good laugh if you saw what i ran at 20 & no I didnt own a car til I was 23.
I live in Birmingham close to the University & during term time the local streets are full of cars that students bring(all paid for by bank of Mum & Dad!).
Now why would anyone need a car in Brum? with frequent trains/buses-its a sore point with many locals who struggle to find a parking space anywhere near their house.
Try and take the long view-you will be a qualified engineer-which would have been much harder to achieve without the support of your family who no doubt love you and dont want to see you injured or worse. You have to accept the fact that many people see bikes as dangerous.