let me start with: great job on the grades!!!!!!!!!!!you deserved them!!!!!!!!! just keep it up!!!!!!!!!
As with brian's comment, what you need to do is put your priorities in order and study hard so you will not become a loser like so many these days.
Why is it that you will get good grades for a new quad but you will not get good grades for your own future and your family's future? i know at your age this may sound silly, but when you get older, your life will be busier and you may not have enough time for a education that you would like!

Also, cut your Dad some slack, he only wants what's best for you , like any parent!
Parenting is by far the hardest job!

 

I got a free trip to Dairy Queen when I got A's. That was a helluva treat, I thought.

 

Congrats man, you're gonna love the EX!!

I noticed a lot of people here seem to be dissing the old man, for not following though on his deal, but maybe they don't have the whole story. It isn't easy for some people (financially) that are already supporting a family to simply go cut a $6000 check for a new quad, or even go out and get a $6000 loan for one.

Some kids are lucky enough to have parents that can buy anything they ask for at any given moment.. I know I wasn't one of those kids, but I also know my parents did everything they could to make me as happy as possible. My dad didn't buy my 400EX, but he did help me out as much as he could in paying for it, and that's more than I could ever ask for. He doesn't owe me anything... in fact, I owe him more than I could ever pay back. But he is still happy to help me out anytime.

Anyways, maybe this doesn't apply to you, but I think it needed to be said. I don't see how anyone could be upset at their parents (who spent 18 years supporting, raising , and loving you) for not buying a $6000 toy for you. BTW, when I say 'you', I don't mean you, quadamaniac, I just mean you, the people dissing quadamaniac's pop.

/end rant

 

"I yelled for about an hour "

"...looked at him in the eye, and told him that I will still by one with the 4000 dollars(and more coming) I have been saving and that he couldnt do crap about it"

Wow. I sure am glad that I don't have you for a son. I am not saying that your father handled the situation correctly but ...

You have to be paid/bribed to achieve/work hard? It is time for you to take a long hard look in the mirror and decide if you really like what you see.

I would suggest that with that attitude you have a long rocky road in front of you.

Just my $.02 worth.

Temp

 

Good job on the grades! Like what was said before is true. I doubt your Dad thought you could pull it off. Brian said it all. I'd be willing to bet you have backed out on "deals" with your Dad and he's pardoned you because he loves you. You may want to show some maturity and do the same. As it was said before, you have 2 Polaris' to ride and your Dad will sell them to HELP you get a 400ex. If you had gotten straight A's already, he may have bought you one anyway.

The thing is you set a president. You can get straight A's. Do yourself a big favor and continue to do so. You can wake up tomorrow with nothing but the clothes on your back, but nobody can ever take away what you know or can do.

Don't let material things dictate how hard you work. Personal satisfaction, true desire, and ambition are very apparent. So is laziness. You are not what you have, you are what you do and are evaluated accordingly.

Good Luck,

Rachel

 

i agree with both sides, but some people are complaining about him having two polaris quads and wanting another well i am not saying that it isn't good enough but (and i am guessing that they are automatics because most polaris's are) automatic quads get really boring and he paid for 4000 dollars of it so i think that is worth something.

 

boring as an auto tranny might be it is way better than nothing at all. My dad would have sold the Auto trannies and left me with notihng if i yelled for an hour , and he should have. you know i am not a parent but i see parents take great pride in providing for there children and to hear it is not good enough must cut very deep. I was apreciative of what ever my dad bought me.

 

I know what its like to have parents back out of a deal.

My parents told me they were going to let me go down and buy any ATV i wanted for less than 5500

I was like..heck! banshee! But then when i sold my blaster, They backed out.

I was mad. So they got me a used 300ex, that has done nothing but break.

So i made a deal with my grandpa. And tonight he just got me a brand new 2000 300ex! I wanted another 300ex by the way. So i'm estatic about that.

Good luck on your 400ex!

 

quadamaniac,

Does your father ever ride with you? Does he drive one of the quads? If he sells both along with the trailer what will he drive? You might have the 400EX, but you will not be able to enjoy time with your father.

If you were able to go from 'C's and 'D's to 'A's in one term that tells me you were not working very hard to start with. I commend you on your ability to get these great grades, but you should have been doing it all along.

If you have four terms in the year, you worked hard for 75 days. $6000.00 divided by 75 days is $80.00 a day tax-free for you. I my opinion, I think this is too much to pay you for something you should have been doing from day one.

I never expected my parents to reward me for good grades. I worked hard to get good grades so my parents could be proud of my accomplishments not so they could buy me things

 

Well, I am a father with 2 teenage sons that always pestered me for quads. I told them that if they ever brought me home a straight "A" report card we would go down and they could pick out the quad of their choice. Would you believe neither one has ever taken me up on it. I am a man of my word and I guarantee I would have kept up my end of the deal. I might have had to sell something to do it but then again I never ever said how I would go about raising the money for a new quad.
I did buy my son a cherry '87 250X but I didn't buy it to reward him for anything. I bought him the 250X and I bought my other son a CR125 dirt bike just so we could all ride and spend time together. I don't have a new quad and neither do my sons but we have a good time when we're all riding together. I was just trying in some way to motivate my sons and your father probably had the same idea. It was something you wanted and he held it in front of your face like a carrot. I commend you for making the extra effort to reach your goal. After you get your new quad, do yourself a favor and don't go back to being a slacker in school. Make your father proud and keep in mind that being a father and trying to give your children the things they want isn't as easy as you may think. Your father cared enough about you that he tried to at least motivate a son that he probably knew was capable of much more. Some fathers don't give a hoot and wouldn't worry about "C" & "D" grades. Appreciate your new quad and your father that cared enough about you to make the offer in the 1st place.