Loving and caring parents who are not indifferent to the fate of their children pay a lot of money for the purchase of their first car in life. And besides, most of them pay all the necessary expenses for registration, maintenance and maintenance of the desired vehicle. Some even go further in their spending, spending their own finances to pay for gasoline.
Statistics according to DVLA
According to statistics, buying a car on average costs parents 3,400 euros. As a percentage, the following results were obtained:
- One sixth of the parents, out of 2 thousand respondents, paid 45% of the total cost of the car.
- 16% of loving dads and mothers paid the full price.
- 44% - car insurance.
- 1/5 of generous parents regularly allocate funds to pay for gasoline and for car maintenance.
According to the results of studies, it turned out that the most loving and generous parents are London, since on average they cost the first car of their child for 4350 euros. All respondents and those who took part in the research had children from 16 to 21 years old.
Reasons for Shopping
According to the editor of Parkers. co. uk, parents are motivated by great love and care for their children. They want to see them independent and independent. Such feelings are especially acute when a family has only one child. And besides, buying the first car is not an easy experience, but a memory for many years.
It is the first vehicle bought with great care by parents that is remembered for a lifetime. In the future, the child will never forget the first emotional thrill, color, model, characteristics of the machine itself, or those emotions that he experienced at that time.
And also as a result of research, it turned out that 1/6 of caring parents bought cars for their children, even before the moment when they learned to drive them so that they can get rights faster.
However, 10% of them are of the opinion that at such an early age it is not necessary to take a car for the child. However, they are ready to pay rent monthly, and quite generously up to 140 euros. As well as the opinions of parents about such a purchase were somewhat divided. One part of mothers and fathers believes that this is their direct responsibility, while the other simply wants to see their children happy and independent.