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By disappointed - 23/09/2011 03:08 - United States

Today, after having saved up my money for months to buy my college-bound son the car of his dreams, I got a phone call telling me it had been totalled during a drag-race. I only gave him the keys two days ago. FML

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By Emmpag - 02/02/2020 01:00 - South Africa - Johannesburg

Today, I bought my very first car that I spent years saving for. A few hours after I signed all the papers, I let my boyfriend go for a test drive. He totaled it. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/08/2013 14:22 - Canada - Langley

Today, I let my son take my car out for a spin, since he just got his licence. He didn't make it out of our street before totaling it. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/12/2012 11:27 - Israel

Today, I bought my son a nice car for his 18th birthday. When I gave it to him, he just got mad and told me that if I really wanted to spend that much money on him, I should've used it to help him pay for college. FML

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By stolen-car - 26/06/2012 02:55 - United States - Columbia

Today, I finally got enough money to buy the car I wanted for a year now. It was stolen today too. I had my car for 4 hours. FML

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By Hoobfoob - 19/06/2017 04:00

Today, my car was totaled. It was so new, I haven't even made the first payment on it yet. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/04/2016 09:46 - United States - Oakland

Today, I found out the real reason my dad bought a new car and generously gave me his old one. He knew the engine was about to fail and didn't want it to be his problem when it finally did. It blew out while I was driving at high speed on the motorway. Just my luck. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/12/2013 18:27 - United States

Today, I took my girlfriend to a local drag racing spot to get her more involved with my friends. Her ex showed up and wanted to race me. I won the race, but blew my engine. I had to use his dad's towing service to get my car home. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/04/2024 15:00 - United States

Today, my dad brought home a used hunk of junk from someone he knew. It was covered in rust and dents, and the engine was making weird noises. Thinking he was being generous, he said to me, "When you get your license, you'll be driving it!" It then died with a loud bang and black smoke from under the hood. FML

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By Username - 06/06/2011 03:29 - United States

Today, I just bought a car with all of my own money. Then, when I brought it home my dad informed me that my mom will be driving it to work every day. FML

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By Bobo - 11/10/2022 10:00

Today, my father stole the money I'd saved up by working and spent it all gambling. I'd saved it up for a year for a new car. FML

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CrassKal 27

Friday 23 September 2011 6:05

I seriously hope you knocked his dumb ass out. And that you had insurance.

HolyHandGrenade 4

Friday 23 September 2011 6:05

Did... did he win?

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InOthrWords 12

Friday 23 September 2011 11:34

This is one of those 'I-Can't-Believe-I-Raised-This-Dumb@ss' FML's.

ZielZone 4

Friday 23 September 2011 12:04

You raised an inconsiderate, disrespectful, spoiled brat. Congrats

ToeJams 0

Friday 23 September 2011 12:10

So what year civic did you get him?

Lovesglee 3

Friday 23 September 2011 12:35

WAS HE IN IT?!?!?!

harry_ambler 0

Friday 23 September 2011 23:04

duh he was in it! I doubt he wrecked the car looking at it

AshleyCole 0

Friday 23 September 2011 12:55

Thats why smart parents don't give their kids really nice cars. It WILL get wrecked, even if it's just a little ding. If he's in college, he should be paying for it, especially since I'm assuming your paying for his college.

crazyaces89 7

Friday 23 September 2011 13:01

I hope you are gonna make him work to make money for a new one

Starfire22 5

Friday 23 September 2011 13:05

Totally agree with you, my first car was a 1998 Nissan Maxima that would always break down or need repairs but it did teach me a lot about how to take care of a car so when I finally got my new car I knew what NOT to do!

sweetheartxoxo88 7

Friday 23 September 2011 13:10

The car of his dreams should have been purchased by him with the money he earned from the job he got after graduating from college.

gracer_fml 0

Friday 23 September 2011 13:24

So you made a nice gesture for your son. Good for you. Not all teenagers are ungrateful. We're living in a society with a lot of generalizations that are not always true. Nowadays doing something nice for your kid is viewed as spoiling them and not building character. It sucks that he totaled it, but it's not your fault, OP.