It isn’t that simple.

A few years ago my father gave me his 1969 Dodge Super Bee. This is a really valuable car and I am very grateful for him giving it to me. The problem has been that he is constantly harping on me to buy Mopar parts and do various things to the car. All the things that he suggests are definitely issues that should be addressed. I just cannot convince my father that our priorities right now are paying our bills and making ends meet. I hate feeling this pressure to put money into the car simply because he gave it to me. It would be different if we were at a point in our lives where we had a great deal of disposable income but we just don’t. I would love to suggest that my father buy the parts for the car in lieu of Christmas and birthday gifts but I just don’t think he would go for that. It is as if he wanted to wash his hands of the car but just can’t let go of it entirely. It has been an appreciated gift but I have found it came with many strings attached that I wasn’t anticipating.