thanks... trust me I probably have the most initiative of anyone I know and not surprisingly I have people older than me to come to me for help finding cars... And driving buses? Ohh I would hate that job but at least from what I have seen with my bus drivers in the past, it is not the easiest job and not the best paying either, but I know the people who do it like it usually. Must be certain personality types that like it. And parents... My dad being an owner of Mercedes before (well his 82 or 83, I don't remember which, 240D is in non-working shape, and he did have an early 1960's 220, 220s, or 220SE but he doesn't remember that either, and also a currently running 2003 Sprinter 2500 for the family/work) has liked my idea of getting an older Mercedes vs. my brother's idea to get a 90's Toyota MR2 MKII (not bad vehicles but I'm afraid they have too much power for a beginning driver, most of them are in California, and they are not to great on safety). Unfortunately my parents probably won't help me much because they currently don't make too much (my dad is a small business owner, has already had to close down 3 of his centers in the past couple of years, but it's looking much better in terms of revenue now in the past few months since he closed the 3rd center) and my mom works at one of my dad's most profitable centers (where I work some also, but only when there is a spot in the schedule that someone else can't fill), but I do believe my parents would help if they could. So yea I believe I am heading in the right direction but I really currently don't have the means.