Just a thought. When I got to the age of being able to drive I had to pay my own car insurance. I worked during the summers to pay for it and when I turned 18 I got a job working nights while in high school. My parents paid for most other things, but never car insurance. Yes I worked from when I was 15 and it sometimes kills me that I'm not working now. Gotta love that whole baby boomer mentality that they pounded into their kids heads that you work until you die. haha.