i too feel the same way...
im a 22 year old that has also been blessed with an sti as a graduation gift....yes i do belive my self to be spoiled, and in no way do i deserve this at all...however i did not beg like a little baby for the car or have been constantly nagging my parents in anyway, if at all, i would never bring up the topic, because i knew that i didn't want a brand new car bought for me....besides why should i get a 30000 dollar gift for any reason? my parents decided to make it a gift and yes again im lucky...im not a punk kid who thinks he's the **** in the car, i do have a humble approach to it when im driving...i do respect those who've earned the car...putting in long hours at work, to save up and make payments for this thing...trust me you guys are respected in my book for doing it on their own...
frankly, im just sick and tired of people just giving me that "look" ....that look taht says, "uh huh, you spoiled brat, what did you do to deserve that?" why must i be looked down upon? what gives HIM the right to do that? because he earned the car on his own? well im sorry if i was so fortunate and blessed to have an opportunity to have a car like this, it wasn't really like i cried kicking on the floor for this car, it was a graduation gift...im not a bum kid doing nothing, i graduated with a degree in electrical engineering at the university of washington (not saying i desever it, just making the point that im not just a punk ass lazy kid...) is it really our fault that i got this car? it was OFFERED to me as a gift, and yeah i took it. so anyways just saying that yeah it gets old when people start to get all bitter at you about you getting the car for "free" ...what do you want us to do? beg for forgiveness, go hide in a corner and reflect on our "mistake", feel really bad about ourselves? i mean cmon, some people are blessed with stuff even if they dont deserve it, but that dont make it their faults? damn that was a long post....but yeah we are all humans, and yeah i've been guilty of doing it myself, but just lettin you guys know it gets really old, and it's not fair to us to get "prejudged" as some punk ass kids...