ok mang, theres a differnece between buying skis for a kid (my parents make me search ALL options for the best deal first anywyas) and buying a car for having honor roll in HIGH SCHOOL. Getting honor roll in hihg school is not hard. I mean its not the kids fault, but his parents are not teaching him teh value of a dollar. If my parents flat out offered me an escalade or an expensive car, i would reject it. I would ask for a cheaper car, and save a ton of the money, or use it to travel the world. I would never drive an escalade just because iw ould feel like a d bag, especially if my parents paid for it.