You never know who may park next to you at WalMart

I would say he has his head thinking straight. Lots of people believe that because he had potential that he should go out and live it up. Well, that is the problem with a lot of kids now days. They have had every thing served to them in a silver platter and they go out and get in dept only to find out that what looked so promising did not pan out. So they end up claiming bankruptcy.
This guy wants to make sure he has a job before he gets into anything that he can not afford.

And what is wrong with a VW van? Lots of young folks our age used to favor them over an automobile in the 60's (Hippie generation) LOL!