maybe he is working a few jobs so that he can have that car.
maybe his dad gave it to him, or mom, but said he had to get a job.
or maybe he is doing what a kid I went to school with is doing. selling drugs via the pizza delivery service. you would call up and order a pizza with extra mushrooms and that was the sign that you would want shrooms. he had a whole code system worked out and the pizza people had no idea.
of course a few times he had missfires where they only wanted the pizza with extra mushrooms, but since the pizza was actually made, he was okay and just didn't pull out the drugs.
wonder what he is up to these days? I know that all the money he made from that went into his own various habits and guitar gear.