Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?

[Anonymous]

Not if it's a Jeep

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/683056.page#11904178

[Anonymous]

Yuppie life

[Anonymous]

any non-SUV American car = lower middle class
Japanese cars = middle class
European cars = upper middle class

[Anonymous]

Um, OP, you are aware that one of the top five richest men in the US drives a Ford, aren't you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't own a car and ride on a WMATA bus so guess I am a poors.

+1. And I guess OP doesn't judge us because we don't count.

[Anonymous]

This is actually something I noticed while traveling this weekend. (Was visiting family in the Rockford, IL area). I noticed around there you see way more domestic cars - Ford Taurus/Fusion/Escape/Edge, Buick Encalve, Chevy Malibu/Equinox/Impala/Traverse, GMC Acadia, Chrysler Town and Country/Dodge Caravan (probably more that I’m forgetting) are some of the vehicles I remember seeing en masse that I just don’t see super often around here. It’s more likely to be an Odyssey or Sienna for minivans, Highlander or Pilot for the midsize SUV, Forester/CRV/Rav 4 for the small SUVs, etc. around here. It’s interesting. And it’s not like there’s THAT much of a cost difference between say, an Impala and Accord...it’s just geographical preference I guess.

[Anonymous]

We will never own anything other than a status car. You get better service and make better first impressions when you arrive in a $140,000 car.

[Anonymous]

I think the domestic car companies are more forgiving with credit apps. I think it takes a serious lack of sophistication and/or Midwest roots if you buy a Tahoe over this.

[Anonymous]

I proudly drive a Toyota Corolla in my nice Bethesda neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I proudly drive a Toyota Corolla in my nice Bethesda neighborhood.

Are you the cleaning lady?

[Anonymous]

Cars mean nothing to me. They are just a way from point A to point B. Caring about them is bourgeois.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cars mean nothing to me. They are just a way from point A to point B. Caring about them is bourgeois.

*things broke people say*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We will never own anything other than a status car. You get better service and make better first impressions when you arrive in a $140,000 car.

In my world, I would wonder where you got the money, and would be obligated to report you with an indicator of espionage

[Anonymous]

Teslas are domestic cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars mean nothing to me. They are just a way from point A to point B. Caring about them is bourgeois.

*things broke people say*

Actually not having to deal with the cost of a car is quite liberating financially.