Are we driving a beater car? Does it place a shadow on MS DD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I've learned anything from DCUM it's that ACTUAL rich people drive beater cars and wear old clothes with holes in them. So maybe you are projecting a wealthier image by having your old car. Think about it.

Broke people say this just to make themselves feel better. It's not true. All the verifiably wealthy people we know drive, at worst, brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee ($50K) or Volvo XC90 ($55K) or Tesla Model 3 ($60K) or Audi Q7 ($65K). They wouldn't be caught dead in a decade old Toyota s***box worth less than 10 grand.

[Anonymous]

No one cares what car you drive. If they do they are not worth your time.

Do you know what type of car Warren Buffett drives? Steve Jobs drove?

Why would you care?

Best way to the poor house is to drive a car one can not afford. Wealthy people who have real wealth know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one cares what car you drive. If they do they are not worth your time.

Do you know what type of car Warren Buffett drives? Steve Jobs drove?

Why would you care?

Best way to the poor house is to drive a car one can not afford. Wealthy people who have real wealth know this.

You know some people make enough or inherit enough or get a car allowance from work to not worry about $500-900 a month for the car, right? It's a meaningless sum of money. Besides, life is way too short to drive a used junker 20-plus times every week. I can't even imagine using AAA for a tow or paying for car repair or worrying about tires and brakes. No thanks!

[Anonymous]

Interesting to read this. One thing I regret is that when I was a teenager in private school, I asked a fellow student why her family drove a beat up old car to school. She said she didn't know. I was just curious but I was assuming that everyone had nice cars (I was a moron) and that there was some odd reason her parents weren't driving a nicer car.

I never did find out whether her family drove that car because they couldn't afford a nicer one or because they just liked that car. But now we drive a beater - 12 year old Honda with 70,000 miles on it which runs great and I love it - and I totally relate to that family. And I still wince when I think about asking that girl why her family drove that car.

Anyway all this is to say that even if your daughter is embarrassed by the car, she'll be okay. If there are kids who are judging her (which I doubt there are), they're not worthwhile people to have as friends. If there are kids who are idiots like I was at a young age, well, when they're older, they'll probably be wincing at the memory of saying something stupid when they were young.

[Anonymous]

fyi, pretty sure Steve Jobs drove a brand spanking new SL Mercedes hard-top convertible coupe which he traded in for a new one, once or twice a year. It is/was a $125,000 to $150,000 car.

[Anonymous]

OP, I know a handful of very wealthy people who drive Camrys. Don't agonize over what people think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, we have old cars so I get it. As long as they don't look like they've been in accidents, where the safety of your driving would be questioned. In Va a new Safety Inspection sticker on the dashboard once a year is required so it's known all is in working order. Don't know if Md has the same. Lots of people in snowy areas own a Snow Queen they call it. A beater car for driving in the winter months - salt on the roads and greater likelihood of mishaps. The nicer car is left in the garage.

A snow queen! I love it. I will just call mine a mud queen and then a pollen queen and drive it all year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting to read this. One thing I regret is that when I was a teenager in private school, I asked a fellow student why her family drove a beat up old car to school. She said she didn't know. I was just curious but I was assuming that everyone had nice cars (I was a moron) and that there was some odd reason her parents weren't driving a nicer car.

I never did find out whether her family drove that car because they couldn't afford a nicer one or because they just liked that car. But now we drive a beater - 12 year old Honda with 70,000 miles on it which runs great and I love it - and I totally relate to that family. And I still wince when I think about asking that girl why her family drove that car.

Anyway all this is to say that even if your daughter is embarrassed by the car, she'll be okay. If there are kids who are judging her (which I doubt there are), they're not worthwhile people to have as friends. If there are kids who are idiots like I was at a young age, well, when they're older, they'll probably be wincing at the memory of saying something stupid when they were young.

Very true. Good filter to weed out any "plastics' form your DC's life. Unless you want DC with kids that are impressed by nice cars and other material possessions. Then you have to get a new car.

[Anonymous]

Oldie, but a goodie. Read The Millionaire Next Door. I drive a 10-year-old minivan that I hope to drive for another 10 years. It’s all banged up and I could care less. I’m sure people wouldn’t guess my net worth from it and that is just fine by me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fyi, pretty sure Steve Jobs drove a brand spanking new SL Mercedes hard-top convertible coupe which he traded in for a new one, once or twice a year. It is/was a $125,000 to $150,000 car.

Nope wife did. He did not. He also did not wear shoes, many times. Or buy his oldest child shoes, or have furniture in his house besides some lawn chairs in the den. He was a minimalist.

I will say his choice of boating vessels was quite impressive.LOL. Mega Yacht....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:fyi, pretty sure Steve Jobs drove a brand spanking new SL Mercedes hard-top convertible coupe which he traded in for a new one, once or twice a year. It is/was a $125,000 to $150,000 car.

Nope wife did. He did not. He also did not wear shoes, many times. Or buy his oldest child shoes, or have furniture in his house besides some lawn chairs in the den. He was a minimalist.

I will say his choice of boating vessels was quite impressive.LOL. Mega Yacht....

And the Zuck wears cheap hoodies that all look the same. And Einstein wore the same thing all the time. And Bill Gates’ favorite food is a hamburger (he said this on the Netflix documentary).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I've learned anything from DCUM it's that ACTUAL rich people drive beater cars and wear old clothes with holes in them. So maybe you are projecting a wealthier image by having your old car. Think about it.

Hey, I've learned that too! Only the nouveau riche have new cars!

Actually another thing I've learned on DCUM is that a neighborhood with million-dollar houses is just a regular old decent middle-of-the-road neighborhood.

I wouldn’t say I have a beater car, but a 6 year old SUV with a scraped up side (the side my DD exits on lol) and a very slightly messed up bumper. It never occurred to me to be embarrassed. But we are really wealthy so I’m not trying to prove anything to anyone. You don’t ant your daughter to be friends with superficial jerks anyway, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I've learned anything from DCUM it's that ACTUAL rich people drive beater cars and wear old clothes with holes in them. So maybe you are projecting a wealthier image by having your old car. Think about it.

Hey, I've learned that too! Only the nouveau riche have new cars!

Actually another thing I've learned on DCUM is that a neighborhood with million-dollar houses is just a regular old decent middle-of-the-road neighborhood.

I wouldn’t say I have a beater car, but a 6 year old SUV with a scraped up side (the side my DD exits on lol) and a very slightly messed up bumper. It never occurred to me to be embarrassed. But we are really wealthy so I’m not trying to prove anything to anyone. You don’t ant your daughter to be friends with superficial jerks anyway, right?

You are commenting about a 6 year old SUV. Get it fixed. My SUV is 16 years old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I've learned anything from DCUM it's that ACTUAL rich people drive beater cars and wear old clothes with holes in them. So maybe you are projecting a wealthier image by having your old car. Think about it.

Broke people say this just to make themselves feel better. It's not true. All the verifiably wealthy people we know drive, at worst, brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee ($50K) or Volvo XC90 ($55K) or Tesla Model 3 ($60K) or Audi Q7 ($65K). They're wouldn't be caught dead in a decade old Toyota s***box worth less than 10 grand.

You clearly hang out with the superficial strivers and not truly rich people. We are worth over 20 million and I drive a six year SUV with a messed up bumper and scratched sides. My husbands boss (who is worth 10x as much) Uber’s everywhere and doesn’t even own a car. When you have a lot of money you simply don’t care and are glad that you can see people like you for what you really are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I've learned anything from DCUM it's that ACTUAL rich people drive beater cars and wear old clothes with holes in them. So maybe you are projecting a wealthier image by having your old car. Think about it.

Eh. This is one of those tropes that is super popular on the internet (not just DCUM) but just doesn’t happen in real life as much as People Online would like you to think. Kinda similar to the ‘ol “the pretty popular ones in high school become overweight druggies as adults and the unattractive nerds rule the world.” I