Name an expensive product or service that’s worth it

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Anonymous wrote:I think luxury cars are typically tacky and showy but I love quite modest luxury cars like Lexus and Volvo.

And new cars. After 18 months cars feel old. Life is short, drive new.

I love my Mercedes and it's totally worth it for comfort and safety. On the Toyota/Lexus or Volvo, you won't experience the "cocoon of luxury". Tacky? Ride in one and judge for yourself.

The newer Mercedes models with the giant touchscreen… I do find that a little tacky and off putting.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think luxury cars are typically tacky and showy but I love quite modest luxury cars like Lexus and Volvo.

And new cars. After 18 months cars feel old. Life is short, drive new.

I love my Mercedes and it's totally worth it for comfort and safety. On the Toyota/Lexus or Volvo, you won't experience the "cocoon of luxury". Tacky? Ride in one and judge for yourself.

Kids refuse to do long car rides in DH's Audi A8. They insist that we take the Toyota Highlander because it is so much more comfortable. I agree that the interior design of the luxury car is, well, luxurious. But for comfort and utility, the Toyota wins hands down. Not even a comparison.

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-Kerrygold butter
-high quality olive oils from specialty store online
-few pieces of fine jewelry that I wear almost daily
-Dyson products for my thick air
-Shark dryer that I bought in London and can now travel around the world with a few adaptors (use solely as my travel dryer)
-weekly housecleaner
-expensive athletic clothing
-audible and barnes & noble membership (avid reader)

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Man, I'm so glad I don't care about cars. That has saved us so much money.

For me, I guess it's a house with a good commute, expensive kids' activities like sleep away camp, a dyson vacuum and hairdryer, and letting myself spend as much on food as I want in order to maintain my health (not easy to do cheap when you have a lot of health issues like I do).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think luxury cars are typically tacky and showy but I love quite modest luxury cars like Lexus and Volvo.

And new cars. After 18 months cars feel old. Life is short, drive new.

I love my Mercedes and it's totally worth it for comfort and safety. On the Toyota/Lexus or Volvo, you won't experience the "cocoon of luxury". Tacky? Ride in one and judge for yourself.

Some new Mercedes are okay but most have that giant logo in the front, giant wheels, tacky lighting in and out. I just think tacky foreign man when I see them. They don’t impress me or confer any status; not any status I desire at least. I prefer drive a lower key luxury car is all — or maybe Lexus and Volvo are mid level luxury. Whatever the case.

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The only reason I would buy a luxury car is because it’s quieter. Everything else I don’t care or find it the same. I get that the materials are a little nicer but it doesn’t make a difference to me.

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason I would buy a luxury car is because it’s quieter. Everything else I don’t care or find it the same. I get that the materials are a little nicer but it doesn’t make a difference to me.

It's easy to have a dismissive view if you've never daily driven a new luxury car. Once people do, the fit and finish and how people treat you is addicting--plus little things like service concierge where they pickup and drop off the car to your house or office and always have it freshly detailed for you. It's really hard to go back to a regular car unless financial challenges force you to cut back. I actually envy people who truly don't know what they don't know. Not to sound mean but ignorance is bliss in this regard. Don't ever develop a taste for a luxury car, because once you get a taste, you will want it on a daily basis!

It's like using an iPhone 15 Pro for a month and then going back to an older iPhone 8. A new iPhone 8 still works fine for 99% of the stuff people do on a daily basis. But it'll bother you to use it after you got a taste of the latest and greatest!

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason I would buy a luxury car is because it’s quieter. Everything else I don’t care or find it the same. I get that the materials are a little nicer but it doesn’t make a difference to me.

It's easy to have a dismissive view if you've never daily driven a new luxury car. Once people do, the fit and finish and how people treat you is addicting--plus little things like service concierge where they pickup and drop off the car to your house or office and always have it freshly detailed for you. It's really hard to go back to a regular car unless financial challenges force you to cut back. I actually envy people who truly don't know what they don't know. Not to sound mean but ignorance is bliss in this regard. Don't ever develop a taste for a luxury car, because once you get a taste, you will want it on a daily basis!

It's like using an iPhone 15 Pro for a month and then going back to an older iPhone 8. A new iPhone 8 still works fine for 99% of the stuff people do on a daily basis. But it'll bother you to use it after you got a taste of the latest and greatest!

PP, you are entitled to like what you like and value what you value. You do you.
But other people are not "wrong" if they don't share your opinions.

I have driven new luxury cars of family members, even for a week at a time. I theoretically could afford one. I choose to stick with my Toyotas.

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason I would buy a luxury car is because it’s quieter. Everything else I don’t care or find it the same. I get that the materials are a little nicer but it doesn’t make a difference to me.

It's easy to have a dismissive view if you've never daily driven a new luxury car. Once people do, the fit and finish and how people treat you is addicting--plus little things like service concierge where they pickup and drop off the car to your house or office and always have it freshly detailed for you. It's really hard to go back to a regular car unless financial challenges force you to cut back. I actually envy people who truly don't know what they don't know. Not to sound mean but ignorance is bliss in this regard. Don't ever develop a taste for a luxury car, because once you get a taste, you will want it on a daily basis!

It's like using an iPhone 15 Pro for a month and then going back to an older iPhone 8. A new iPhone 8 still works fine for 99% of the stuff people do on a daily basis. But it'll bother you to use it after you got a taste of the latest and greatest!

But, I have! I’ve had a BMW and I didn’t like it better than my VW, except that it was quieter. I just don’t care about cars. I mean we all care about different stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars. I've always drive luxury cars and they're so much nicer than the rental cars I've gotten or my friend's cars I've been in, even when those are newer.

Big engines, nice interiors, etc. are so worth it when you spend a good chunk of your time in your car.

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I always look down on the poor people; the people who can only afford a toyota or a honda. Really sad for them.

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Do not carry pity over someone who can only afford to drive a Honda or Toyota for those car brands are very SOLID.

Japanese vehicles are more superior to their German counterparts in my personal opinion. 👍🏽

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars. I've always drive luxury cars and they're so much nicer than the rental cars I've gotten or my friend's cars I've been in, even when those are newer.

Big engines, nice interiors, etc. are so worth it when you spend a good chunk of your time in your car.

+1

I always look down on the poor people; the people who can only afford a toyota or a honda. Really sad for them.

❓❓⁉️

Do not carry pity over someone who can only afford to drive a Honda or Toyota for those car brands are very SOLID.

Japanese vehicles are more superior to their German counterparts in my personal opinion. 👍🏽

I feel sorry for people who spend a good chunk of their time in a car. So low class.

+1 I feel sorry for those that have to so much time an a car that they have to justify paying a premium price to offset that feeling of being boxed in and static.

Hmm, I feel sorry for people who never have anywhere to go. I don’t commute but I do drive to places and I’d rather spend that time in a nice car. But you do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think luxury cars are typically tacky and showy but I love quite modest luxury cars like Lexus and Volvo.

And new cars. After 18 months cars feel old. Life is short, drive new.

I have a 15 year old rusty Ford truck and actively dislike driving my ILs’ Lexus. My truck suits me perfectly. I have no desire to upgrade but in any given week drive 2 hours total, and that is just for school pickup and the grocery store.

I can’t understand why people spend so much time in cars. It’s more luxurious to not have to be behind the wheel at all.

Just go test drive an R1T (if you can find one anywhere)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason I would buy a luxury car is because it’s quieter. Everything else I don’t care or find it the same. I get that the materials are a little nicer but it doesn’t make a difference to me.

It's easy to have a dismissive view if you've never daily driven a new luxury car. Once people do, the fit and finish and how people treat you is addicting--plus little things like service concierge where they pickup and drop off the car to your house or office and always have it freshly detailed for you. It's really hard to go back to a regular car unless financial challenges force you to cut back. I actually envy people who truly don't know what they don't know. Not to sound mean but ignorance is bliss in this regard. Don't ever develop a taste for a luxury car, because once you get a taste, you will want it on a daily basis!

It's like using an iPhone 15 Pro for a month and then going back to an older iPhone 8. A new iPhone 8 still works fine for 99% of the stuff people do on a daily basis. But it'll bother you to use it after you got a taste of the latest and greatest!

+1

A luxury car isn’t a C class Mercedes or a Lexus. You just haven’t driven one yet, and that’s ok, but you really can’t compare.

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