Do people who drive fancy and expensive cars ever feel awkard or self-conscious?

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Anonymous wrote:Or do they want and like all the eyeballs on them and people assuming they're made of money? I'd honestly feel incredibly awkward randomly rolling up to work in an expensive car. I'd worry it could hurt my career and perception with colleagues, superiors and clients. Once on a business trip I was randomly given some super expensive Mercedes SUV rental and it felt like everyone was gawking whenever parked.

I think Tesla has mastered the fancy-but-subtle styling/branding – but so many people have fancy and flashy Range Rovers, Yukon Denalis, Escalades, BMW X7s, Porsche SUVs, expensive Mercedes sedans and SUVs, G-Wagons, Bentley SUVs they're practically a dime a dozen.

At the very least I feel like I'd need a second lower-key car when I didn't want anyone to notice me.

OP - it sounds like you are wanting to buy a Tesla or something else but worried about how it would make you look?

Depends on how you act.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I do not care what other people think of my car nor the judgements they may make about me. I also don’t care about the cars other people choose to buy and drive. I care about how people drive, not what they drive.

This. I don't really notice what other people drive or worry about assumptions people make about my cars. They work really well and are fun to drive - a porsche and a BMW. They are also over 10 years old but look in great shape.

It must be exhausting to worry about so many things like this.

Great choices. I have both two, but the models that are fun to drive. The Porsche is 45 years old and the BMW 20 years old. I didn’t buy them for status but appreciation for history and how they drive.

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I drive a Range Rover . I’ve never noticed anyone looking at me weird because if it. I’ve never really noticed anyone caring . No I don’t feel awkward or self conscious driving it.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP must not realize in today’s market cars like BMW, Mercedes, Land Rover, Porsche, Volvo, are not exotic, especially the basic consumer lines like the X5, GL, Cayenne, 5 series and E classes, and nobody GAF. You can find tons of these on any air force base driven by E-5s. A married couple making a combined 120 a year can happily afford any of these.

No effing way can a married couple making 120k afford any of these. They can afford a used Mazda/Toyota. We make double that an have an Odyssey (that I love and wouldn’t trade for any SUV)

No my friend, a used Toyota is what someone making 25k a year can afford (think your high school janitor). It's normal for new college graduates starting at 50k to buy a new car for $25k. So why wouldn't somebody making 100k be able to buy a $50k car?

Exactly. I’d rather buy one of these proper cars than some front wheel drive Toyota or Honda that feels like it’s made out of aluminum cans.

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I side eye those that drive fancy luxury cars but send their kids to crappy public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I side eye those that drive fancy luxury cars but send their kids to crappy public schools.

You're side eyeing me, then! And life is great, baby! Don't worry about my family, worry about yourself my friend!

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Anonymous wrote:I side eye those that drive fancy luxury cars but send their kids to crappy public schools.

You're side eyeing me, then! And life is great, baby! Don't worry about my family, worry about yourself my friend!

Same here. Keep kidding yourself that your child is getting a better education just because you paid more for it.

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not all public schools are great same goes with privates

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I believe that if you feel awkward when you drive a car, it means it is not your car, in the sense that it doesn't represent you. I bought myself a Toyota Soarer, and the only time I felt awkward was when I had to buy it, because none of my friend had driven one before and I wasn't sure about the idea. Went online and found https://www.jdmbuysell.com/buying-guide/toyota-soarer/ which actually was very helpful, because there was all the information no one else could've told me. That's why I don't think that people who drive fancy expensive cars feel awkward.

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Anonymous wrote:I side eye those that drive fancy luxury cars but send their kids to crappy public schools.

You're side eyeing me, then! And life is great, baby! Don't worry about my family, worry about yourself my friend!

Same here. Keep kidding yourself that your child is getting a better education just because you paid more for it.

+1. Public school, baby!

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Anonymous wrote:I side eye those that drive fancy luxury cars but send their kids to crappy public schools.

Honestly... +1.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t consider a RR, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche SUV, etc. to be impressive or worthy of notice. They’re driven by soccer moms all over this area. Lol to people feeling self-conscious driving around a Mercedes.

One or two $1,000-1,500 car notes or lease payments is nothing to sneeze at.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP must not realize in today’s market cars like BMW, Mercedes, Land Rover, Porsche, Volvo, are not exotic, especially the basic consumer lines like the X5, GL, Cayenne, 5 series and E classes, and nobody GAF. You can find tons of these on any air force base driven by E-5s. A married couple making a combined 120 a year can happily afford any of these.

No effing way can a married couple making 120k afford any of these. They can afford a used Mazda/Toyota. We make double that an have an Odyssey (that I love and wouldn’t trade for any SUV)

No my friend, a used Toyota is what someone making 25k a year can afford (think your high school janitor). It's normal for new college graduates starting at 50k to buy a new car for $25k. So why wouldn't somebody making 100k be able to buy a $50k car?

Exactly. I’d rather buy one of these proper cars than some front wheel drive Toyota or Honda that feels like it’s made out of aluminum cans.

same here!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t consider a RR, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche SUV, etc. to be impressive or worthy of notice. They’re driven by soccer moms all over this area. Lol to people feeling self-conscious driving around a Mercedes.

One or two $1,000-1,500 car notes or lease payments is nothing to sneeze at.

what? I drive a Cayenne and my note is not even more than 800, had a merc SUV prior to that and it was not more than 600