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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](First, I know this is a petty rant!) I do very well financially and have been doing so for many years. Yet I'm frugal and drive a Japanese sedan. I often see people in large BMW 7 series or S class Mercedes and really feel a strong dislike, even revulsion. This is not sour grapes: I could afford an S class if I choose to so allocate my money, but find the idea financially ridiculous in how wasteful it is. I suppose part of me thinks the drivers of those showy, quickly depreciating, gas-guzzling, expensive maintenance-loving behemoths are trying to compensate for something. Anyone else share this reaction?[/quote]

I couldn't read thru the last 8 pages of responses, but let me summarize:
1) you DON'T earn enough to get yourself a nice ride, but keep lying to yourself.
2) in % terms, what do you think your car depreciated, rolling out the door, vs a BMW or Benz?  So, we now know you don't make enough to afford a nice car, AND, you lack the basics of break-even analysis.  
3) No one else has your insecurities, thus, no one else has this same revulsion you do.  [/quote]

+1000

The fact that the OP sits around stewing about this ... [/quote]

Point #3 is based on flawed assumptions.  A significant percentage of people who buy these cars do so (consciously or not) as an act of conspicuous consumption.  Conspicuous being the operative word--the very point of driving a luxury vehicle for many (not all) is to make a statement about their relative worth, financial and otherwise.  The OP and others are therefore quite correct to suggest that it is the owners' desire to make a public statement and to generate a reaction from third parties.  One can hardly be surprised that some such third parties will react to said conspicuous display with revulsion rather than admiration.[/quote]

So WHAT? Who cares? Living in monstrosity built on a postage sized lot in whatever zip code people are killing themselves over for a chance to get into is also making a statement about their financial worth and social standing, and no one cares.

So is shopping exclusively at Whole Foods, but no one cares.

You want to rage at luxury car owners because unlike the couple living in some exclusive DC neighborhood, or the Mom spending hundreds of dollars in Whole Foods, you're confronted by them on a daily basis, and it brings out your own insecurities and self doubt because they can't be avoided. 
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