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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

speaking of flawed assumptions:  how much is "a significant % of people..." ??? Are we talking statistically significant, or, significant enough so you can win this dumb argument? Like, 3%, 22%, or 78%?  You have no clue.  And clearly, just like the OP, you have neither the buying power nor the game to own such a vehicle.  So you spew nonsense like this to make yourself feel better, and to cover up your own shortcomings.  [/quote]

This is simply silly.  It's beyond dispute that a significant portion of people who buy luxury do so at least in part as a public display of wealth.  Indeed, that's the key selling point for many luxury brands (auto and otherwise), and the reason that brands like LV, Gucci, and others have begun to struggle with brand identity--as they've become more accessible to the "common" consumer, they have less appeal to the HNW customer.

As for my "game" (note: are we 16 years old?  any more People magazine lingo and I'll have to consult the urban dictionary before responding), I'm extraordinarily and perhaps inordinately pleased with myself and my life.  So I'm afraid you're diagnosis is inapt or inept--your choice.[/quote]

Ya see, you almost made a coherent argument....but then you confused 'you're' and 'your'.  PONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

Sigh.  Evidently we are 16.  I've erred in grammar, you in substance.  I know which I prefer.

In addition, you used the term "poned" with 84 exclamation points.  That surely weighs far more heavily on the scales of merit than any of my technical errata.  Indeed, had I the misfortune to be you, it would weigh on my very soul.[/quote]

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