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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm with you, OP. I am slowly shopping to replace my 2009 SUV. I want a cute little luxury car. Having a hard time pulling the trigger although it is definitely not a question of being able to afford it.  Strong Midwestern middle class roots here too.[/quote]

You are so affected by what others think of you that you are frozen into inaction? Are you that insecure? Why do you care so much how others perceive you? [/quote]

I can't decide what my own values are. I expected to have a secure upper middle class lifestyle based on my education and work history, but due to investing luck and the great stock market returns for the last 30 years, I have more money than I ever anticipated. It's not how I look to others, it's how I look to myself.  I already make significant charitable contributions of time and money so it's not even that I think the money could be better spent elsewhere. I dunno.[/quote]

So then maybe you are not with the OP as you originally thought? The OP's post is about how spending money appears to others as "look rich". If you are held back from spending on the cute little luxury car due to selfish personal reasons, then more power to you! That's a perfectly rational reason. 
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