Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 16:48     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Anonymous wrote:Wait, so is OP's observation that rich people drive expensive cars?

Stunned.


Tahoes and Suburbans aren't cheap, it just doesn't seem like sophisticated wealthy families here are drawn to them. This is $70,000.

Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 16:46     Subject: Re:Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
I don't own a car and ride on a WMATA bus so guess I am a poors.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 16:45     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
To me it signifies someone who’s stupid. The Suburban/Tahoe/pickup trucks I can understand (not that you see a tom of pickup trucks in DC) but I can never for the life of me understand people who waste their money on cars like Malibu’s and Tauruses and Escapes. Pieces of junk! You’re much better off with an accord or Camry or CRV.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 16:40     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Wait, so is OP's observation that rich people drive expensive cars?

Stunned.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 16:01     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Well I'm middle class and drive a Subaru. How does that fit in? Cause there are a lot of us in that category.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:58     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Anonymous wrote:Not if it's a suburban with D.C. Tags.


= WOTP mansion?
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:51     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Not if it's a suburban with D.C. Tags.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:50     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Doesn't this sort of thing get old?
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:48     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Anonymous wrote:Seems the rich drive sexier Euro SUVs from Porsche, Volvo, Audi and Land Rover. Also Tesla. Seems only middle class and uber drivers and I guess police drive Tahoes and Suburbans and Ford Explorers. Oh and rental cars are often domestics.



Okay...sure. Whatever you say, OP.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:44     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Anonymous wrote:No. But caring about cars as status symbol signifies low class in DC.


+1000
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:44     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
YOu are onto something. A lot of my coworkers (GS14 Feds, single income family) drive these and only these vehicles.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:43     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Old American cars are popular among political conservatives and old money types. It’s not really a middle class status symbol. I think VW epitomizes middle class status.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:38     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
No. But caring about cars as status symbol signifies low class in DC.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:38     Subject: Re:Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
You're leaving out a whole set of cars -- Japanese.. like the Toyota Camry, and Honda Accord, which are usually the top-selling passenger cars in the US.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2017 15:36     Subject: Does driving a domestic car around DC signal middle class status?
Seems the rich drive sexier Euro SUVs from Porsche, Volvo, Audi and Land Rover. Also Tesla. Seems only middle class and uber drivers and I guess police drive Tahoes and Suburbans and Ford Explorers. Oh and rental cars are often domestics.