Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 11:02     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would someone pick a Subaru over a Volvo?


Because a modern volvo is a pseudo luxury car that isn't quite a BMW or Mercedes. Subaru today is what volvo was in the 80s and 90s


Spot on.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:59     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My impression is that a Subaru is something rich people get for their kids to drive, not something a "rich" adult drives. When I think of a car that a rich adult would drive to put their practicality on display, I'd picture a Jeep Grand Cherokee... but with gas prices what they are I probably need to reevaluate that.


Definitely reevaluate that, because they are on the list of worst cars to own.



News to me, so I tried to look it up...and here's my finding: https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/10-least-reliable-cars-a2967595976/

Note the first car on the least reliable list...is a Subaru.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:55     Subject: Are Subarus rich people cars?
I held off on buying a Subaru because I did not want to be the bougie stereotype, but then I drove one and really liked it, and it was pretty cheap, and here I am, stereotypically driving my Subaru around my white, liberal, upper middle class/rich neighborhood.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:51     Subject: Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We ended up in a Subaru Impreza because I wanted a hatchback with decent cargo space that wasn't an SUV or crossover. If they still made the Fit we might have gotten one, but the HR-V has weird rear door handles that my kid can't reach. We're definitely not rich.

That said, it's a car that is more popular with UMC people for whatever reasons so I can see where it would get the reputation of being a car for rich people. My parents call it "a liberal car," and they basically don't ever see them where they live in the rural South, but my MoCo neighborhood is full of them.


I am the one in the other thread who called Subarus bougie - and I think you've hit on something that I didn't capture (or think about) in that post: that as I understand the term bougie, it does mostly refer to things that liberal white people like. Not the richie rich white people, but the sort of "paying off student loans but trying to buy some original artwork and eat organic" set. People who read clothing labels to try to shop ethically even though they are still in debt from grad school. People whose income hasn't quite caught up with their taste.


^ And let me add: it's possible that this is how I think of the term because that's the position of the people who I hear using it (I am white, myself, and just past paying off my student loans but not quite at the buying a $35k car level of life).
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:50     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:Why would someone pick a Subaru over a Volvo?


One is reliable and one is junk.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:50     Subject: Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:We ended up in a Subaru Impreza because I wanted a hatchback with decent cargo space that wasn't an SUV or crossover. If they still made the Fit we might have gotten one, but the HR-V has weird rear door handles that my kid can't reach. We're definitely not rich.

That said, it's a car that is more popular with UMC people for whatever reasons so I can see where it would get the reputation of being a car for rich people. My parents call it "a liberal car," and they basically don't ever see them where they live in the rural South, but my MoCo neighborhood is full of them.


I am the one in the other thread who called Subarus bougie - and I think you've hit on something that I didn't capture (or think about) in that post: that as I understand the term bougie, it does mostly refer to things that liberal white people like. Not the richie rich white people, but the sort of "paying off student loans but trying to buy some original artwork and eat organic" set. People who read clothing labels to try to shop ethically even though they are still in debt from grad school. People whose income hasn't quite caught up with their taste.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:49     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:Why would someone pick a Subaru over a Volvo?


Because a modern volvo is a pseudo luxury car that isn't quite a BMW or Mercedes. Subaru today is what volvo was in the 80s and 90s
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:48     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:My impression is that a Subaru is something rich people get for their kids to drive, not something a "rich" adult drives. When I think of a car that a rich adult would drive to put their practicality on display, I'd picture a Jeep Grand Cherokee... but with gas prices what they are I probably need to reevaluate that.


Definitely reevaluate that, because they are on the list of worst cars to own.

Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:47     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We're pretty comfortable financially and we own two Subarus. Like a PP above, we're not car people. Interestingly, neither are our kids, who are in their early 20s and who have significant trustfunds courtesy of their grandparents. I'll also note that you see a lot of Subarus in NH towns with a significant population of well-heeled retirees.


Wow PP, that really is interesting about your kids, and their trust funds.


A lot of trust funds are administered in a way that does no allow for kids in their20s to use the funds on luxury cars, regardless of how large the fund is. I know this because that was how mine worked when I was in my 20s, and that is how our kids' funds are set up. Trust funds does not mean unlimited riches to buy whatever you want (necessarily).
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:42     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
I have a Subaru and it’s fine.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:39     Subject: Are Subarus rich people cars?
We ended up in a Subaru Impreza because I wanted a hatchback with decent cargo space that wasn't an SUV or crossover. If they still made the Fit we might have gotten one, but the HR-V has weird rear door handles that my kid can't reach. We're definitely not rich.

That said, it's a car that is more popular with UMC people for whatever reasons so I can see where it would get the reputation of being a car for rich people. My parents call it "a liberal car," and they basically don't ever see them where they live in the rural South, but my MoCo neighborhood is full of them.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:29     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would someone pick a Subaru over a Volvo?


I would. Why would you pick Volvo over subaru??

Volvos are more elegant and are safer.


LOL. Well, maybe for you and, if that's important to you, go for it.



volvo is more expensive than subaru, not a good comparison
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:27     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would someone pick a Subaru over a Volvo?


I would. Why would you pick Volvo over subaru??

Volvos are more elegant and are safer.


LOL. Well, maybe for you and, if that's important to you, go for it.

Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:25     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
My impression is that a Subaru is something rich people get for their kids to drive, not something a "rich" adult drives. When I think of a car that a rich adult would drive to put their practicality on display, I'd picture a Jeep Grand Cherokee... but with gas prices what they are I probably need to reevaluate that.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 10:23     Subject: Re:Are Subarus rich people cars?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why would someone pick a Subaru over a Volvo?


I would. Why would you pick Volvo over subaru??

Volvos are more elegant and are safer.