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Anonymous wrote:We have a bmw and tesla in our driveway. We say we're not car people because we walk everywhere. The cars are always at home when we're out and about.

you’re a walking onion article!

“not a car family” means one or zero cars. like, I don’t even know how to drive, and we didn’t get a new car until DH had absolutely run his 17 yr old Honda into the ground.

Like what you did there!

Anonymous wrote:Since when is a volvo a status car? Volvo, Honda, Toyota, Ford, Jeep, VW are just....cars.

Do you consider BMWs status cars? Because Volvos cost as much as BMWs these days.

Since when is a volvo a status car? Volvo, Honda, Toyota, Ford, Jeep, VW are just....cars.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do people buy and get serviced the likes of lamborghinis in areas where $400k is the top home value? I’d love to know which Lamborghini and Land Rover dealerships or private auto service stations are investing capital and in technicians to serve these car owners in lower home value areas.

You're thinking of this all wrong. When you can get everything you need, like 4500 sf and a nice yard, for $400k, you have a lot of money left over for exotic cars. When you're scraping by to pay a seven figure mortgage on some shit shack in Bethesda "because of the schools!!!" you have a 10-year-old Subaru and say you're not a car person.

That's me! And because DH can walk to NIH, where he works. (Good schools + walking commute) > nice car

Meh, even if I had a lot more money, I wouldn't buy a fancy car. I would travel more, hire a daily house cleaner, give more to charity. I am truly not a "car person." As long as I can get to my destination safely, I don't care if it's a Hyundai or a Lambroghini

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Takoma Park/Silver Spring and my midwestern parents often comment on how people in my neighborhood live in $1M+ houses but they mostly see minivans and Priuses in driveways. Where they live - they see fancier cars in the driveways of lower middle class neighborhoods than they do here. They seem to mention it every.single.visit.

Same. My million dollar neighborhood here has mostly Hondas, Toyotas and Jeeps. My parent's 400k neighborhood (which is pricey where they live) has Lamborghinis, Range Rovers, Mercedes, etc.

To be fair, a million dollar neighborhood in DC isn't exactly novel or particularly wealthy.

Sure, but they could afford a car nicer than a 25k Toyota.

My dad is a "car guy". He has like six cars plus several motorcycles. One of his cars is Lamborghini but he doesn't drive it that much anymore (he's in grandpa mode now) Two of his cars are 50 years old and he works on them himself -- one is an old Porsche roadster and I can't remember what the other one is. Some car they haven't made in a long time. He also has a truck for hauling stuff and an older Range Rover which he keeps saying he needs to get rid of. His day to day car is a Mini Cooper he bought on a whim but quickly became his favorite. He says it's fun to drive and he likes that he can just fit a car seat or booster in the back seat if he needs to.

He would never by a Volvo or a Tesla. Those are boring cars. Volvos are for people who actively do not like driving, and definitely don't like driving fast. A Tesla is a status symbol but often an actual PITA to own. Our friends with one obviously love never buying gas, but also have to get it fixed more than anyone I know and it's always really inconvenient to do so.

Rich people with these cars are, indeed, not car people. They may also be tedious and unimaginative, certainly their car choices are. My dad would find their cars annoying because these are people who could afford to drive something fun or interesting and they chose not to. You might find their cars annoying because they are super predictable and status conscious. But they aren't lying when they say they aren't car people.

Oh I thought not a car person meant you knew nothing about cars and didn’t care (I’ll spend money on a car, but I’m going for safety and size over flashy speed and the thing that makes the loud noise).

Do you mean not car people don’t have cars?

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Anonymous wrote:Where do people buy and get serviced the likes of lamborghinis in areas where $400k is the top home value? I’d love to know which Lamborghini and Land Rover dealerships or private auto service stations are investing capital and in technicians to serve these car owners in lower home value areas.

You're thinking of this all wrong. When you can get everything you need, like 4500 sf and a nice yard, for $400k, you have a lot of money left over for exotic cars. When you're scraping by to pay a seven figure mortgage on some shit shack in Bethesda "because of the schools!!!" you have a 10-year-old Subaru and say you're not a car person.

That's me! And because DH can walk to NIH, where he works. (Good schools + walking commute) > nice car

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Anonymous wrote:OP you literally posted two cars that for me are the definition of "not being a car person." Those cars are garbage

DP, but I think that's the point. They're boring SUVs with terrible driving dynamics that the nouveau riche think are inconspicuous, but are very strong signals of their socioeconomic status. Just because they're not Bentleys or bright yellow Lamborghinis doesn't mean that they can claim that they're above conspicuous consumption.

Is that what saying "not a car person" means? I think it means that you don't care about stuff like driving dynamics. I know basically nothing about either of those cars so they don't signal anything to me (one is a Tesla so I'd guess expensive), but if someone said they weren't a car person I'd assume they meant "my cars are boring and functional" not "my cars are cheap." My cousin the mechanic buys cheap cars, but he cares a lot about driving dynamics and is very much a car person.

Anonymous wrote:We have a bmw and tesla in our driveway. We say we're not car people because we walk everywhere. The cars are always at home when we're out and about.

you’re a walking onion article!

“not a car family” means one or zero cars. like, I don’t even know how to drive, and we didn’t get a new car until DH had absolutely run his 17 yr old Honda into the ground.

Anonymous wrote:OP you literally posted two cars that for me are the definition of "not being a car person." Those cars are garbage

DP, but I think that's the point. They're boring SUVs with terrible driving dynamics that the nouveau riche think are inconspicuous, but are very strong signals of their socioeconomic status. Just because they're not Bentleys or bright yellow Lamborghinis doesn't mean that they can claim that they're above conspicuous consumption.

OP you literally posted two cars that for me are the definition of "not being a car person." Those cars are garbage

We put our Volvo and Tesla's in the garage, what kind of neighborhood has driveway parked cars

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Anonymous wrote:Where do people buy and get serviced the likes of lamborghinis in areas where $400k is the top home value? I’d love to know which Lamborghini and Land Rover dealerships or private auto service stations are investing capital and in technicians to serve these car owners in lower home value areas.

You're thinking of this all wrong. When you can get everything you need, like 4500 sf and a nice yard, for $400k, you have a lot of money left over for exotic cars. When you're scraping by to pay a seven figure mortgage on some shit shack in Bethesda "because of the schools!!!" you have a 10-year-old Subaru and say you're not a car person.

So funny. Then the moment an elderly parent or grandparent croaks and they inherit a little cash they have new Lexus or Euro crossovers in the driveway. lol

It means they are not obsessed by cars like a lot of people, especially people 40+.