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thats a terrible pickup

i saw a couple of what would have been nice 60s cars cept some minorities decided to put giant ugly wheels on em.

Saw an Audi A5 coupé in traffic today

Last edited by FloppY_ (2011-11-29 06:58:27)

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RTHKI wrote:

nothing special about that

€75.000 for the cheapest model with no extras...

Not to mention it looks badass

everyone should just drive around in Fiat 500's

@ your karma floppy: you'd like to be able to afford something you "liked". as if the car you drive will make you a happier person? nup. sorry. and if so, what a shallow and meagre existence you must eke out for yourself. driving a nice car means nothing other than you spent a hella lot of money to have a nice toy. doesn't make you a more successful person or a happier person.

i guess it also keeps that special feeling of certain cars (if you're into them) rather than walking down sloane street lined with Veyrons, Lambos and Ferraris

see a ton of old merc around here

Uzique wrote:

@ your karma floppy: you'd like to be able to afford something you "liked". as if the car you drive will make you a happier person? nup. sorry. and if so, what a shallow and meagre existence you must eke out for yourself. driving a nice car means nothing other than you spent a hella lot of money to have a nice toy. doesn't make you a more successful person or a happier person.

So why do people buy anything other than the cheapest products Uzi?

I don't give a shit what other people think of me, but buying a product you like and think is of high quality over the cheapest possible one will make me happier about my purchase to be honest...

I'm sure you buy fashionable clothes, judging by your pictures posted, why buy those and not just cheap T-shirts and non-brand jeans, do the fashionable ones make you a more successful or happier person?

I understand your argument, but it's just not how the world works, people like stuff, people buy stuff...

Last edited by FloppY_ (2011-11-29 09:04:34)

quality made clothing cost maybe 2x more than the high-street equivalent. a luxury car costs 5x, 10x, 15x, maybe even 20x a regular car. also clothing is directly affecting your personal appearance, which is obviously far more important to people (people in general, not talking about myself or anyone specifically) than a vehicle for getting from a->b. cars and luxury products (what economists call 'veblen' goods after mr. thorstein) are sold completely on advertising and brand value: they're 'look at me! my dick is bigger!' kinda goods. same sorta deal as people that go to restaurants and buy caviar. it's a status signifier... or, well, was. that's my point: they no longer signify status. nowadays anyone with a decent fulltime job could prioritise and own one of these 'luxury' brands - they don't signify the same status anymore. it's not the same as driving a rolls royce or a bentley in the 1930's, when cars were pretty rare on the roads anyway, let alone a luxury car. nowadays you can drive down any motorway in the uk and one in every 3 cars will be one of these supposedly 'luxury' (read: priced 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x higher than its average counterpart)- cars. it's like a generic uniform for the insipid middle class.

and as for your last sentence, what i am saying is if that's the way your world works, something is very wrong with it. since when did people consign their personal happiness to their ability to throw vast amounts of money at material objects? this is the way the world has been since the 1960's, maybe, at the very earliest. and it hasn't got us very far. it hasn't got you out of your parents basement, depressed, too paralysed to move or even try to be a success in your life, has it? you've given up hope before you've even started: everything is "too expensive" or "not a good enough opportunity". so clearly if that's the 'way the world is', you need a one way space shuttle ticket.

Last edited by Uzique (2011-11-29 09:14:59)

most people aren't even racking up debt, though, they're pretty affordable in most second-hand markets. failing that, you can be some asian small-time weed dealer and still drive around a rented audi with cash to spare. these cars have flooded the market and no longer mean anything. and as for the true 'luxury' cars, the sports cars and rare cars worth, say £50,000-75,000+, well... again, they're mostly driven by foreign students that were born into first-generation industrial wealth. or car collectors that put 75% of their life's earnings into buying a car and being a part of a fucking driver's club (what a sad banal existence, to live to collect a machine and talk about that machine with other boring people). or old men having a mid-life crisis now that their sexlife is into the 'erectile dysfunction' stage, and they feel as though they need some other way to feel vital, strong, ... potent.