OT: What do you do for a living? What do you drive? Social pressure?
March 10th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^
Paid my little brother $5 to get whatever it was out - twas a cat... Now dead. Must have crawled in there when I was parked outside the bar working. I actually assumed it was a rat or squirrel. Anyway, my bro held it up for everyone to see and freaked all of us out as we watched. Still the best $5 I've ever spent.
Wonder if its a grand prix thing
March 10th, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^
1: Engineer, 2: Mustang, 3: yeah, all my friends have project cars and its hard for me not to fall into that money pit
I feel like people from the coasts care more about having a "luxury" brand for whatver reason.
1) CS Engineer
2) '07, V6 Pony Package in Vista Blue.
You?
Cadillac CTS-V in summer
Silverado 4x4 in winter
What's the point of this thread again? Do I win?
If it was a CTS-V wagon you'd win the internet...
but CTS-Vs in general are boner inducing...
This is fun.
A. Teacher
B. 12 year old sedan
C. See "A"
I actually just made the first big-time "Adult move" of my life in buyng a condo. I paid about 30k more than similar to slightly less desirable condos for one reason: location. I will live 1.5 miles from work (opposed to 9ish). I plan on biking any day that's not snowing or raining. I'll save $50 a month in gas, save up to 30 minutes in travel time per day, and I'll be able to forego car payments for a long, long time. I am of the opinion that most people overvalue home size and undervalue location/commute. I can't believe some of my friends willingly deciding to live 40 minute drives from their place of work.
Going for an associate's in computer programming at my current school and then will transfer somewhere else to get my bachelor's. I just began computer programming after changing my major in January. I'm having a great time learning Linux.
My car is a 2002 Chevy Prizm...........hey, it works, I'm happy.
If I win the lottery, I'd get a custom Maize and Blue Mustang with Block M spinners.
March 10th, 2015 at 10:11 PM ^
Amongst friends and especially at work there is this weird undercurrent to fit in or fit out, with regard to buying a luxury car or SUV.
Don't give a shit what other people do or drive. Their choices are their choices, and are particular to their perspectives and history.
Be a man, make the decisions that are best for you and your situation. If you don't, you will always be a slave to your fears of what other people think of you. Those fears will never be satiated and be endless.
In time you will learn not only not to give a fuck, but realize that most people that drive the prestige cars you mention are living month-to-month and what they project is all image.
Suggest you read The Millionaire Next Door. The most common car they drive is a pickup truck, they buy their suits off the rack, and they drink, not Dom Perignon, but plain beer like Budweiser. And they live in a plain house and not a McMansion.
Most of the people that are driven to own the Audis and the BMW's, that live in the McMansions, they're the ones that eventually file for bankrupcy. Not the guys that live well, very well within their means.
Or get less shitty friends. Buy a nice car if you want,but if you're doing it to keep up with the Jones' then you're the sucker.
1) Judge
2) Trabant 601
3) No, but would love a new Audi!
Upvoting for Trabby reference.
1 Pornstar
2 1992 Civic
3. Honestly don't understand why people drive nice cars
1. VP of Sales for Tier 1 account
2. 2015 GMC Yukon XL / 2013 Cadillac CTS
3. The new Yukon is due to our 4th child being on the way and my reluctance to purchase a van. The Cadillac is a company car.
March 10th, 2015 at 10:08 PM ^
March 10th, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
What is a Tier 1 account (capital T)? Is an account a company? It sounds like you are a contractor.
B) 2013 Audi A6
C) yes, to convey success to the clients
March 10th, 2015 at 10:13 PM ^
2003 Audi A6 that I aquired via a bro-discount from a friend
I like it and it fits my long legs.
At least better than my old '95 Honda accord coupe
March 10th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^
I own an excavating company and drive a Silverado. I am out meeting customers quite frequently and have always been myself. I not only have been successsful at getting the work, I have also made many friends through the years, just by being real.
1. med school
2. black and silver two-toned PT cruiser with a red racing stripe
3. the opposite of peer pressure, but beggers can't be choosers and i'll take a free car from my parents if that means avoiding more debt
wayne state.
match day coming up...good luck to you both!
2. A hard bargain
3. Don't care.
Actually, I'm a lawyer and I drive an Acura. I do feel social pressure with regard to the car I drive, but not in the usual sense. No one in my firm drives fancy cars! If I were to get a Mercedes or BMW, I would stand out for being ostentatious. The peer pressure is to be more low key.
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My cousin is a big law partner in DC. He said it was expected at the partner level.
I think it is in a lot of firms. I'm fortunate in that my firm bucks the trend. I couldn't be happier that no one really cares about driving a fancy car. A new associate a couple years ago got a new Mercedes, and it was a big deal. He stood out for all the wrong reasons. Ours is a different firm culture than most.
Ha! A super modest girl I was dating moved here with me and raved about how convenient the Metro was to take to work in the burbs, "I'll never need a car again!" By like month two she was disgusted with the Metro and begged to take my car, which generally stayed parked M-Th.
March 11th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
If I lived in a place like DC, I'd get an apartment near work and probably get rid of my car entirely.
March 10th, 2015 at 10:45 PM ^
In Chicago, you pretty much have to have wheels. However, DC is a different story.
March 10th, 2015 at 11:01 PM ^
in theory*. Reality is a different story, IMO.
March 10th, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^
Great friend of mine has lived in Chicago for nearly 8 years. Bought a 30 year old Wrangler a year ago to be hist first car in 6 years. Since he moved to Chicago he started his own business that requires travel around the city and suburbs, hauling audio/visual equipment.
Hourly car rentals and the train got him every where he needed to be.
Only time I needed a car when I lived there was to go back to Indiana to visit family.
March 10th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^
Once you own a home, it's probably necessary. But if you live near a train, I frankly don't see why you'd choose to live in a city with public transit if you plan on having a car.
Prosecutor - Subaru Crosstrek
My wife is a Senior Partner at a law firm and she drives a Subaru Outback. We just aren't car people. The only thing I care about is having something reliable and something that can haul my bikes around all year.