Arvestaked's New Desire...

[anileve]

Funny. Aside from the rappers and pro athletes, most of the men I've ever seen driving a car worth half a million dollars have been middle-aged to elderly extremely successful businessmen who have worked their asses off for decades and deserve to be able to spend it in any way they please.

You haven't lived in New York long enough. Men that drive such cars are indeed middle aged and can afford good dental work, however they are trying to hold on to their fading youth by getting extreme tans, overpoweringly white teeth, hair plugs and silk shirts to cover their ascending pregnant bellies. A lot of them inherited businesses and wealth from their parents and really never had to work their asses off, at least not how I would imaging "working your ass off" to be.

Maybe I am a little biased, but cars of this sort are too posh for me, they just scream too loud for attention and reek of pretentiousness.

[dusken]

Speculating on the character of people who drive them is equally pretentious.

[anileve]

No it's called analysis of a character. You can tell a lot from someone’s behavior and their possessions. Much can be said about the person simply from the sort of books he/she reads, or the friends he/she has.

[dusken]

Yes, and I am sure you have delved so deep into the lives of the people who own those cars. I am not saying there is no such person but saying all of this just from looking at a car just shows you are predisposed to attack wealth.

[anileve]

Yes, and I am sure you have delved so deep into the lives of the people who own those cars. I am not saying there is no such person but saying all of this just from looking at a car just shows you are predisposed to attack wealth.

Absolutely untrue! I am "predisposed" to attack priorities and values. In addition I am very judgmental about how I feel wealth should be applied. In the case of this care it's more of an inflated pompousness: "Hey, I drive this massively expensive machine, therefore I must be important and well respected." Same as how I feel about those stupid Luis Vuitton bags.

[Crimson Glow]

It is a beautiful classy car. I love retro in cars. You have no credibility, anyway; you think Tool is the best.

Yeah...well...as persuasive of a statement as that is ... .... it still doesn't take away from the hideousness of this vehicle. I don't care how it's engineered, I don't care what the price tag is, and being retro or not bears no significance. None of this takes away from the grossly disproportionate design (and not in a good way, either), and the fact that the over all styling looks like a hunch back old man (kind of like the majority of its owners ). If that spells classy for you, fear not. I believe they have pills for that.

And for those that say "people who have worked hard enough to afford this type of luxury are not being pretentious by buying such luxury", you're over looking the obvious. Most of these people dont buy cars like this to enjoy the fruits of their labor (or the good fortune of inheriting their parents fortune). In fact, most people who buy vehicles like this don't know JACK about cars (I said most). These types of cars are heralded as the best and held in high regards within the social structure of the upper upper class. That's the only reason most know of them, let alone buy them. Also, if they were truly buying it to enjoy it, it would be one thing, but I can guarantee you they'll never come close to using half the options and amenities offered. Soooooo......you buy a vehicle you don't truly know anything about, and that you can't even enjoy all the features with....what possible honest reason does this leave you with to buy such indulgence? Oooooohhh, that's right. You have to make sure everyone knows you have the means to purchase such extravagance. Would that not be the very definition of pretentious? This isn't speculation, this is a tried and true rational, through personal experience as well as the experience of others. I also have met very wealthy people who you never would have guessed have my entire life time's salary already in their bank account. They're not concerned with letting everyone know what they have, or "fitting in" with their "appropriate social class". What they do and buy is based on what they like, not what others expect of them, or what would makes others envious of them. So, this isn't so much about hating wealth as opposed to disliking people's lack of class, rich or not. There's nothing classy about prodigality.

[loseyourname]

This forum is so frickin' judgemental. Is anyone else here completely sick of it?

[gevo]

This forum is so frickin' judgemental. Is anyone else here completely sick of it?

What else will you discuss if people didnt judge things.. or other people.. lol.. im not saying its good or bad.. but there would be this "peachy" environment where we would all hold hands and skip along in the sunset.".. now.. i dont want that either.. LOL

[loseyourname]

What else will you discuss if people didnt judge things.. or other people.. lol.. im not saying its good or bad.. but there would be this "peachy" environment where we would all hold hands and skip along in the sunset.".. now.. i dont want that either.. LOL

I think you know what I mean, Gev.

[gevo]

I think you know what I mean, Gev.

YES i do.. I hate you all.. you extremely judgementak son's of a guns!!!!!.. GO AWAY!!!