>The argument boils down to, "I believe that children are our future, and you drive a BMW so pay me $30/hr." This carries over to a lot of things besides child

>The argument boils down to, "I believe that children are our future, and you drive a BMW so pay me $30/hr." This carries over to a lot of things besides childcare. I mean, when you appear to be ostentatiously wealthy, service people assume that you are rich and try to charge accordingly. Early in my career, I drove a BMW. I mean, it was used, maybe 7 years old when I got it, but it was still a pretty nice car. (I was raised on Skinner and Montessori. this was my rebellion.) I mean, at the time, it was somewhat cheaper than a new honda civic, but unless you were a BMW enthusiast, you wouldn't have been able to tell it wasn't newer. But it's funny how differently service people treat you when you drive up in a bmw vs. the beat-up 15 year old nissan I got after the motorcycle that I got after the bmw. It's not like the cars aren't comparable; I mean, the bmw would go around corners faster, and would blow the doors off anything "normal" in the 60-120Mph range, but as for 0-60 straight line performance? the maxima is faster. I mean, I liked the BMW, it was a nice car... but it didn't help at all when I was trying to negotiate.