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> will make you look poor I have an oldish (1997) exotic car as a toy. It cost less upfront than a new Toyota Camry. At a car meet, I overheard someone say to
by rozap 2y ago
> will make you look poor
I have an oldish (1997) exotic car as a toy. It cost less upfront than a new Toyota Camry. At a car meet, I overheard someone say to their friend "Man, if I had infinite money, this is what I'd get". I definitely do not own a money printing machine.
Maintenance is something else but I do the work myself so it's not bad. And the fun thing about old low volume exotics is that they are mostly parts bin cars. Tons of shared components are easily available.
- _yb2s 2y agoSame, I'm the "rich guy" picking up my son at school in an old Porsche I got cheap on Craigslist and maintain myself, despite the fact that its a school my kid was transferred to in a wealthy neighborhood we can't afford to live in. It cost me way way less than a newer economy car would. It's funny the general reactions I get- young men try to race me at stoplights, and strangers on the street will often give me a defiant fist or middle finger, as if I represent the wealthy exploitative class, in what is likely the cheapest car that has driven by in half an hour. I enjoy working on cars, so that helps make it cheap.
- rozap 2y agoThe street race invitations are funny. I get that a lot in my Esprit and, apart from it being incredibly stupid and dangerous, new cars are so absurdly fast in a straight line that everyone knows who would win. It was uncomfortable at first having people oogle over the car and make assumptions, but the number of conversations it has started with people genuinely interested in it definitely outweighs the awkwardness.
- _yb2s 2y agoI've always loved the Lotus Esprit- sounds like a really fun car!
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoI got a lovely note left on my car for parking in a handicap spot (with a tag!). The person assumed I was a rich guy flaunting the rules. My little miata was so proud of being called a "rich man's" car it practically pranced out of the parking lot. People just assume that anything sporty looking is ruinously expensive.