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dan jackson 56
Original Poster
4 posts
8 months
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Hi. I would like to ask a question do you think a car reflects what income / lifestyle you have?
For example do you know any wealthy people who own Fords, Vauxhall's etc?
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Rick101
730 posts
19 months
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Not at all.
Some of the richest folk I know run round in battered old cars.
It's usually the folk that want to seem rich, that are in the Mercs/BMW's. Usually diesel, usually on lease.
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Codswallop
3,893 posts
63 months
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dan jackson 56 said: Does a car reflect how much you earn / lifestyle? Not in the slightest. Just going on myself, my family and friends, income has no bearing to vechicle choice. dan jackson 56 said: For example do you know any wealthy people who own Fords, Vauxhall's etc? I know plenty of wealthy people with old clunkers, and less well off people with shiny new leased "premium" cars.
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thinfourth2
23,584 posts
73 months
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I should be in a mid range audi/bmw if you look at similar folk to my wage I drive a clapped out micra as public roads bore the s  t out of me
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Tonberry
1,339 posts
61 months
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No it doesn't.
Though if you want people to believe you are wealthy then a 'nice' car is the way to go about it.
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pidsy
1,971 posts
26 months
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I know lots of wealthy people who drive "normal" cars. They just dont feel the need to show off their wealth.
Equally i know people with some very expensive machinery - all on finance who still live at home with mum and dad - they want to give the illusion of wealth.
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Slobberchops
3,011 posts
70 months
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Don't know. Probably. My income is pretty good, wife's less so. I have a company 318d and a 996 for the weekend, she has an old Astra. Car choice dictated mainly by what we want rather than finances, could have better but not really bothered, would rather have cash in the bank.
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POORCARDEALER
5,639 posts
110 months
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I know a chap who earns 500k a year and has a H. Reg Volvo estate as his only car
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GarryA
2,480 posts
33 months
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I'm not rich by any means but have had and still could have M3s, 911s etc. I'm just at at point where I can't be arsed and don't believe in buying a car for the sake of it, something will come along and I'll go for it but for me at the minute its a battered V40 estate.
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AREA
234 posts
94 months
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At either end of the scale it probably does: I'd suspect that owners of Ghosts or 458s have reasonably healthy finances and the seriously beaten up old Nova isn't driving it out of choice.
Beyond that there will be a level of relationship between the ability to buy outright or service a debt but people will make decisions based on their personal desires rather than the income that appears on their tax return.
What it does reflect is your values, interests or the image you wish to portray. These are very varied parameters.
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m444ttb
1,364 posts
98 months
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For those that have grown up 'in money' buying a new Range Rover etc may be the norm, but in my experience they won't be chopping it in because it's 2yrs old / a new model has come out etc.
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TheTurbonator
1,694 posts
20 months
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POORCARDEALER said: I know a chap who earns 500k a year and has a H. Reg Volvo estate as his only car Legend.
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ninjacost
260 posts
91 months
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i have a modest house and average payed job but im a car enthusiast so i buy nice cars my current car is a 996 turbo but im by no means rich :-)
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kavanagh
546 posts
63 months
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More of a car nut,more of a importance put on the car and more a sacrafice they take to get the car they want so i don't see money being the most important factor.
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Rawwr
12,660 posts
103 months
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Yes, it does. When you see a 62-plate white Audi, you know the owner hasn't got a pot to piss in.
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Chrisw666
20,868 posts
68 months
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Rawwr said: Yes, it does. When you see a 62-plate white Audi, you know the owner hasn't got a pot to piss in.  Funny you mention Audi. A mate of mine bought a 57plate 1.9 diesel A3 last month, he is pissed off due to number of people who've assumed he has spent a fortune on it.
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JimmyTheHand
462 posts
11 months
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dan jackson 56 said: Hi. I would like to ask a question do you think a car reflects what income / lifestyle you have? No, sometimes car choice is dictated/limited by income/lifestyle but even then there will be others who will chose similar vehicles because they want one/don't care and just buy something.
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tyrewrecker
6,419 posts
23 months
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POORCARDEALER said: I know a chap who earns 500k a year and has a H. Reg Volvo estate as his only car Did he show you his payslip? 
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Jw Vw
4,044 posts
32 months
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TheTurbonator said: POORCARDEALER said: I know a chap who earns 500k a year and has a H. Reg Volvo estate as his only car Legend.  As said, people who earn a fortune sometimes drive cheap cars, maybe they don't see the need to drive something more exotic/prestige when there happy with what they already have.
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Rawwr
12,660 posts
103 months
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I drive an 06 Ford Ka, which I inherited. At the same time, I inherited a lot of other stuff and this, without wishing to sound too much like a dick, have an 'above healthy' bank balance. I've considered all types of cars from a GT86 to a GT2 but I just can't bring myself to do it. I recently splashed out on a new motorbike as my fun toy but, as far as cars are concerned, I'm just happy just appreciating them without owning one. There's also a quietly smug kind of satisfaction in knowing you could without actually having to or needing to do it.
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