You know you've made it when...

[s p a c e m a n]

Ferrari contact you to ask if you would like one of their new limited editions

[Impasse]

...and you turn them down because you don't wish to own anything so common.

[Baz Tench]

A rev counter.

[flatso]

A quick compilation of some of the comments:

Your so rich your actually past caring what other people thing of you and drive what you want
When you care more about silence than noise.
Double glazed side windows

Citroen C5, understated, and ticks the above criteria at a bargain price (second hand). You know the person that buys a new large Citroen is rich, otherwise he could not afford the massive depreciation.

[AudiSport]

You stop trying to look rich.

[dmitsi]

You don't know who fills it up with petrol.

[Collectingbrass]

Where I live (the ex SWT took everything) you know you've made it when

- you don't have to worry about an ANPR stop
- you use a current tax disc, not a 5 year old beer mat
- the oil actually gets changed, though you aspire to have someone else do that
- your neighbour has a car as well as the van

[Davie_GLA]

Depends on your definition of made it i guess but I'm not sure I'd define it with a car.

But in the spirit of the thread I think it would probably be a car with 'suicide' doors. A phantom or the american car that was in the matrix.

I remember when I first started driving all I wanted was a rev counter as already mentioned.

[Voldemort]

You park in the short term for a three week holiday and you regard parking tickets as really quite good value for the convenience of parking where the fk you like.

[jfbrin]

When the car of your dreams is in your climate controlled garage but you still drive the daily shed.

Or more specific to the op's question, air conditioned ventilated seats with fridge behind rear arm rest!

[Mr E]

andyalan10 said:

You can't hear or feel your engine at tickover.

I've just managed that. I think.

[Mr E]

Heated *rear* seats...

[powerstroke]

You buy half a dozen new sportline Audi's for you and your mates to race round the farm afterwards you pile them up into a sort of modern art installation in one of your fields next to the motorway

[Jonny_]

White paint and LED daytime running lights, innit?

[sjabrown]

When you drive a battered old 205 diesel because cars are just a tool for getting to where you need to be. You have a yacht for travelling in.

[M3CS]

You know you've made it when you genuinely cannot be sure how many cars you own.

[Colonial]

Max_Torque said:

your daily "commuter" looks like this:

Funnily enough I had that experience on Wednesday.

"Come and have a look at our new site" said the client. "It's in small town 150k west of Sydney. Don't worry. We'll take my chopper"

Bell 429. Very nice. Very convenient way of traveling.

Tried very hard not to giggle like a schoolboy.

[Jaguar steve]

Spare tyre said:

When you are content with what you have

Exactly this.

[Bluehawk]

When instead of washing your car you go out and buy a brand new car

[Osinjak]

I was at a bloke's pad the other week and he had an A45 AMG as an estate run around, I kid you not.