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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpha_One View Post
    I'm actually surprised (not completely, but somewhat) that a few people drive Ferraris around here, actually. I imagine they'd get stuck trying to get over some residential road's typical speedbump. That said, they're way more common in Hong Kong or Singapore, where you'd have to be super-rich just to be able to afford any car. There are no potholes in Singapore (but a lot of speed cameras, go figure).
    If you can afford Ferrari in Singapore (just check what it cost to buy one AND to DRIVE one), you don't care about the speed cams, you have more than enough money to buy the whole speed cam network in SG, let alone paying the fine. Singapore is a FINE city!!


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    My beef is: why are y'all butthurt about this "poor man's car" label?

    Lets see the facts:
    1. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    2. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    3. The mirage is made from cheap materials were made to accomplish above
    4. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    5. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    6. The mirage gets good gas mileage
    7. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    8. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    9. The mirage has one less cylinder (see #6 above)
    10. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there
    11. The mirage is one of the least expensive cars out there

    Will a rich man consider buying the mirage? Perhaps, but why if he has 5k more to spend on a Toyota PriusC? Or perhaps even (insert more expensive car that gets good MPG here)

    Lets face it. One of (if not the most important) reasons why we got our cars is price. I was really considering an accent, but it was seriously 2k out of my price range. That's about 20$ a month out-of-my-price range.



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