Originally Posted by
7milesout
Personally, I think it is ALL about image. Here where I live that is. Sure, a bigger vehicle has the potential to be safer in a crash. But I would lay money that the soccer moms around here don't care one iota about crash safety it's all about the image. Here it's, "I need a Range Rover to get little Chloe to Lacrosse." It's either a Range Rover or the square Mercedes box SUV thing. The Mercedes box has to be the most worthless thing on the road. Whatever, it's their money. I like nice vehicles, but not for the image.
Around my neighbourhood, the thing is have is a truck. I find trucks great - if you need them. I think it's needlessly excessive, too-much-car if you use your vehicle for weekly grocery runs. Honestly in my life the truly high class types, usually aren't very materialistic. I think the wisest realize it doesn't matter what brand your t-shirt is. Education and being cultured, whatever that means, can be something. But I don't know the nitty gritty about raising horses in the Hampton's. But there are folks who know how to play piano, have an MD from Harvard.. real polymaths right. They don't care what brand you wear hopefully. Lol.
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