Subj : Re: BMW charging monthly
To   : ACMEBBS
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Jul 21 2022 17:13:17

 AC> Think we were having crossed wires. For those who have actually "made
 AC> it" I would agree with you. I was talking about those who have not "made
 AC> it"...such as those who are as poor as church mice...but spend
 AC> everything they have on having said status items. What comes to mind are
 AC> those here in the states who love their big lorries/guns...may be of the
 AC> "incel" persuasion. Take a look at some of the US right-wing terrorists
 AC> who staged the attempted coup on 6/1/2021.
 AC> 

No, I understood what you said.  Remember that I'm in Australia, so things
may be different here.  You can see young blokes with these cars trying to
prove something, but it is not as common as you make out.  Status cars in Australia are more for social belonging.

Big lorries, I assume you mean pick-ups?  Utes?  They are used here, not as much, and not as status items.  No one in Australia, at least in the urban and suburban and near-suburban areas things something like a Ford F250 is a
status item.  By status cars, I mean BMW, Mercedes, Audi.

Poor people will spend a lot of money on a car, but not a good one.  It's
likely to be a hotted up Ford Falcon or SS Commodore or something like that (unless thier criminals, in which case they stick out like a sore thumb).

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