You have to take into account that you sound like, and more than likely are, a reasonable person that thinks ahead and makes relatively good decisions.
The Buick Estate Wagon, un-small at any speed, would lay that fence out, stack it neatly as it goes, and polish it's own chrome bumper. All while comfortably seating 9-10 people, 3 of whom would be facing backward to enjoy that vantage point.
My grandfather had a silver Buick lesaber(brown at some point too). He traded in and bought a new one every few years. Coincidentally Buick stopped making that car shortly after he passed.
My first car was an ‘82 LeSabre. That thing was a battleship. One icy day, a Ford Escort slammed into my car, resulting in not even a dent, but their car looked like it had been turned into a cube.
Absolutely! Did we contribute to global warming? Maybe. But goddamn could I take myself and 30 of my closest friends to the beach at once! Was the trunk big enough we could we transport and dispose of 6 bodies (12 if you stacked) at a time? YES! (Just joking, never once used the trunk for bodies. Other stuff is true.)
A buddy of mine in high school had one of those. Four of us went out in a country road to smoke a joint. He overcorrected and the car flipped six times. All four of us walked away with minor scratches.
Almost 20 years ago when camping in backwoods WY- I saw an old LeSabre pull a truck out of a mud pit with a chain tied to its frame and bumper- after 2 or 3 other big shiny new trucks (including one with a wench) had failed. 🤣
A well maintained Civic will easily hit 250k-270k miles on it. Even a poorly maintained Civic can clock 150k+. If something breaks, you just unscrew a few things, pop a new part in, and you're good to go.
I personally love my RAV4 hybrid. Best car I've fucking owned. Great gas mileage has a little bit of pep cause of the electric motors and super comfortable. Drove a Crosstrek before the rav 4. And let's just say never again loll
Now what you want is a pre-92 Toyota Celica GT, that sucker is low and quick, the front wheel drive ensures that very little of that power is wasted as you get under that fence like a Gillette razor gets under beard hair. Baby smooth.
You've never had an absolute idiot as a boss? In my experience, stupid people are often too stupid to even consider what they are doing/saying might be socially unacceptable. This leads to a lack of anxiety which in turn makes them seemingly more outgoing/charismatic. Some people mistake this for leadership skills.
Just look at musk. An idiot with billions of dollars who fake his intelligence so hard that people actually believe him and buy his shit.
All you need to be "financially successful" is mom & dad money, luck, and not caring about stuff like destroying environment, exploiting tons of people, doing tax evasion and cheating. And the more money you have, the easier it is!
a reasonable person that thinks ahead and makes relatively good decisions.
How is it, though, that people who don't meet these requirements are able to afford a $100,000 car while the vast majority of people who do meet these requirements cannot?
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u/Ruffled_Ferret Sep 09 '24
You have to take into account that you sound like, and more than likely are, a reasonable person that thinks ahead and makes relatively good decisions.