Yesterday when rain hit on yet another Saturday we did something that I wouldn't normally do if I weren't hanging out with Captain Pretentious: we looked at luxury automobiles. After stopping by the different dealers, here are my thoughts:
BMW: I was a huge fan of BMW and have wanted one for a long time in the little fantasy world in my mind. But after sitting down in one I was less than impressed. In all honesty, despite a potentially more powerful engine that we didn't get to experience because we didn't test drive it, it wasn't any better than my Elantra. The back seat had less room then my car and except for the push button ignition it really didn't have any bells and whistles you'd expect in a $30k+ car. C.P. called it an understated elegance, but paying an additional $15k just for the logo on the front seems like a horrible waste of money.
Jaguar: C.P. already has a Jag, its a little older but its still in pretty good shape. The new jags didn't look much different than his. They still had the certain classiness to them but nothing has really changed. You could probably save your money and get a ten year old one and get the same thing for a fifth of the price.
Porshe: They look badass if you stand back from them. A true sports car. But you get closer and you realize that its a super tiny car. You would have to be a really good driver because if you got in any type of wreck you would be done for sure.
Mercedes: These cars are soul-less overpriced wastes of money. They have no character at all and I honestly felt depressed just looking at them. The only cool car they had in the whole lot was a Pontiac Solstice that they were selling for a fraction of the price of any of the Mercedes on the lot.
Personally if it were me I would put the money into getting a new Charger or Mustang, lots more character and for the price of those luxury cars you could get the super high end models of those cars. I dunno I guess not having large amounts of money to blow on those cars I just don't get it but to each their own.
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w00t Mustang!
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