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Replying to: mark156 (Nov 19, 2008 7:05 am) Whenever I'm in LA (we were on my wife's fully paid work trip in Beverly Hills this spring) and see new Bentleys or Rolls Royces, I always wonder which movie director or star the people driving these cars are married, or related to... At the hotel (Beverly Hilton) where we stayed I checked car rental prices and overheard an agent talking on the phone to a customer. The conversation went something like this... "I can get you the Bentley for your arrival. If you rent it daily it's $2k/day, but if you take it for a month, I can do it for $1500/day" I was almost embarassed asking for the prices on renting a mid size after I heard that 
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 19, 2008 10:05 am) I'm sure people seeing me in the new Bentley might think other things but in a resort community, it's a little more common to see top-of-the-line cars. Also, I don't snub people, I'll smile at them or wave if they are staring. I think that makes a difference. I'm a car nut, anytime somebody wants to ask me about my cars I'll sure do a lot of chatting, you might want to sit for a while! LOL!  Mark
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Pick this up Saturday for one of my graduating girls. Test drove it today and was quite impressed at how nicely it drives. It's a GLS model with the alloys and power goodies in a nice dark charcoal color with metal flakes. Tried to make a deal on two of them, but her older sister didn't want the same car even though we could afford it for her. The Elantra that she wants is out of budget by a bit, so we told her she might have to settle for used to get what she wants. Trying to teach her a lesson in life here that one doesn't buy what one doesn't have the money for...we have the cash for two Accents and 6 months of insurance for each girl. After that, their jobs will have to pay their bills. Having three in college & grad school has stretched the family budget to the max...only an injured postal worker here so it's not like I bring home what many of our neighbors do...we have to budget money! Nice little car for a 1st car...the daughter getting it is thrilled. Guess we're batting 500! The Sandman 
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Replying to: mark156 (Nov 19, 2008 2:19 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 19, 2008 7:04 pm) Ditto for my '02... |
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Replying to: sandman46 (Nov 19, 2008 4:24 pm) Hyundai must be doing well, the dealer nearest to me just moved into a brand new showroom just off the highway. I got the nickel tour and everything was state of the art, even the coffee\cappachino machine.
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Replying to: mark156 (Nov 19, 2008 2:19 pm) That's good of you! I think almost anywhere in New England (not sure about Greenwich CT), a brand new Rolls or Bently would go over like a lead baloon. As would talking about how you can see your gas gauge dropping rapidly while you're driving......(unless you're complaining about it). |
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Replying to: guss (Nov 20, 2008 4:22 am) |
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 19, 2008 7:04 pm) I'll get that sometimes with my '79 New Yorkers, from people who aren't exactly auto-savvy. My roommate's cousin from North Carolina was up visiting about a month ago and he saw one of them and the first thing out of his mouth was "Oooooh, Good LORD look at that Cadillac!!" Well, this guy isn't just country, but he's like that episode of the Waltons where their relatives from the country came to visit sort of country...so I didn't bother to tell him that it was a Chrysler. Or that it cost me $500. Oh wait, this was the 5th Ave that caught his eye, so that was the $900 one!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 20, 2008 10:41 am)
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