• shartgargle@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    You work for individuals, and not companies? And those individuals own Bentley’s? They are fuck you rich. You’re just not conscious enough to realize it.

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      2 months ago

      Tbf a lot of fuck you money people are also relatively frugal and not stupid enough to buy a Bentley, especially for their own car. They have no issue with a Rover, Audi, or a BMW. Meanwhile, people who are rich (but not crazy rich) can afford to be stupid enough to buy a Bentley for appearances and then subject themselves to driving/owning it.

      As the old adage goes, “money screams, wealth whispers”. People with real money dont usually draw attention to themselves. The rich people who envy people with actual legit money are the loudmouth idiots that would buy something extravagant as a daily driver

      Plus, buying any old luxury car, especially a hand built car, is generally not very expensive. You could buy a 20 year old Bentley for the same price as a low mileage modern semi-luxury car. The difference is that the Bentley will break something every 5 miles and you will send some mechanic’s kid to college 10 times over trying to keep it running

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        Tbf a lot of fuck you money people are also relatively frugal and not stupid enough to buy a Bentley, especially for their own car.

        Many are, some aren’t. The typical Bentley owner spends a lower percentage of their incomes/wealth on automotive expenses, anyway, because the people rich enough to buy one tend to be so rich that no car can really make a dent in their finances.