expensive cars on college campuses
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You guys are bang on, its the chinese here in Vancouver.
The big boom in their economy in recent years makes it easy for them to purchase these vehicles.
In China a C63 will cost upwards of $120k where here its about 85k which makes a big difference.
Where a Rolls Royce here is 500k there its over 1.3 million, but China still made Bentley Rolls Royce hit record sales this year...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily...210611991.html
That article shows you what kind of cars they drive.
The big boom in their economy in recent years makes it easy for them to purchase these vehicles.
In China a C63 will cost upwards of $120k where here its about 85k which makes a big difference.
Where a Rolls Royce here is 500k there its over 1.3 million, but China still made Bentley Rolls Royce hit record sales this year...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily...210611991.html
That article shows you what kind of cars they drive.
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Jeffield is bang on. UBC has ridiculous cars. A friend has an M3 coupe and said its really nothing special there (He's asian). That being said the thing is they are all asian who own these cars. Same here in Waterloo. Ive seen an asian girl driving in a C63 PP regularly, as well as one in a ML63. The only non asian Ive seen is a really hot blonde in an ISF. I think its safe to assume which university has the most asians will have the most nice cars. I hate to say it but it is so true.
And after talking to some friends they tell me that the parents buy the kids these cars so they can impress people, for young asian guys its mostly to get a girlfriend. We are seeing nicer and nicer cars because they have to "Stand out" more than the next asian guy. Pathetic in my opinion, but maybe thats just because I saved every penny for my car.
And after talking to some friends they tell me that the parents buy the kids these cars so they can impress people, for young asian guys its mostly to get a girlfriend. We are seeing nicer and nicer cars because they have to "Stand out" more than the next asian guy. Pathetic in my opinion, but maybe thats just because I saved every penny for my car.
They buy them because they can afford to. It's socially accepted and the norm in many cultures that ones children assume much of their parents wealth when they turn adults.
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mostly middle eastern at GW .. in my case a c63 cost 120-140k US dollars in kuwait .. no tax ! just the car .. and here, with DC tax, it cost me 77k .. a little more than half !! my dad told me to go F myself (literally) when i asked him for an AMG .. but when he found out how much it cost, he was more at ease !!
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Alot of the middle eastern send their kids to DC area for studies and end up with nice cars too. Several of my friends have nice cars as well as others that i have met on this forum at MIR raceway.
You go to Annandale/Eden Seven Corners, you will see nice cars as well. Showing off wealth is very common in the asian community as a sign of prosperity and making it.
You go to Annandale/Eden Seven Corners, you will see nice cars as well. Showing off wealth is very common in the asian community as a sign of prosperity and making it.
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Alot of the middle eastern send their kids to DC area for studies and end up with nice cars too. Several of my friends have nice cars as well as others that i have met on this forum at MIR raceway.
You go to Annandale/Eden Seven Corners, you will see nice cars as well. Showing off wealth is very common in the asian community as a sign of prosperity and making it.
You go to Annandale/Eden Seven Corners, you will see nice cars as well. Showing off wealth is very common in the asian community as a sign of prosperity and making it.
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If you look into it, I think you'll find vast majority of those "asians" are Koreans. And the young asian (Korean) guys do it to get Korean girls who won't even look at you if you drive anything less than a $60k car. How to survive a date with a Korean American woman.
probably explains why I picked up a CL55 eh?
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mostly middle eastern at GW .. in my case a c63 cost 120-140k US dollars in kuwait .. no tax ! just the car .. and here, with DC tax, it cost me 77k .. a little more than half !! my dad told me to go F myself (literally) when i asked him for an AMG .. but when he found out how much it cost, he was more at ease !!
here my car cost less than the c220 cdi we have in thailand lol (got my c63 for 67 tax included, the c220 was equivalent to about 100,000 usd there)
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Your right Late_Bloomer, import taxes in many european and asian countries are crazy. A crappy honda in some countries is the same price as a new M3 in the States... My buddy lives in Croatia and told me an M3 over there would cost over $100,000... and thats before you realize that gas is 2-4x more expensive than the US.
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So much for Yankee frugality
In college a Jeep Grand Cherokee was the epitome of wealth and prestige. One guy had a Hummer and this literally freaked people out. I have grown up with very wealthy peers, friends, and family. Purchasing any of these cars for a teen would have been considered beyond vulgar. The price is not the issue but the principle of the matter - usually you had to make a hell of an effort to earn a portion of the car as a good faith effort. You had to really appreciate the value of the thing.
I spent some time at University College in Oxford and some of the students wore the same suit for three months straight. Any car would have been a total luxury to them, yet their people could have afforded a Bentley.
Whatever, I guess times change as well as values.
I spent some time at University College in Oxford and some of the students wore the same suit for three months straight. Any car would have been a total luxury to them, yet their people could have afforded a Bentley.
Whatever, I guess times change as well as values.
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I have a friend over in Egypt, his bmw 320i coupe cost him around 80k usd.
Another person I know of in Singapore has a basic base model c180 which cost around 120k usd.
I also know for a fact that a c180 costs around 50-60k usd in India and they are very common cars there now. Infact a friend told me his cousin bought a 2003 used sl55 in India for 100k usd! I mean damn!
To compare, USA and UK have some of the cheapest car prices in the world! I'm not complaining!
Another person I know of in Singapore has a basic base model c180 which cost around 120k usd.
I also know for a fact that a c180 costs around 50-60k usd in India and they are very common cars there now. Infact a friend told me his cousin bought a 2003 used sl55 in India for 100k usd! I mean damn!
To compare, USA and UK have some of the cheapest car prices in the world! I'm not complaining!
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