Got my new G500 today!!!
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Got my new G500 today!!!
I am not usually one to get excited about anything; however, I must say that I LOVE this car!!
On Monday I went into the dealer looking at the ML500, and one Tuesday I finalized the buying of the G500
Funny how you want one thing and end up with something totally different.
Anyone, drove around the whole day, and it's amazing the kind of attention the car gets. I live in Manhattan, and almost everyone turns their heads. I suppose this is the only negative thing I can think of, since I don't usually like being watched and scrutinized; however, it's worth it for the G500.
Anyway, loving the black on black G500... !!
On Monday I went into the dealer looking at the ML500, and one Tuesday I finalized the buying of the G500
Funny how you want one thing and end up with something totally different. Anyone, drove around the whole day, and it's amazing the kind of attention the car gets. I live in Manhattan, and almost everyone turns their heads. I suppose this is the only negative thing I can think of, since I don't usually like being watched and scrutinized; however, it's worth it for the G500.
Anyway, loving the black on black G500... !!
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picked mine up last week at MB manhattan!
picked mine up last week at MB manhattan! Great truck, and I know what you mean about all the attention, its really quite a bit, I had an S430 sport in white, which went by un noticed for two years, all this attention is a bit overwhelming, but as long as Bloomberg refuses to fix the roads, a G is all that will do here in the city, Ours is Techtite gray and ash inside...
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hmm, yes :(
Well, my mom bought me the car, i'm 19. We went to look at an ML, and I said, "hey, let's check out the G500" (just to see it, I never actually thought she'd buy it!).
So, anyway, I'm 19 and in college, my mom offered me a car after getting my stellar report card, so the person commented that I was spoiled. *shrug* I don't like being labeled as such, but maybe I am
Since I am a philosophy major, I like to give this account when people say someone is spoiled:
This appears in a work by David Hume. I believe it can be found in "Race and the Enlightenment" by editor Emmanuel Erza (if anyone even cares)... (VERY paraphrased)
One day, two slave owners were talking about their wives. One commented, "Our wives are so spoiled! It is outrageous! Why are they spoiled?"
On which, one of their slaves commented, "you give your wives everything, buy them anything they want, and worship their beauty, then, when they become spoiled, you ask why."
After hearing about this conversation, the enlightenment philosopher Kant commented, "it would have been an astute comment, had the speaker not been black."
This little story is meant to bring out racisim among even the most 'enlightened' enlightenment thinkers; however, I am adapting it for my own use
It is quite interesting that even the greatest philosophers in history could not get past the dominant racist discourse of the day.
For more on racism in philosophy, see 'Rousseau - Discourse on the Origins of Inequality,' 'Hegel - Reason in History,' and the aforementioned compilation...
I don't know if any of this relates to anything, but I never pass up a chance to talk philosophy
So, anyway, I'm 19 and in college, my mom offered me a car after getting my stellar report card, so the person commented that I was spoiled. *shrug* I don't like being labeled as such, but maybe I am
Since I am a philosophy major, I like to give this account when people say someone is spoiled:
This appears in a work by David Hume. I believe it can be found in "Race and the Enlightenment" by editor Emmanuel Erza (if anyone even cares)... (VERY paraphrased)
One day, two slave owners were talking about their wives. One commented, "Our wives are so spoiled! It is outrageous! Why are they spoiled?"
On which, one of their slaves commented, "you give your wives everything, buy them anything they want, and worship their beauty, then, when they become spoiled, you ask why."
After hearing about this conversation, the enlightenment philosopher Kant commented, "it would have been an astute comment, had the speaker not been black."
This little story is meant to bring out racisim among even the most 'enlightened' enlightenment thinkers; however, I am adapting it for my own use
It is quite interesting that even the greatest philosophers in history could not get past the dominant racist discourse of the day.
For more on racism in philosophy, see 'Rousseau - Discourse on the Origins of Inequality,' 'Hegel - Reason in History,' and the aforementioned compilation...
I don't know if any of this relates to anything, but I never pass up a chance to talk philosophy
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I can relate...
I got a hot car as a gift for my 18th B-day from the parents, never mind what people say, I'm sure he wished that he was in your place, I wonder if your at NYU? I graduated in 94, Parking must be a pain, with the xtra charges for an oversized vehicle, I pay $500 a month now, up from $400 for my S class! Are you going to try her out in the Hamptons this summer, theres a great entry point at Indian Wells, the mobil gas station in Amaganset? The beachhead goes on for miles and you can go at night as well.
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Not NYU
I go to school at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Brown rejected me, the *******s! NYU was my third choice, but my best friend went to Bucknell, so I decided to follow suit.
If I don't get into Harvard or Columbia for law school, i'll probably go to NYU.
And parking is nuts here. We pay about $500 a month as well. Damn upper east side, lol.
I don't usually make it out to the Hamptons. I'm usually in Europe for the summers, but I have jury duty in July, so I have to hold off an vacations until then. I don't want to go to europe and then fly back and such
If I don't get into Harvard or Columbia for law school, i'll probably go to NYU.
And parking is nuts here. We pay about $500 a month as well. Damn upper east side, lol.
I don't usually make it out to the Hamptons. I'm usually in Europe for the summers, but I have jury duty in July, so I have to hold off an vacations until then. I don't want to go to europe and then fly back and such
