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04/10/2005 10:15:40 AM · #1 |
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04/10/2005 10:21:24 AM · #2 |
Classiest as far as prestige?
Ferrari. Heard that they screen their buyers or used to. Heard if you won the lottery and wanted to buy a new Ferrari they wouldn't let you. Although that is kinda being stuck up.
Other options: Bentley, Mercedes,Lexus. Am I forgetting any?
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04/10/2005 10:21:37 AM · #3 |
It would have to be BMW for me. We have a 5 series BMW and a new ford focus for school runs and things. When the children leave home in 20 years or so...lol...I think a nice 2 seater convertable sports car maybe top of the list..
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04/10/2005 10:24:03 AM · #4 |
[quote=rex07734] Classiest as far as prestige?
Ferrari. Heard that they screen their buyers or used to. Heard if you won the lottery and wanted to buy a new Ferrari they wouldn't let you. Although that is kinda being stuck up.
I have heard this too. It's to keep the uniqueness of it I suppose. If I won the lottery I would tell them there car isn't worthy of me...lol.
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04/10/2005 10:28:10 AM · #5 |
Morgan. but only in terms of 'Class;
Cars fall into a set of categories:
Very nice(but wouldn't buy even if I could afford because it's only a car for christsake)
Nice
Decent means of locomotion
Whatever, it moves.
If you buy this you are moron with more money than taste and you will be first againt the wall when the revolution comes.
and lastly, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you and I will huint you and your children down with a tractor.(reserved for SUV's, Hummers etc that aren't on a farm. |
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04/10/2005 10:32:44 AM · #6 |
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04/10/2005 10:33:02 AM · #7 |
a fair percentage of those who win the lottery go bankrupt....
a classy car - isn't necessarily the auto manufactures doing. i am fond of a nicely refurbished classic ford step side pick up.
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04/10/2005 10:34:01 AM · #8 |
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04/10/2005 10:49:05 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by rex07734:
Classiest as far as prestige?
Ferrari. Heard that they screen their buyers or used to. Heard if you won the lottery and wanted to buy a new Ferrari they wouldn't let you. Although that is kinda being stuck up. |
I think that is only for special addition cars. I dont think much of these cars, they are soooo small. I guess they would be a chick draw if you were looking for whores.
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04/10/2005 10:50:48 AM · #10 |
not sure you'd need one to get a whore...
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04/10/2005 10:52:34 AM · #11 |
BMW? The car of choice for council estate drug dealers. Not quite what I'd call classy ; )
Ferrari? Never heard of any of this buyer screening nonsense, but then I haven't tried to buy one yet. The old ones are the classiest.
Morgan? Now there is a real classy motor. Fast too : )
The Vauxhall Chavalier must be up there in the top ten :D
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04/10/2005 10:59:30 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by soup:
not sure you'd need one to get a whore... |
I meant, fancy whores ;) |
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04/10/2005 11:00:35 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by bod:
BMW? The car of choice for council estate drug dealers. Not quite what I'd call classy ; )
Ferrari? Never heard of any of this buyer screening nonsense, but then I haven't tried to buy one yet. The old ones are the classiest.
Morgan? Now there is a real classy motor. Fast too : )
The Vauxhall Chavalier must be up there in the top ten :D |
No I am not a drug dealer...Just had a spare £40,000 to buy the 5 series that I liked. Think most drug dealers choose the old style BMW. I think someone who lives on a council estate that doesn't have any money would have your top 10 car, or a boy racer!!....It's personal choice. |
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04/10/2005 11:18:02 AM · #14 |
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04/10/2005 11:18:06 AM · #15 |
"Classy" is an interesting adjective; by its nature, it's not likely to be used by trendy people. It's kind of a stuffy word, if ya know what I mean? In different vernaculars, "classy" might be rendered as "rad", "awesome", "groovy"... You get the idea. So as applied to automobiles, I'd be inclined to use it literally; which automobiles reek of "class"? Which ones show the understated elegance that appeals to conservative "old money"?
Classics aside, that pretty much leaves the Bentley and the Rolls, in my opinion. Or for something sportier, the Aston Martin. Though Bentley has a couple of MONSTER fast cars that surpasseth belief.
Ferraris, Lamborghinis, cars like that are too flashy to be "classy" IMO. "Classy" is luxurious and understated. Mercedes, Lexus and BMW are too common and accessible to be truly "classy", I should think. One might make an exception for the Maybach by Mercedes...
None of the aforesaid represents my personal taste, however. Where I live and for what I like to do 4WD is a requirement. If cost were no object my ride would be a well-cared-for Toyota Land Cruiser. My 1992 Jeep suits me fine however. If I could have two cars, I'd back up my Land Cruiser with a vintage Cobra or an early E-type Jaguar, one of the most beautiful cars ever designed IMO.
Robt.
Message edited by author 2005-04-10 11:19:03.
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04/10/2005 11:25:17 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by debbybris:
Originally posted by bod:
BMW? The car of choice for council estate drug dealers. Not quite what I'd call classy ; ) |
No I am not a drug dealer...Just had a spare £40,000 to buy the 5 series that I liked. Think most drug dealers choose the old style BMW. I think someone who lives on a council estate that doesn't have any money would have your top 10 car, or a boy racer!!....It's personal choice. |
Erm, winky smiley == JOKE!
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04/10/2005 11:28:45 AM · #17 |
Maybach 62 is a pretty classy car. If you go this classy, you gotta have a driver though.
Check it out |
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04/10/2005 11:28:47 AM · #18 |
Erm, winky smiley == JOKE! [/quote]
ok...bod..I am smiling...:)
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04/10/2005 11:31:37 AM · #19 |
I find the Audi A8 W12 Quattro just about the classiest car around.
Why ?
Because it doesn't look like a $100k car...
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04/10/2005 11:32:48 AM · #20 |
Classy is often confues with exclusive.
Either one speaks to the owner's style/mentality.
Hmm...I sitll like cadillac and lincoln, but they seem rather like a blue hair's blue callar retiree car.
BMW says the owner values performace and practicality. Mercedes is very similar.
Lexus/Infiniti - says you're yuppie nuveau riche to me.
SUVs...too damned trendy. A hummer is not classy. An evening gown and tux is classy - to climb in and out of an H1 dressed like that is not deemed classy by me.
Packard...Pierce Arrow. Older Jags, Rolls Royce. Now we be talkin classy. Any limo works well too.
You can't tell me that arriving in this car would be anything but classy! 1936 Pierce-Arrow 1601 Metropolitan Town Brougham
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04/10/2005 11:37:41 AM · #21 |
Horse team and carriage flanked by Great Danes. The horses would have to be warmbloods, the carriage would be of laminated wood and leather, with brass lanterns.
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04/10/2005 11:39:42 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Horse team and carriage flanked by Great Danes. The horses would have to be warmbloods, the carriage would be of laminated wood and leather, with brass lanterns. |
And the owner would have to live in a strange, alternate universe of his own :-)
R.
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04/10/2005 11:50:04 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Horse team and carriage flanked by Great Danes. The horses would have to be warmbloods, the carriage would be of laminated wood and leather, with brass lanterns. |
And the owner would have to live in a strange, alternate universe of his own :-)
R. |
HEY! It's my universe - get your own!
I got the Dane. had the horses...
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04/10/2005 11:52:24 AM · #24 |
Aston Martin. James Bond's favourite
Message edited by author 2005-04-10 11:53:06. |
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04/10/2005 11:57:49 AM · #25 |
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