Our conspicuous consumption, let me show you it:
Acura TL 2008. Click for larger version
The wife’s 1997 Honda Civic with 146,000 miles needed $2,500 worth of repairs to stay road worthy, so we decided it was time to bid it adieu and move on into a vehicle from this century.
And boy howdy is it ever. From this century, I mean. This is one tight driving machine.
You might be wondering why we would go overboard with a luxury car instead of sticking with a Civic or the like, and the simple answer is that we plan to keep the thing for a minimum of ten years, and for that kind of time frame, why not get something really nice?
The same reasoning applies to why we didn’t avoid the depreciation tax by buying one coming off a lease—we plan to drive it till the wheels come off, so it makes sense to have a vehicle we know has been properly taken care of and gently driven.
Meanwhile, my 1997 Accord with 126,000 miles on it is still trucking along…
What’s blowing my mind is that if everything goes to plan, the vehicle in the picture is the one Andrea will use to learn to drive in ten year’s time.
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I don’t think you can call Audi your yuppie friend anymore. I’m pretty sure having an Acura TL plants you firmly in yuppieville. From now on he shall just be your friend, and all others will be known as your poor friends :)
Audi isn’t my yuppie friend. It’s another guy.
But yes, I shall now refer to you all as “the poor.” And vote Republican. Or not.
Dang.. I was kind of suspecting that, but Audi was the only name coming to mind.
I think that I’m officially a Yuppie because I live in PV, but that might not count because I’m renting. I’ll have to ask the Yuppie control commission to see if I qualify.
Yes Joe, you are a yuppie, even if you are renting.
It’s mostly a state of mind, rather than an address or even a bank account balance.
And Nic, yes you are now a huge yuppie. But nice car. :)
You’re right, yuppie-ness is a state of mind. I most certainly am not one.