Are cars considered to be objects of status and wealth (?)
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mobility scooters < bikes < cars <<<<<<<<< motorbikes <<<<<< jetpacks <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<< Tardis
This conversation is so awesome.
A tardis might attract the wrong crowd
A Tardis attracts young women the likes of Rose Tyler and Amy Pond.
Chicks dig Time Lords.
Maybe if I gave the tardis a sik paint job and put some mad subwoofers in the back I could pull it off
I need to get some petrol ('gas') for my lawnmower but I do not have a working car to drive myself down to the petrol station. SOLUTION NEEDED. The snakes are moving into my grass
Phone up Jim's Mowers, especially if the grass is that long.
Re tsq's point about the bike and cobblestone street: Now I wish I had a link to that clip from Top Gear when James May tried to explain "the fizzing sensation somewhere behind the gentleman's area" when he drove a really good car 
To answer the op's question: yes. Very much so. Most nice and high end cars around here are driven by people with way more money then manners and sense. Then there are of course the guys like me, who really love cars, but most of the time just can not afford these nice cars.
Even so, I'm not sure I'd much like a woman who just liked me for my nice car. Unless I was driving a Camaro, and she was a Camaro fan, then she's a keeper.
But to help you more in your situation: if the car costs too much to repair, sell it or scrap it. I know it's hard to do, I had to sell my first car this past November. It sucked, but needed to be done. And now I have an even better almost new car that's way more fun and way more environmentally friendly.
My point is, there are loads of great cars, both new and used, that you can get instead of wasting money and time on a car that may be quite past its prime. Changing the engine is a bid and expensive thing, and most of the time you're well on the way to a new car for that money.
To answer the op's question: yes. Very much so. Most nice and high end cars around here are driven by people with way more money then manners and sense. Then there are of course the guys like me, who really love cars, but most of the time just can not afford these nice cars.
Even so, I'm not sure I'd much like a woman who just liked me for my nice car. Unless I was driving a Camaro, and she was a Camaro fan, then she's a keeper.
But to help you more in your situation: if the car costs too much to repair, sell it or scrap it. I know it's hard to do, I had to sell my first car this past November. It sucked, but needed to be done. And now I have an even better almost new car that's way more fun and way more environmentally friendly.
My point is, there are loads of great cars, both new and used, that you can get instead of wasting money and time on a car that may be quite past its prime. Changing the engine is a bid and expensive thing, and most of the time you're well on the way to a new car for that money.
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There are bikes for people with much more money than sense too. There's not really anything a $6000 bike can do that a $2000 bike can't, yet people buy the former too.
There are bikes for people with much more money than sense too. There's not really anything a $6000 bike can do that a $2000 bike can't, yet people buy the former too.
I suspect you may be right Emher. I have been dawdling and looking for excuses not to get rid of the car but for the $3,500 or so that I would need for a new engine, I can just spend on a better car. It is sad though, I loved that thing 
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There are bikes for people with much more money than sense too. There's not really anything a $6000 bike can do that a $2000 bike can't, yet people buy the former too.
HEKTIC DERAILLEURS BRO
Are $6,000 bikes more attractive than $400 bikes like mine?
Unlike cars, bikes are ridiculously easy to steal 'or so I have heard'
Unlike cars, bikes are ridiculously easy to steal 'or so I have heard'
Well, with a bike like that, you never let it out of your sight, let alone chain it up on the street. If you watch a race like the Tour de France, literally every piece of equipment you see the riders use you can buy yourself in the store (that's a rule, they aren't allowed to ride non-standard bikes, although sometimes they use prototypes), but is a bike with pro team decals/colours more attractive than a regular one? That's for you and your wallet to decide.
eta: there are huge differences to 400$ bikes though of course. Most obviously weight.
That explains why so many commuter cyclists are armchair racing heroes. Yes, I see them in their lycra with their sporting logos and 'too cool for skool' sunnies. They are bogans on bikes, just like losers in orange or green 'sik commodores' with mag wheels.
that look must be attractve though otherwise they wouldn't do it. The conundrums continue to confound me
that look must be attractve though otherwise they wouldn't do it. The conundrums continue to confound me
Nothing personal, Emher, but this made me spew my coffee. I attended Catholic high school in Toronto, which has a large Italian population, and Camaros were the "Gino" cars in the late 1980s. At least a dozen Italian guys in my class drove them, and I'll forever associate Camaros with Italian guys with really big 80s hair.
Not that I have any right to make fun of stereotypes, seeing as I've been driving soccer mom-type cars for over 10 years. I was thrilled when my oldest child no longer needed a booster seat and I could drive a 5-seater car again. I'll never, ever own another 7-seater!