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Bad day for the metro owner; :/
Topic Started: Jan 4 2012, 08:54 PM (1,438 Views)
allmountain40
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To be honest, I could afford his and hers "status" cars. I live waaaaaay out in the woods about as far from civilization as I can get. I and my wife both have our toys ( cars we love ) but we also each have metros. For us to go anywhere, it is at least a 60 mile round trip, and my commute to work is about 128. So, for the trips into town, we drive metros. We save out "good" cars for special trips. Of course, the merc people would have looked at my "good" cars with the same disdain as they did your metro. I have money, but I am not about appearances. I know what I like and people like that can kiss me where the sun doesn't shine. When I run into those types I love to ask them what they do for a living, and then I'll make a comment like, "wow, with your car payment you don't have much left for anything else. I'd hate to be a slave to a fashion statement like that. Tell me, why do people like you buy cars they can't afford just to appear like you have more money than you really do?" I hate people like that. But like OLDMAN said you should have tossed them off your property on their butts!
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dayle1960
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Fastest Hampster EVER

There is absolutely nothing wrong with folks driving up to your metro and badmouthing it in front of you. I would have let them go on and on and when they ask you hawk much for the car just tell them $10,000. Tell them the longere they waist your time the higher the price goes. Either they will get the hint or else you will end up with a lot more cash in your pocket.

Look, in this world there will be some first class idiots. I deal with a bunch of them on a daily basis. They only way to handle the situation without it getting to you is to let God handle it. As an individual , you cannot change a lifetime of ingrained idioticy. Only God is up to that task. In about a week this episode will fall into tle dark recesses of your mind and it will be forgotten. Learn how NOT to act like they did and try to act good to everyone around you.

Idiots are Gods way of telling you to walk the straight and narrow. Heed that angle on you shoulder saying," watch out, you are fixing to do something dumb."
Edited by dayle1960, Jan 5 2012, 03:44 PM.
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TimmyD
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...I drive my metro because I can't find anything affordable that gets 33 mpg.
I through with making payments for a vehicle.

If I can't pay cash - I'm not buying.
(at least, that is my plan - hope to keep all my vehicles running on sweat & know-how.
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starscream5000
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Got 70 MPG?

AlexK
Jan 5 2012, 02:18 AM
Real rich people don't drive flashy cars for the most part. People that want to appear rich do. Those people probably spend the majority of their income on debt service to pay for fancy cars, houses, jewelry, etc to impress their peers that are doing the same. It's sad really.

I suspect the majority of Metro owners on this site could afford a much more expensive vehicle but drive a Metro because they want to.
This is the best post I've seen in ages here. :thumb
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Woodie
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You had the perfect opportunity. When they handed you the phone with the real buyer, you should have asked "So who are these two assholes?"

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Tofuball
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Strange Mechanic

Looks like they went all out trying to impress you with how affluent they were, you should be honored :P
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aaronvincent
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Mr Mojo Risin'

I don't think it bothered me as much as it shocked me (shocked to find out people actually act like that and live with themselves). Just a waste of my time, shoulda charged them for standing around $40 every 3 min B-)
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AlexK
Jan 5 2012, 02:18 AM
Real rich people don't drive flashy cars for the most part. People that want to appear rich do. Those people probably spend the majority of their income on debt service to pay for fancy cars, houses, jewelry, etc to impress their peers that are doing the same. It's sad really.

I suspect the majority of Metro owners on this site could afford a much more expensive vehicle but drive a Metro because they want to.
couldnt agree more.


a good friend of mine makes about 100k/yr. not rich but still pretty damn good for a 30 year old. he drives a 360 modena (yes ive driven it quite a few times. perk of working on it. :rocker )


his dad, worth well into 8 figures, drives an 05 F150.
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AaronVincent, Welcome To California! Home To Geo Bashing, Prejudice, Racism, Hatred, Bigotry. I'm Surprised That Happened In Your Laid Back Hometown Of Imperial Beach. Here In Encino And San Fernando Valley, I Gotta Put Up With That Bullshit Every Damn Day. Just Yesterday, I Had A Punk Guy In A White 20 Something Year Old POS Mercedes Benz Harrass Me On Lindley Avenue. He Passed Me On The Turning Right Lane, (An Illegal Maneuver) And NO LAPD In Sight To Give Him A Ticket. Yet I, As A Geo Metro Driver Have To Put Up With Harassment From CHP And LAPD Just For Minding My Own Business. And People Like This Can Be Scofflaws and Break The Laws At Geo Metro's Expense And Get Away With It. BULLSHIT!!

Again, Welcome To The People's Republic Of Communist California. Home Birthplace Of Geo Bashing!!
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Woodie
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Richard Kaltenbach
Jan 6 2012, 11:26 PM
Just Yesterday, I Had A Punk Guy In A White 20 Something Year Old POS Mercedes Benz Harrass Me On Lindley Avenue. He Passed Me On The Turning Right Lane
That's just an idiot acting like an idiot. Aggravating, yes, but not directed at you. Stop taking things so personally, you'll live longer.
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