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Originally Posted by Aija
I personally dont care about "status". But nowdays, it seems that Lexus has more status than BMW, at least here in the bay for the average person. Mercedez (with an exception of the C) i would say has the most "status".
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I'm with you. There are many of us who came from Japanese cars, still have those cars in our garage, and now use those reliable, fully-depreciated, low cost-per-mile Japanese cars as beaters, daily drivers, pet carriers, etc. If we cared about status we'd drive the BMW solely and get rid of our 10 y.o. Japanese daily drivers.
One of the beautiful things about a Japanese cars is that they offer such great value one can easily pay cash for them without losing sleep, or take a 2-3 year loan, and 7-10 years after having paid for the vehicle, have them still running like a top with no end in sight to their useful lives.