That drives me insane. Nobody would blink if you rolled up in a brand new loaded Explorer, but drive a decade old German car you got for $10k and they think you’re Richie Rich.
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To be fair, compared to a creaky old LLV a Metris might as well be an S-Classe. They have *air conditioning*!!
Yes. While people who post here know that in Europe the Mercedes badge isn’t limited to luxury cars, that isn’t the case for your average non-car enthusiast American. Here you can buy a 10 year old C-class for the same price as a used Corolla and someone is going to think you are a high roller just because of that…
You’ve just described 99% of the federal government.
It required them to fund their pension plan up front. Meaning, you cannot promise your employees the moon unless you actually have a moon right now.
Torch, my uncle is a retired Post Office worker. He started sorting mail by hand in the late 60's and became an engineer for the sorting/distribution warehouses until he retired in the mid-aughts. He’ll agree with you that the USPS is one of the best mail delivery systems of any government on the planet. He’ll also…
knew a guy who on purpose bought ferds for his fleet so he didn’t have to hear about it from his more parochial customers for buying Mercedes Sprinters (back in the pre-transit, pre promaster days). Now I don’t think many people give a shit but I’m sure there’s someone out there who is going to make that angry phone…
Or just put in a huge order with Mercedes and dictate that it have the USPS badge on the front and it costs them nothing extra because they just put in a giant fleet order and MB can probably tool up a new badge for a couple thousand dollars.
You’ve apparently never met a hipster. Spend hundreds of $$ shopping at vintage clothing stores to maintain the appearance of someone who is perpetually one step away from homelessness.
“WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT, WELFARE ABUSING, GOVERNMENT OVERSPENDING IS THIS?! A FUCKING MERCEDES IS DROPPING OFF MY MAIL?! I CAN’T EVEN AFFORD A NEW FUCKING KIA, AND I’M PAYING THAT ASSHOLES SALARY TO DRIVE A MERCEDES?! NO WONDER TRUMP WANTS TO KILL THE USPS, THIS IS BULLLLLSHIITTTTTT”
my thoughts exactly.
Agreed. And I’d suspect its customers/taxpayers who would get more bent out of shape at them buying “luxury” vehicles than higher ups at the post office.
My guess is to avoid tax payers getting upset about buying foreign vehicles.
This is logic that only makes sense in government: Spend an inordinate amount of money to re-badge tens of thousands of mail trucks in order to maintain the appearance of being thrifty.
Lexus confuses me. I’ll admit that I understand the appeal of the RX, it’s a well built CUV and has a long reputation for the brand. This can maybe extend to the NX but I have no idea who is shelling out for a UX.
A low quality car means I’m more likely to buy another car in 5 years, but I’ll be damned if it’s the same brand. ;)
Also called the Unimog problem: If you ever bought one, chances are you’ll never need another one
I’d like Mercedes to step slightly away from the “luxury” side of things and right into “high quality” what I perceive they used to be.
Unbutton a few buttons show off the chest hair and enjoy it.