Another Question For the Gents

[Tom Collins]

Ok, say you're a really successful realestate agent. You're pulling in enough dough to allow you to live in an appartment building that has a door man, one floor decidated to a fitness facility, and its own parking garage in a large metro center. You're a man's man. You like sports and drinking beer and whatnot. You're single, in your early 30s, and have no alimony or child support payments. All your cash is yours to do with as you please once the bills are paid. You know you're a good looking guy and have an exhibitionistic streak.

What kind of car would you drive?

 

[mdb913]

As long as it had a roomy backseat, a removeable top and a metallic hue to it, I really don't think make or model is an issue.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Same car I'm driving now, pretty much. A Firebird with T-tops. Maybe I would have a newer one with a bigger engine, or an older one with a humongous engine (a nice black 79 with a 400+ cubic inch forced air V8, oooh), but it wouldn't be much different from what I drive now (2000 Firebird with a piddly little 240 horsepower V6 )

 

[TheEarl]

Ok, say you're a really successful realestate agent. You're pulling in enough dough to allow you to live in an appartment building that has a door man, one floor decidated to a fitness facility, and its own parking garage in a large metro center. You're a man's man. You like sports and drinking beer and whatnot. You're single, in your early 30s, and have no alimony or child support payments. All your cash is yours to do with as you please once the bills are paid. You know you're a good looking guy and have an exhibitionistic streak.

What kind of car would you drive?

A sporty Audi convertible or similar. They wouldn't drive anything overtly like a mid-life-crisismobile, but it'd definitely be a toy. A treat to yourself, whilst still keeping a veneer of professionalness. A Ferrari or Lambourghini is too over the top and makes it blatantly obvious that you're treating yourself, whilst an Audi or Saab allows you to pretend that it's a serious car.

If you want to make him richer, then the next step up is a Jaguar and the one after that is an Aston Martin.

The Earl

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

That kind of money, an Aston Martin Vanage V8, in silver.

IT has style, and elegance and yet still beefy enough to hold its own on a freeway and doesn't scream "small penis" like a ferrari or lambourghini.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Same car I'm driving now, pretty much. A Firebird with T-tops. Maybe I would have a newer one with a bigger engine, or an older one with a humongous engine (a nice black 79 with a 400+ cubic inch forced air V8, oooh), but it wouldn't be much different from what I drive now (2000 Firebird with a piddly little 240 horsepower V6 )

Come on, Thee, fess up. That was you TC was describing, right?

My answer to TC's question in twenty-five words or less: For fun, this

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Mercedes-Benz/100688937/2007.mercedesbenz.slclass.20031634-E.jpg

2007 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Compact Convertible Styles
MSRP Price Range: $94,800 - $186,000​

For work (hauling buyers around) a Mercedes S-class four-door sedan.


Rumple Foreskin

 

[Tom Collins]

Aston Martin

Hey, DaOil.

Aston Martin Vanage V8, in silver.

Sally!


Aston Martin...isn't that the Bond car?

What kinda yearly net would you need to pull down to afford one of them puppies?

 

[Tom Collins]

Come on, Thee, fess up. That was you TC was describing, right?

My answer to TC's question in twenty-five words or less: THIS

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Mercedes-Benz/100688937/2007.mercedesbenz.slclass.20031634-E.jpg

2007 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Compact Convertible Styles
MSRP Price Range: $94,800 - $186,000​

Rumple Foreskin

The always Right Rev. Rumply strikes again. I've been trying to help Thee figure out what car he ought to get now that he's making the big bucks and he was trying to throw you off the scent.

I must admit that is one sweet ride, Rev.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Get serious people. There is only one car worth owning

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/Jenny_Jackson/ScreenShot189.jpg 1932 Packard

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Come on, Thee, fess up. That was you TC was describing, right?

My answer to TC's question in twenty-five words or less: For fun, this

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Mercedes-Benz/100688937/2007.mercedesbenz.slclass.20031634-E.jpg

2007 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Compact Convertible Styles
MSRP Price Range: $94,800 - $186,000​

For work (hauling buyers around) a Mercedes S-class four-door sedan.


Rumple Foreskin

I was very shocked by the similarities, and thought TC was talking about me during parts of it

AndI also forgot about the Dodge Viper. If I had the money, I would so definitely get me one of those with a V10 powerhouse *drools*

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

The always Right Rev. Rumply strikes again. I've been trying to help Thee figure out what car he ought to get now that he's making the big bucks and he was trying to throw you off the scent.

I must admit that is one sweet ride, Rev.

Verily, verily, verily. And I'm told it's been known to attarct many sweet young thangs looking for meaning in their lives.

The Right Rev Rumple Foreskin http://bestsmileys.com/religous/1.gif

 

[Liar]

A sporty Audi convertible or similar. They wouldn't drive anything overtly like a mid-life-crisismobile, but it'd definitely be a toy. A treat to yourself, whilst still keeping a veneer of professionalness. A Ferrari or Lambourghini is too over the top and makes it blatantly obvious that you're treating yourself, whilst an Audi or Saab allows you to pretend that it's a serious car.

Good call. A too obvious show-off car will scream "compensation" anyway. What you want is to look like you can afford a classy car, but you don't want to look like you're desperate.

I'd go for a good, classy, modern veichle built for comfort and good driving. If you don't hold back on price, style will follow. Check out the Audi A6, BMW M6 or newer Mercedes CL-models for instance.

 

[Carnevil9]

If I were writing a story, and that was the description of a character, I'd put him in a BMW. Something in the five-class. I'm not too up on the latest models, though.....Carney

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Get serious people. There is only one car worth owning

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/Jenny_Jackson/ScreenShot189.jpg 1932 Packard

That's a sweet ride. I would need a driver if I were to own one of those. I don't like being driven though, so I would have to pass for now (maybe when my license is revoked for whatever reason [speeding] )

 

[Tom Collins]

Ok, so the Aston Martin
http://www.ameinfo.com/images/news/5/22935-aston-martin-v8-vantage.jpg
The Audi A6
http://www.schwab-kolb.com/JPG/AUDI/Audi0102.JPG
The BMW M6
http://www.paneuro.ru/pics/cont/050824_185153.jpg
And the Mercedes-Benz SL
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Mercedes-Benz/100688937/2007.mercedesbenz.slclass.20031634-E.jpg
That's a hard choice to make.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Hey, DaOil.

Sally!


Aston Martin...isn't that the Bond car?

What kinda yearly net would you need to pull down to afford one of them puppies?

An Aston Martin runs about 75K for the Vantage and 125 for the Vanquish. So consider him making about 500K a year if he is in the kind of digs you mentioned in a metro area like Atlanta. I used to supply the computers to the leasing office at just such a place and their base was 1.2 Mill to own.

The BMW 650I convertible is about 90K would also fit the character well.

http://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/6/650iConvertible/

 

[Liar]

Tom, some of those, the Audi and BMW at least, are kinda old pics. the -06 and -07 models looks much slicker.

http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/06/22-bmw-m6-convertible/_Bmw-M6-Convertible-1-lg.jpg


The problem I think with the Aston is that it says "Hi, I drive a sports car. Wanna fuck?"

 

[Tom Collins]

An Aston Martin runs about 75K for the Vantage and 125 for the Vanquish. So consider him making about 500K a year if he is in the kind of digs you mentioned in a metro area like Atlanta. I used to supply the computers to the leasing office at just such a place and their base was 1.2 Mill to own.

The BMW 650I convertible is about 90K would also fit the character well.

http://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/6/650iConvertible/

This is the interior of that car...
http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/medium/96061_bxk6.jpg
I think I just came.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

TC,

In all seriousness, honest, the final choice probably should reflect the guy's location and life-style. Odds are a guy in Boston would pick a different car fhan one in Dallas. And it's doubtful if a college-town yuppie and a guy into hunting and fishing would have the same taste in cars.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Liar]

And if you really want the baddest sportscar out there, this comes close

http://static.blogo.it/autoblog/koenigsegg_ccx_rear_400.jpg

 

[Tom Collins]

Tom, some of those, the Audi and BMW at least, are kinda old pics. the -06 and -07 models looks much slicker.

http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/06/22-bmw-m6-convertible/_Bmw-M6-Convertible-1-lg.jpg


The problem I think with the Aston is that it says "Hi, I drive a sports car. Wanna fuck?"

Aye yay yay...that's hot. Would you call that colour smoky-grey?

 

[Tom Collins]

TC,

In all seriousness, honest, the final choice probably should reflect the guy's location and life-style. Odds are a guy in Boston would pick a different car fhan one in Dallas. And it's doubtful if a college-town yuppie and a guy into hunting and fishing would have the same taste in cars.

Rumple Foreskin

Think a WASpish type of dude who grew up with money. Not massive wealth, but plenty and being an olny child, always got what he wanted when he was a kid because there was no compitition from sibs. Location indeterminate, but definitely not a hunting and fishing kinda guy. City boy all the way.

 

[Tom Collins]

And if you really want the baddest sportscar out there, this comes close

http://static.blogo.it/autoblog/koenigsegg_ccx_rear_400.jpg

No offence, but that's just FUGLY, Liar. LMAO

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Think a WASpish type of dude who grew up with money. Not massive wealth, but plenty and being an olny child, always got what he wanted when he was a kid because there was no compitition from sibs. Location indeterminate, but definitely not a hunting and fishing kinda guy. City boy all the way.

Damn sounds like half the kids that go to school here in 15 years.

In that case the BMW 650i, hands down.

Our parking lot has four of them any given day.

 

[Liar]

No offence, but that's just FUGLY, Liar. LMAO

Indeed. But expensive.