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      10-25-2008, 02:12 AM   #72
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Not so much grandstanding as appreciation.

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Originally Posted by THellURider View Post
I hesitate to post this but...

I never understand why people have to get on here (or any other car forum) and start talking money and posting how they chose a 135 over *insert super car here* because they have so much money that they can do what they wish and then justifying it while everyone else just sits in awe of the story being told. Something about it just smacks of grand standing.

While I'm glad someone can do it in this world in which we live, is it necessary or is it a cultural thing I don't understand?


Then again, for what it's worth, I think you made the right choice.
Sure, one could see it as grandstanding, but there is the myth in some quarters that the 135 is a what you get if you can't afford the 3. So when someone says that they could easily afford a more expensive car but chose the 135, it pushes back on that myth.

I mean, if I said that I'd choose the 135 over the M3, it's kind of BS, since I can't afford the M3.
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