“No one cares about what car you drive” has such Boomer energy to it, and it’s completely false.
Our 2nd car (ie. the one we use if my wife or I need to commute individually - suburban sprawl means we live in a public transportation desert), is a beat-up 15yo Hyundai hatchback.
We both love it because it’s economical, surprisingly reliable, cheap as anything to maintain, and we don’t particularly care if it gets dinged at a parking lot.
But the looks we get from our peers when we drive to our respective offices (we usually WFH), holy crap! Constantly having to explain ourselves is tiresome, and our line managers have both made off-handed comments sarcastically asking if we’re not being paid enough. 🤦🏻♂️
Yeah, instead of “no one cares about what car you drive” it should be “you shouldn’t concern yourself with the opinion of anyone who cares about what car you drive”.
15yo Hyundai hatchback
surprisingly reliable
You’ve been lucky then. That I believe is in the era of Hyundai/Kia where they’d chew up replacement engines like crazy. But I guess it didn’t affect all engines.
You have a point, but you need to not care about some else’s bullshit opinion. You don’t need to explain yourself.
Save your dough and you’ll have money for whatever suits you down the road.
Paying cash for big items like cars isn’t always the best idea, but less debt never hurts.
“No one cares about what car you drive” has such Boomer energy to it, and it’s completely false.
Our 2nd car (ie. the one we use if my wife or I need to commute individually - suburban sprawl means we live in a public transportation desert), is a beat-up 15yo Hyundai hatchback.
We both love it because it’s economical, surprisingly reliable, cheap as anything to maintain, and we don’t particularly care if it gets dinged at a parking lot.
But the looks we get from our peers when we drive to our respective offices (we usually WFH), holy crap! Constantly having to explain ourselves is tiresome, and our line managers have both made off-handed comments sarcastically asking if we’re not being paid enough. 🤦🏻♂️
Yeah, instead of “no one cares about what car you drive” it should be “you shouldn’t concern yourself with the opinion of anyone who cares about what car you drive”.
You’ve been lucky then. That I believe is in the era of Hyundai/Kia where they’d chew up replacement engines like crazy. But I guess it didn’t affect all engines.
Thats really weird. Your coworkers are strange
You have a point, but you need to not care about some else’s bullshit opinion. You don’t need to explain yourself. Save your dough and you’ll have money for whatever suits you down the road.
Paying cash for big items like cars isn’t always the best idea, but less debt never hurts.