[m0nty]

> So you just claim that everyone who prefers a nice ride and newer technological assistants etc is using their car for status symbol

Where does avryhof make that claim?

[chrisper]

This pretty much implies that anyone that doesn't "just" use their car to get from A to B is using it as a status symbol (in his view at least):

> A vehicle is a way for me and my family to get from point A to point B.... I don't use it as a status symbol.

[m0nty]

> This pretty much implies

Well, according to you. I didn't read it that way at all.

avryhof drives a beater car, but the loss of status that might imply doesn't mean much to them because it's just a way of getting from A to B. That doesn't remotely say that everyone else uses their car as a status symbol, just that driving a beater often implies low status or poverty.

I drive a beater car -> I don't mind that it's not very prestigious -> It's just transport.