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by frontiersummit 1299 days ago
People buy cars with that much power as a "flex," not because they are regularly hooning around in them. A $100k+ vehicle with a Mercedes badge is enough of a flex already, and flexing towards a different crowd regardless, so the additional power is not necessary.
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Regardless, it's kind of assumed that $100k worth of "flex" comes with a pretty high minimum amount of any given quality. My complaint would still stand if it had 1000hp and manual windows and seats.
This just made me think of the last DoorDash driver I had sporting a large Mercedes badge on the front when he pulled up and seeing all the Hyundai branding on the rest of the car as he pulled away.
> A $100k+ vehicle with a Mercedes badge is enough of a flex already

AMG would like a word: there's always a bigger flex.

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