BMW Owners: I know your dirty little secret
So I've been shopping around for a new car, and while I generally don't have nice things to say about BMW (it seems like a lot of people who drive them are jerks), I was walking past their showroom on Clark Street (on my way to the Audi dealer actually), when I spotted the cutest gray-green colored 3-series on the floor, which would coordinate so well with my wardrobe:
I decided to take it for a test drive, and was even happier when I learned that it had all-wheel drive, and it was so fast. So we sat down to talk some numbers, but I just couldn't justify what they wanted me to pay. The dealer offered a helpful suggestion: I should get a car with "leatherette" interior instead of leather to shave some dollars off the price.
JAID: Excuse me? 'Leatherette'? You mean fake leather? I'm sorry, but no way.
DEALER: Don't worry! If you don't tell your friends, they'll never know.
Okay, this totally appalled me. Basically what he was saying is, no matter whether you are really comfortable, or whether your ass sticks to your seats in hot weather -- all that matters is what other people think. In other words, this is the car for people who want to show off, but can't actually afford to. And there must be a lot of those folks out there, because the dealer let slip that fully half of the 325's out there have leatherette seats.
So I have this to say to all those jerks with the lame vanity plates cutting me off in their "fancy" BMWs: I know your dirty little secret. And I'd rather go out with a sensible guy who drives a Honda than a jackass who's willing to pay $33,000 for a car with plastic seats.
By the way, I bought an Acura.
I decided to take it for a test drive, and was even happier when I learned that it had all-wheel drive, and it was so fast. So we sat down to talk some numbers, but I just couldn't justify what they wanted me to pay. The dealer offered a helpful suggestion: I should get a car with "leatherette" interior instead of leather to shave some dollars off the price.
JAID: Excuse me? 'Leatherette'? You mean fake leather? I'm sorry, but no way.
DEALER: Don't worry! If you don't tell your friends, they'll never know.
Okay, this totally appalled me. Basically what he was saying is, no matter whether you are really comfortable, or whether your ass sticks to your seats in hot weather -- all that matters is what other people think. In other words, this is the car for people who want to show off, but can't actually afford to. And there must be a lot of those folks out there, because the dealer let slip that fully half of the 325's out there have leatherette seats.
So I have this to say to all those jerks with the lame vanity plates cutting me off in their "fancy" BMWs: I know your dirty little secret. And I'd rather go out with a sensible guy who drives a Honda than a jackass who's willing to pay $33,000 for a car with plastic seats.
By the way, I bought an Acura.
posted by Jaid at 10:22 AM
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