[tman]

Read this today on Jalopnik. I found it amusing...

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/5-t...+whitsongordon

[AviatorBimmer]

Lost interest 20 seconds into the article. Thanks for sharing though.

[gtaccord]

It's pretty true overall. You just have to be willing to deal with the issues. The problem for me is that all the older luxury cars I want are of the performance variety which makes them a bit more expensive to maintain and more of a time bomb

[Patronus86]

The author comes across as a douchebag. He couldn't help a guy jumpstart his car because his electrical systems were fragile...give me a break.

That and he keeps reminding the reader that his car is an island of awesomeness in a sea of hondas...he's driving a MB s5000..it's a cool car but nothing to lose your mind over.

The whole article seemed to have an arrogant tone.

[AzureHaze]

That car is still a money pit in my eyes.

[koches]

Sure we all have BMWs but we don't have to look down on other people... I didn't really like the article that much..

[drunkenup]

Non-ABC W220 S-Classes are the exception to the German reliability norm.. I had one just like in the article.. An air strut or two might give up on you but the rest of the car was dependable and relatively low cost to own. The competing E38 and E65/66 will fuck your wallet silly and hard on the other hand..

I've read his other articles.. He makes a load of cash flipping cars..

[fravel]

Meh, I can relate. In fact, when I bought my car I was originally looking for an 09-10 V6 Accord at about $20-25k. Stumbled upon an '06 330i for less than $18k and with marginally more miles so I bit. I've easily spent more on maintenance/modifications on this car than I would have spent on a Honda, but that's purely because the car is 100% more engaging. I never realized that a car could be so much more than just a means from A to B until after I test drove that first 3-er.

I get shit from coworkers about packing my lunch when I am driving a BMW, but I do love watching old men enviously watch me get out of my car at gas stations too. The belief that nice car = rich driver is a funny thing indeed.

[RoamPT]

That guys is a douche. So he buys a $5.000 mb and he thinks he owns the world and he can't help someone in need for something simple like a boost. Lol i hope i hope the car fails miserably on him lol

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by Patronus86

The author comes across as a douchebag.

That is a compliment compared to what I was thinking.

[mcpcolas]

I don't think you guys get the point of the article. It's more about perception

[PlzExcuseM3]

Yeah he's only had that thing for a year so how he's currently a used luxury car master I don't understand.

As for the guy with the kids asking for money, it happens to everyone. Not just people with nice cars. I live around the corner from an area where someone will ask anyone for a buck while smoking a ciggarette and standing in the same spot for 5 hours. I get what he's saying, but it doesnt just happen to guys with 14 year old mercedes.

[-Wingman-]

Originally Posted by mcpcolas

I don't think you guys get the point of the article. It's more about perception

Yeah, no we all go that. We perceive the author as a needledick.

[335iAP]

What an asshole. I don't think there's any car that makes you too good to give someone a jump.

[fravel]

Originally Posted by 335iAP

What an asshole. I don't think there's any car that makes you too good to give someone a jump.

I can't fault the guy for refusing to jump a complete stranger when he knows there is a serious risk of damage to his car by doing so (he's not making it up either, the very thing he warns against happened to my uncle's E39.) The author never claimed to be too good to jump anyone, he just knows what he should/shouldn't do with his car.

Would you use the front bumper of your car to push someone up a snowy hill? Same concept.

[AviatorBimmer]

Originally Posted by fravel

I can't fault the guy for refusing to jump a complete stranger when he knows there is a serious risk of damage to his car by doing so (he's not making it up either, the very thing he warns against happened to my uncle's E39.) The author never claimed to be too good to jump anyone, he just knows what he should/shouldn't do with his car.

Would you use the front bumper of your car to push someone up a snowy hill? Same concept.

+1 Couldn't have said it better.

[335iAP]

Originally Posted by fravel

I can't fault the guy for refusing to jump a complete stranger when he knows there is a serious risk of damage to his car by doing so (he's not making it up either, the very thing he warns against happened to my uncle's E39.) The author never claimed to be too good to jump anyone, he just knows what he should/shouldn't do with his car.

Would you use the front bumper of your car to push someone up a snowy hill? Same concept.

I guess. Still, sounds to me like he's a better asshole than electrician.

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by fravel

The author never claimed to be too good to jump anyone

"I told him that I couldn't, because the electrical system in the car would promptly take a shit in its own pants if I tried to connect it to something as low-rent as his base model Hyundai or whatever the hell poor people drive nowadays.....but the guy didn't want to believe that I couldn't help him and was perfectly happy calling me an asshole after scoffing....it's a little known fact that $5 footlongs taste better when a single tear streams down your cheek."

So I don't know which article you were reading, but in *this* article, he seems to indicate he's too good to jump this guy.

Now the entire article may have been tongue-in-cheek, but I just don't think he pulled it off well.

[fravel]

The sarcasm seems pretty evident to me.

[Hidden]

Originally Posted by fravel

I can't fault the guy for refusing to jump a complete stranger when he knows there is a serious risk of damage to his car by doing so (he's not making it up either, the very thing he warns against happened to my uncle's E39.) The author never claimed to be too good to jump anyone, he just knows what he should/shouldn't do with his car.

Would you use the front bumper of your car to push someone up a snowy hill? Same concept.

Exactly!

[Miller335]

Originally Posted by mcpcolas

I don't think you guys get the point of the article. It's more about perception

I think because in the article the car in question was a MB, many will not see the point.

[soflo-nochi]

With the jumping another guys car comments aside, he's got a point. I'd rather drive a 2007 328i than a 2012 Camry