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[Archae]

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[CrispyQ]

1. Oh stop.

Seriously, you have no idea of their situation.

[Journeyman]

4. . . . or even how they came to be driving a Mercedes, which they may not own.

[Lars39]

2. You can have a good job and very nice car one day and zip the next.

[wryter2000]

3. Why does it bother you?

The person might have lost a good job. Or they might have borrowed the car.

[dware]

5. Maybe the Mercedes belongs to a family who's jobs

have been impacted by the pandemic.

I don't understand why you would make such a comment.

[Dawson Leery]

6. In other news, someone's dog recieved a mail-in ballot.

[dware]

7. You might want to edit or delete this thread.

Just sayin'.

[Tree-Hugger]

8. Hard times can happen to everyone

You have no idea if that car is paid off, about to be repo'd, borrowed, a company car. Appearances are often deceiving and you have no idea what circumstances affect this person. People's financial situations have turned on a dime this year. This is the kind of crap that Republicans say about people who need assistance. I'm saddened to find that attitude on DU.

[LanternWaste]

9. What specifically bothers you about this?

[happybird]

10. Used ones can be surprisingly inexpensive

because there are a shit ton of them.

[CountAllVotes]

13. A friend of mine had a used one

He bought it for $2,000.00.

It was an old one but nice!

[happybird]

20. I was just looking on Carmax

to back my claim, and saw many with under 50K miles that are cheaper than my little base model Corolla was! Dang, I could be tooling around in a Benz!

[csziggy]

25. Problem is, Mercedes are much more expensive to maintain

At one point my sister, who drove a lot of miles commuting, got a used Mercedes for a great price. The first time she took it in for routine servicing - oil change, etc - it cost her hundreds of dollars without any extras. She promptly traded it in for a smaller car that cost very little to maintain.

I bet it cost you less than $100 to service your Corolla while servicing that Mercedes would be very expensive.

[Archae]

22. That does sound reasonable.

Like I stated in the update, I'm going to wait to see if there is more information about that driver.

[MerryBlooms]

24. That, and my understanding is they're notoriously expensive to maintain.

[obamanut2012]

11. This is LITERALLY Reagan's "Welfare Queen" propo

Do you know that?

Those lying, uppity minority women driving Mercs and getting pubic assistance in twelve states.

Ridiculous then and ridiculous now.

Self delete this. Good lord.

[Sympthsical]

14. Food stamps and a Caddy

The American Dream!

God, I was a small child during that, but the welfare queen meme stuck and lasted well into the 90s. It was part of the reason we ended up with welfare reform during Clinton.

[dware]

15. I really, really want to say what you just said,

but I'm a little bit more diplomatic about it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. OFFS.

You're out of your element, dude.

[MissB]

16. Back when I bought my most recent car

which is a Mercedes, by the way, I paid half of the cost of the new car price. It had 5,000 miles on it and was 3 years old, still under warranty. Previously barely driven by a little old lady.

I couldn’t have bought even a new Honda for the price I paid.

Also, what everyone else said above.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. What precisely

Bothers you?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

18. Yeah really, the church on the street down below my house gives away food to people in need..

They don't turn away nice cars, they give away food to people in need. I see all kinds of cars in line.

Try not to judge.

[Sanity Claws]

19. I had a BMW when I fell on hard times

I had bought it 12 years earlier and it was fully paid. It looked great because I had taken care of it. You just don't know the full story.

[tavernier]

21. Yes. He's tired of eating in 5 star restaurants

and decided to slum it for the day and have some government cheese sandwiches. They go especially well with the Dom.

[bronxiteforever]

23. I volunteered for 9 hours at a food bank yesterday.

I have been going there for several years. We supplied turkeys, canned goods and fresh produce to over 100 families. I did not see anything but fellow humans in need. Their need bothers me as well as the selfishness of my past.

Peace Bronx

[KG]

26. I lulz'd