I was inspired this morning to write a post on douchebag drivers which most likely will be a recurring theme. They invade our roads, make us cringe and can cause some serious physical and emotional harm. This article will focus on vehicle choice. Today's edition is the choice of vehicle.
1. Petrol guzzlers: I hate cars that have stupidly low fuel efficiency. If you have a feasible purpose for a monster truck that's fine, but if it's to inflate your ego rethink what you are really doing to your image. Do you really want to come across as the type who's happy to contribute to the degradation of our planet? This morning I saw one of these monster truck ute abominations with a sticker "Diesel powered petrol guzzler". It's bad enough they drive such an inefficient car, but to be so brazen to acknowledge their abuse of the environment. Hopefully mother nature delivers some sweet karma by dropping a nice big branch on it.
2. Modifications: Modifications have their place however they should be done tastefully and within reason. Call me old fashion but I think people are better off spending their money on a safer and more reliable car than sinking money into something that will very likely depreciate the value of a car. It particularly irritates me when people spend way more than their car is worth. At the end of the day the amount spent won't be retrievable and will probably reduce you're ability to sell the car later on, all it really says about you is that you make poor investment decisions. Point in case below, no matter how much was spend on the below car you can't escape the fact it's an excel:
3. Luxury cars: Again these have their place but as their title suggests they are a luxury item and should only be purchased if it is within a persons means. It sickens me the sense of entitlement some people have to expensive cars and take ridiculous loans that they can't afford on something that will depreciate significantly in value. Like the girl I saw on some reliable current affair program who was already heavily in credit card debt but managed to get a BMW financed. Don't get me wrong car loans have their place, they simply shouldn't compromise someones ability to lead a stress free life (although said girl wasn't stressed she had a fool proof plan of meeting a man to fund her lifestyle). It almost highlights you're not quite "there" yet....having to give up your car is a bit of an anti-status symbol. On a positive note thanks to Japanese ingenuity we have nice cars at much more realistic prices for the common people :D
