1) Mazda 323 2) Mazda 323 (I don't have money in the future) 3) Mazda 323 (I don't care the car if I have lot of $$$)
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
Just curious. People have asked about watches,
cigars, beer, and even ones income here.
1: What do you drive (daily & weekends)?
2: What might you be driving in the future?
3: What would you drive if $$$ was no object (pick 2 ;-)?
My answers to the above:
1: Toyota truck.
2: Newer Toyota truck.
3: Lamborghini Murcielago & McLaren F1.
cigars, beer, and even ones income here.
1: What do you drive (daily & weekends)?
2: What might you be driving in the future?
3: What would you drive if $$$ was no object (pick 2 ;-)?
My answers to the above:
1: Toyota truck.
2: Newer Toyota truck.
3: Lamborghini Murcielago & McLaren F1.
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There are 2 car brands "Ourselves" and "Themselves" , yes, sister company like Acura and Honda, Lexus and Toyota, Infinity & Nissan....Usually 2 different models in these 2 sister companies will share the same car-body chassis (body frame) because of project budget... Only the interior of the more expensive one has leather and AC powered windows and all that. From the outside, it's hard to tell by people who dont know much about cars... Like Infinity G20 and Nissan Sentra..... To us Audiophile people, we usually drive the higher more expensive brand "Ourselves" and most of us had purchased the 2003 new model call "Crazy" To the non-audiophiles outsiders, when the "Nut" body-chassis is 95% identical to "Crazy" and didnt realize we are actually driving the higher class brand; will probably think that we drive the brand "Themselves" and the 2003 new model call "Nuts" The answer is... Audiophiles usually drive cars from the brand "Ourselves", they like new things and would spend money to get the best, so most of them have the new 2003 model called "Crazy" Us audiophiles will tell you ..... ------- We drive "OURSELVES" "CRAZY" ------- Outsiders usually dont realize that it's the more expensive brand "Ourselves" that we are driving, and got confused with the lower sister brand "Themselves", and of cox they will also get confused with the 2003 model called "Nut" that shares the same car-body chassis as the "Crazy" So usually outsiders, they will tell you... ------- They drive "Themselves" "Nut!" ------- Errrr........Yes, this's very very very corny... I did so to kill time... Dont be mad... Take it easy... haha... Hapy New Year... |
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