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  • LA Ute
    Receiver of Memory
    • Nov 2008
    • 19512

    #31
    Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
    It appears that you enjoy sedans and vehicles with unisex appeal, including the elderly and moms on their way to Costco.
    Costco parking lots must look very different in Utah County than in other parts of the country.
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    • TripletDaddy
      sweet triple
      • Nov 2008
      • 58186

      #32
      Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
      Costco parking lots must look very different in Utah County than in other parts of the country.
      they do. people here by and large don't own any of those cars on the list.
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      • Jeff Lebowski
        Corporate lackey for Jesus
        • Nov 2008
        • 69562

        #33
        Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
        I've been on another car coveting browsing kick. If I decide my kids don't need to go to college (the world needs ditch diggers too) maybe I could justify paying 50 grand for a car, for myself.

        What would be the preferred car for greying, but still strikingly handsome, man? Something that looks nice, but doesn't scream mid-life crisis, or wannabe hipster dbag.

        Audi A5
        BMW 5 series
        Mercedes E-Class
        Lexus IS
        Infiniti G
        Other
        Porsche Cayenne.
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        • smokymountainrain
          Impressive Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 22593

          #34
          Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
          Costco parking lots must look very different in Utah County than in other parts of the country.
          He said moms on their way to Costco. IOW, the moms leaving his town/neighborhood on their way to Costco are driving those cars, but once they get to the Costco parking lot, they are the minority.
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          • Art Vandelay
            Striving for mediocrity
            • Jul 2009
            • 10516

            #35
            Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
            It appears that you enjoy sedans and vehicles with unisex appeal, including the elderly and moms on their way to Costco.
            I love the look and the catchet of Porsche (there is no substitute!). I just don't see myself owning one, especially around here (where the are extremely rare). Looks like the University of Illinois, for me.

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            • LA Ute
              Receiver of Memory
              • Nov 2008
              • 19512

              #36
              Originally posted by smokymountainrain View Post
              He said moms on their way to Costco. IOW, the moms leaving his town/neighborhood on their way to Costco are driving those cars, but once they get to the Costco parking lot, they are the minority.
              Thanks. I think.
              “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
              ― W.H. Auden


              "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
              -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


              "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
              --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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              • Art Vandelay
                Striving for mediocrity
                • Jul 2009
                • 10516

                #37
                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                Porsche Cayenne.
                Really? That is the one Porsche model, I do not like the looks of at all. 911s on the other hand, are like swimsuit models, amazing to look at but out of my league.

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                • old_gregg
                  scaly man fish
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 16915

                  #38
                  spend a little more:

                  http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=0&n...iew&ad=6790037
                  Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                  • Jeff Lebowski
                    Corporate lackey for Jesus
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 69562

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
                    Really? That is the one Porsche model, I do not like the looks of at all. 911s on the other hand, are like swimsuit models, amazing to look at but out of my league.
                    Looks-wise, it beats the crap out of most of those sedans on your list.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • Jacob
                      Junior Member
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 6801

                      #40
                      We sell a lot of these for around $50k:

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                      • Art Vandelay
                        Striving for mediocrity
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 10516

                        #41
                        Originally posted by camleish View Post
                        If I really wanted to up the ante, I could go with one of these. The head international salesman (most all of his sales are in the middle east) is a patient of mine.

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                        • Moliere
                          One man.....one pie
                          • Oct 2009
                          • 27822

                          #42
                          Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
                          I've been on another car coveting browsing kick. If I decide my kids don't need to go to college (the world needs ditch diggers too) maybe I could justify paying 50 grand for a car, for myself.

                          What would be the preferred car for greying, but still strikingly handsome, man? Something that looks nice, but doesn't scream mid-life crisis, or wannabe hipster dbag.

                          Audi A5
                          BMW 5 series
                          Mercedes E-Class
                          Lexus IS
                          Infiniti G
                          Other
                          If you are over 50, go with the Mercedes. If you are under 40 go with the BMW. You could get a sweet used 5 series (2011 model) for well under $50K.

                          Audi A5s are really nice, but I've always been told to stay away from Audi (no idea why). I had a manager that bought a A5 and it was a sexy car....for a female anyway.

                          Infiniti G had great styling when it came out, but it's so overdone and so popular that it hold little appeal to me. I'd estimate that every fourth house in my neighborhood has an Infiniti G.

                          I have no opinion on Lexus.
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                          • Colly Wolly
                            Junior Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 1824

                            #43
                            What about an Acura TL?

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                            • Uncle Ted
                              The Big 12 money shot.
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 28853

                              #44
                              Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
                              I've been on another car coveting browsing kick. If I decide my kids don't need to go to college (the world needs ditch diggers too) maybe I could justify paying 50 grand for a car, for myself.

                              What would be the preferred car for greying, but still strikingly handsome, man? Something that looks nice, but doesn't scream mid-life crisis, or wannabe hipster dbag.

                              Audi A5
                              BMW 5 series
                              Mercedes E-Class
                              Lexus IS
                              Infiniti G
                              Other
                              Whatever you get off this list make sure it is a diesel and that you fill it up with used Mickey-D fry oil so you are cool with those hippie kids up there in the granola-land.
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                              • FMCoug
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 6825

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Colly Wolly View Post
                                What about an Acura TL?
                                I <3 mine. Of course I bought it used for about 15K.
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