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Are you a badge snob?
Yes, I must feel a cut above at all costs
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Yes, but I would consider mainstream cars if they are good enough
21%
 21%  [10]
No, I just buy whatever I prefer at the time
56%
 56%  [26]
No, mainstream cars are just as good
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chicken george



Member Since: 06 Dec 2007
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Annie wrote:
Pinky once said to me once you've had black, you don't go back. I didnt realise that it applied to cars too Laughing Laughing
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Post #129048 25th Jan 2012 4:58 pm
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derryk



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England 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto Stornoway Grey
Re: Badge Snobbery?

The Doctor wrote:
Executive cars such as Beemers and Mercs seem to have superior build quality and materials over mainstream brands such as Ford and will hold value a lot better.

Clarkson once said on Top Gear though that for the price of a low level 3 series, you could buy a V6 Mondeo ST or a Mazda 6 MPS which are far more powerful and much faster and have loads more kit on them. So the question is (without being overly critical of the depreciation), could you buy one of those examples over an executive saloon or could you not bear to be without the prestige badge?

An example closer to home would be IF Kia for example made a 4x4 that was very nearly as good off road as the FL2 but was better in all other respects, could you buy one or would you not dare to buy a Kia?


I'D CERTAINLY CONSIDER ONE ESPECIALY WITH A 7 YR WARENTEE
But i'd proberly not be allowed to get one
the wife would see it as a down grade My First Fl2 and it is a 2010 GS Auto in Grey
with Nice Leather and the Stereo
even has headphone sockets in the back.
Wish it had a heated screen tho..
Traded in a Fl1 for this.
Got a georgous Black SoftTailed Harley
for when the days get warmer .. Do days ever get warmer in Lancashire?
Post #131641 12th Feb 2012 9:36 pm
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fastbuck



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I would have no problem with a Yeti, but the Kia might be a step too far. Give the Koreans a couple more years though - just look how they have improved in the last decade. Mind you, by then, it may be the Chinese car makers who are the competition...
Post #134643 4th Mar 2012 6:13 pm
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mojo



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Beemers and Audis are mainstream cars now aren't they? Let's face it, there are millions of them around, every other car on the road is a 3 series.
Post #134689 4th Mar 2012 10:52 pm
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