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What cheap cars make you look rich? Instead of spending 200k on a Lamborghini how about a fraction of that and still get questions from other people


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Lots of choices fit that bill.  Unfortunately, most luxury brands (Mercedes, BMW, Jag, Cadillac) have embraced "planned obsolescence"; this means once they go off warranty you can get them for cheap.  A great example of this would be the big S-class coupes.  But the downside is there is a reason you can get them for cheap: they're, to coin a phrase, "endless money pits."

On this site, you're likely to get the usual Scotty-Kilmer "get a lexus or acura" spiel.  Good advice, but the problem is that most older/cheaper versions of those brands don't exactly, ahem, make you look "rich".  They're just a little too sensible, a little too plain-Jane.  But here's my suggestion:

  • Lexus GS (whatever year you can afford): they're long and low and look classy even in the out years
  • Get a dark color
  • Get the windows tinted as dark as your state will allow
  • Get the paint corrected and wax the crap out of it
  • Get the classiest aftermarket wheels and tires you can

Or, if you want a cheap conversation starter, go old school:

  • VW Karmann Ghia (yes, you read that right)
  • Do the minimum to get it running and driving (won't be expensive)
  • Make sure the body is straight, straight, straight
  • Silver paint
  • Oxblood interior (vinyl or leather, whatever your budget will allow)

I know that's maybe a little too "out of the box", but it gets you the Porsche Speedster aesthetic for a fraction of Porsche Speedster money.

 

Good luck


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