[–] escapetomars ago (edited ago)
You're looking at the wrong car.
This is the type of car the OP is talking about. Look, don't wade into a conversation to give people advice if you don't know anything about the topic.
Maturity means buying something that's reliable, affordable and meets all of your needs.
Right, for a college student, an E46 BMW.
There's two kinds of people who buy used luxury brands - ghetto trash and enthusiasts.
Your ignorance is showing again. Most people who buy luxury brands are average, middle class buyers. That's why BMW is the most common mid-sized sedan in California. There isn't a whole lot of "ghetto trash" showing up at BMW dealers, and 80% of car owners (including those who own BMWs) are not enthusiasts.
Let me generalize just like you did - there's only two types of people that buy "cheap" econobox brands - people who don't know shit about cars (and are too stupid to realize that econoboxes often end up costing as much or more as most entry level "luxury" cars), and people who hate driving.
Ultimately, the truth is really closer to this - people who pick luxury / european cars tend to be more educated buyers who find cars enjoyable and an important part of their identity. People who pick generic econoboxes tend to be uneducated buyers who think of cars like appliances and buy cars based on what consumer reports and that one sales guy who is their "friend" tells them to.
[–] A_Fringe_Element 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He's a college student not a middle class white collar worker. For only a couple thousand more he can get a brand new car with better mileage with a 3 year/36K warranty.
Again, he's a college student. He needs something that works perfectly until he's in a position to spend his disposable income on something more fun.
[–] escapetomars ago (edited ago)
Which is why she's buying it used (notice the SN).
What a bunch of dumb garbage. No brand has a monopoly on "frugal", and just because you developed the delusion that BMW's are 'too fun for college students' is not a good reason why someone shouldn't buy one. Financially, it's just as possible to make a used BMW work for someone as a new econobox. There's no reason that college students should "wait until later in life" to buy a car that doesn't suck. Look, you clearly don't know much about this topic, why not drop the ego and shut up?
This does piss me off a bit (nothing usually does), because I've dealt with people like you - people that have tried to damage the 5 year old, $12,000 BMW I had in college that I paid for and worked on myself because they stupidly thought it was a $100,000 luxury that my "parents bought me".
You know that you don't know anything about BMW's, yet you waded into the conversation with some asinine opinion based on an ignorant prejudice. Stick to giving advice on things you actually know something about, please.
You, in the truck.