Only in L.A.:

[speeder]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

$600k? It’s all relative, but I just don’t see it.

Oh, it makes no sense at all. Like so many things today. It's about $150k worth of vehicle if you're being really generous. I think that the MSRP is somewhere around $400k but pandemic pricing puts them closer to $600k. There is one on Ebay for $750k asking:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2510209.m570.l1311&_nkw=rolls+royce+cullinan&_sacat=0

I've never seen so much obvious, stupid displays of wealth in my life as I have in the last year. This is not old money, to put it mildly. I see 20 year olds rolling around in these Cullinans, (parent's?), and what look like teenagers in spanking new Hellcat Durangos and Chargers. Keep in mind that almost all of these cars and trucks are selling for WAAAAY over sticker right now.

Crazy world. It's not going to end well.

[javadog]

All of those photos and you couldn’t manage to take even one lousy picture of the hot chick? WTH?

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Mine is worth $12k. Old Landcruiser...

You may be surprised. I paid $10k for my 1996 nearly three years ago and was offered $25k over the holidays.

Nice LC, nothing special...and this is in BF Maryland.

Originally Posted by upsscott

Is it weird that I’d rather have the van?

Nope.

[speeder]

Well, it’s a lot easier to buy the van.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by javadog

All of those photos and you couldn’t manage to take even one lousy picture of the hot chick? WTH?

So many times I’m tempted to snap one for you guys but I can’t get past the creep factor.

[vash]

i've never even seen that vehicle in real life.

i live in a blue collar part of CA. i wonder what that person was buying?

[javadog]

Originally Posted by speeder

So many times I’m tempted to snap one for you guys but I can’t get past the creep factor.

Well, if you had any game, you’d just walk up and ask her. Tell her she was going to make the day for countless old dudes and would she please smile?

Easy, Peasy.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

$600k? It’s all relative, but I just don’t see it.

[David]

Try going to Monaco and southern France. As one local told us: there are more Rolls Royces here than at the factory.

[Zeke]

Home Depot, Hollywood or Lakewood, just a total ****hole. I've parked around the corner where the fenced in side of the nursery is, a long way from any entrance and had my truck damaged by something that fell against it and slid down the side leaving long scratches.

I feel like a total sleazeball there and I haven't been there more than 2wice in 2 years. I buy everything i need including paint online. I check the prices and I'm not overpaying for the convenience of not having to go into hell.

Incidentally, we have 2 HD's within 2 miles of each other and the older one is different in the sense that it really is for contractors. A store manager told me that they stock more SKU's of serious building stuff and less in he way of table lamps and shades, that sort of thing. They have a hiring station in the corner of the lot, too. But it's wall to wall trucks in the lot with high theft.

I hate it. I'll drive 8 miles to a Lowe's instead because it's always a ghost town except on weekends when all the DIY'ers are out in force. A few cute mommies to boot.

Yes, miss OSH, but miss the original OSH stores way more than the reinvented ones owed by Lowe's, who ruined it and ran it in to the ground. I used to drive 20 miles to go to one before they opened one 3 miles from me. About the time they started selling appliances was when the beginning of the end started. Then they closed all the mid size stores and built much larger ones with super high prices. Millions invested and millions lost.

[Sarc]

It sure seems challenging for these stylists to make these posh-brand SUVs feel special. In the past week, I've seen RR, Bentley, and Lamborghini SUVs and they all have the presence of a Q7.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Sarc

It sure seems challenging for these stylists to make these posh-brand SUVs feel special. In the past week, I've seen RR, Bentley, and Lamborghini SUVs and they all have the presence of a Q7.

I completely agree. The only thing that distinguishes them at all is trim; i.e. emblems and interior style, etc. The Bentley and RR have twin turbo V-12s, (W-12 in Bentley), so they are powerful but who gives a schit? I mean, spending the equivalent of a really nice house in most of the U.S. on an SUV that will depreciate like a tuna sandwich in a couple of years? In what world is that an intelligent purchase?

I should say that I consider $80k SUVs and PU trucks to be hugely stupid purchases for most people. It's basically the disposal of $$. This is just that, squared.

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by speeder

I should say that I consider $80k SUVs and PU trucks to be hugely stupid purchases for most people. It's basically the disposal of $$. This is just that, squared.

Took the words right out of my mouth!

[911boost]

I keep my utilitarian vehicles for a long time, my PU is 10 years old and I plan to keep the Land Cruiser for that at least, so I do not mind spending some $ to get exactly what I want and know it has been taken care of since day 1.

With that being said, I have seen RR and Bentley's SUV's on the road as well (was in Miami for work a bit ago) and they don't look that good. What is insane is that the dash clock option on the Bentley SUV is $160K!!!! Who in their right mind would pick that?

Oh and the HD's in the LA area can be a nightmare. Home Depot is required by law to provide an air conditioned place for the day laborers to wait, and a bathroom outside the store. When I was working with them in LA no one used the trailer that was provided and we had staff that spent all day trying to keep the day laborers off the actual property. I have stories I could tell.....

Then there were the gangs from the South American countries present at each location....

[pwd72s]

Like I said, I'd probably walk right past those SUVs...
But, I'd probably stop and eyeball your Scirocco...

[Neilk]

Originally Posted by javadog

All of those photos and you couldn’t manage to take even one lousy picture of the hot chick? WTH?

Well if only she were a roofer.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Neilk

Well if only she were a roofer.

Hard not to remember that one.

[stevej37]

Roof Girl, I am smitten...

[porsche tech]

Home Depot carries lumber that isn’t warped now? Gave up years ago and started using a real lumber yard.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by LWJ

600k for a SUV...

Mine is worth $12k. Old Landcruiser.

I haul drywall, skis, motorcycles, dogs, and similar.

Don’t really have a response to a RR SUV. And I live in an upscale (Oregon) community.

SUV's are the new coupes and sedans. And I get it. since 1999, I've driven an '88 911, '97 miata, '04 miata, and now an '08 Boxster. I'm used to not being able to see forward, backward or to the side because most vehicles are tall.

My wife's car is an '18 Subaru Outback. I think they come standard with 9" of ground clearance. They aren't as tall as an SUV, but they are fairly tall. Even in her car, I can't see squat most of the time because most vehicles on the road are tall.

I like to be able to see, so having an SUV that sits up and can see over cars is nice.

But even though I know that, a RR SUV or even the Lambo SUV seems crazy to me as well.

I got an email the other day from Porsche about the most powerful Cayenne yet, 630hp. The performance numbers are staggering. I'm sure that's not cheap either.