[LoveBunny]

I hate that people have to be crappy like that. I don't have a Boxster yet, but I'm pretty sure it's what I want. I drive a Ford Explorer. I watch people in Porsches and drool and dream about getting one. But I used to have a 944 when I was in college. I had people ask me why I needed to work if I had a Porsche (hellloooo!!! I PAID for it!) and "It must be nice to have money like that" (the car was used and cost $10k.) When I had a jaguar I had a woman at the brake tag inspection station tell me to put my car in drive with the handbrake on and hit the gas. When the car moved (it had a pretty powerful engine) she told me it shouldn't and she'd have to fail me. I told her I WILL NOT do that again and it's not good for my vehicle and just argued with her until she gave me the stupid braketag. I found out years later that they would try to get cash bribes from people for the tags. I assume now she was trying to do this because I drove a Jaguar (also bought used). I had people make comments when I drove an Audi that I drove the same car as the CEO where I worked at the time. Well who cares? His was new and mine was used anyway, but why in the hell do people have to bring you down and act like you're and ass because you EARNED something nice? Even if you were given it as a gift, so what? So I've dealt with enough of that attitude in the past to be ready for it when I get my Boxster. I even told my boss I might have to park my new car when I get it around the block so our clients won't make the "if you're driving a car like that you're charging too much" comment.

Oh, and I have a brother who drives a Lexus SUV and has had it keyed in a parking lot (and they started over because the first trying wasn't deep enough for their taste) and has had a guy working at the drive-thru ask him how much he paid for it. He said when people at his work ask him why he bought a Lexus he tells them "My sister made me do it." Ha! He's not the perfect image of a lexus driver I guess but he still loves his car. He loves to eat fast food, wears clothing with stains on them, and likes to sit home and play videogames.

My mom always told me some little proverb about crabs trying to climb out of a barrel. When one almost gets out the other dumb crabs will pull him back down. It's like people. One dude does well and everyone has to give him **************** for it.