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G-Benz · #14 01-06-2003, 12:26 PM

I'm proud of my MBs...people who already know me know I own MBs...and they have already come to their own conclusions, good or bad.

In casual conversations, especially with people I don't know well or at all, I don't bring it up.

We all know (and have discussed in length in previous threads) that the "three-pointed star" is considered a status symbol to those uneducated with MBs. So in certain conversations where the question is posed, I know the person asking has no genuine interest in the marque, but is simply trying to size up my overall socioeconomic potential...and that assumption is usually grossly inflated!

In that context, the question "What kind of car do you drive?" is just as invasive as "How much do you make?" or "How big is your house?".