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Cars & Phones as status symbols

March 19th, 2011 at 12:57 pm

Since I know I'll forget about this, I wanted to document it to remind myself of how silly it is.

I switched from my iPhone to a Virgin Mobile slide/touch phone about three weeks ago (and will be saving a ton of money doing so). For the first couple of weeks, when I took out my little phone, I felt a bit uncomfortable, like I couldn't afford an iPhone or something. I was shocked that I would feel like that over a phone. Now I'm fine with my new, non-status phone. (Not that iPhones are status symbols anymore, everyone has one it seems, but still . . .)

Soooo, I'm leaving work at the same time as several people yesterday, and start noticing all the shiny new cars in our parking lot. There were a couple older cars, but mostly new. It didn't bother me at all to walk over to my definitely non-status symbol car. It's a 1998 Ford Escort wagon with 72k miles (30k of them mine). The paint is nice; it has one tiny dent FROM BEING TOWED, but is in great body/engine shape.

Why my phone bothered me but my car doesn't just seemed odd to me.

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5 Responses to “Cars & Phones as status symbols”

  1. NJDebbie Says:
    March 19th, 2011 at 01:18 pm 1300540699
    1300540699

    I'm the other way around. Cell phones mean nothing to me, in fact I don't even have a text package. I do however have new car fever right now! I like cars. I'm trying to justify a purchase because we can give my DS#2 my 2001 Suzuki GV XL7 since he'll be getting his driver's license next month. There is nothing wrong with the Suzuki; it only has 64,000 miles and we purchased it brand new from the dealer for 25K. It's the limited edition with all the bells and whistles. Can we afford to get a new car? Yes, we can. Will I give in to my new car fever? Probably not! Wink

  2. Ima saver Says:
    March 19th, 2011 at 01:57 pm 1300543045
    1300543045

    I don't have a cell phone at all. If it was free, I would not want one. I do, however, like the sporty corvette that I drive.

  3. melissalt Says:
    March 19th, 2011 at 06:36 pm 1300559767
    1300559767

    Yeah, I figured I was a little backwards. :-) I kind of get it. I definitely like driving my parents' Jaguar, and if they gave it to me I would definitely take it. Honestly, if they offered me the car or a new iPad (probably not an iPhone though) with all prepaid service for the next five years, I'd so take the iPad! I guess I'm just not a car person.

  4. debtfreeme Says:
    March 19th, 2011 at 07:26 pm 1300562815
    1300562815

    wow so little miles on your car, that is amazing!

  5. melissalt Says:
    March 20th, 2011 at 01:25 pm 1300627522
    1300627522

    I thought it was a pretty lucky find. The car literally belonged to a little old man who lived with his daughter and son-in-law and had finally decided to just stop driving. They were all really nice as well, and we all ended up happy with the deal.

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