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From Porsche Panamera at the heater guy, to SQ7 at the cleaner, and Porsche Cayenne at the tiler, I've seen it all.
I always wonder: wouldn’t the customer just say yes right away if the craftsman simply came in a Caddy or Crafter?

We live in Germany after all, and here the car is the reflection of character.
Whether the person is working 70 hours a week or exploiting their employees, no one cares.

Our landscaper drives to the customers in a Lada Niva – the Porsche is driven by his wife =)

Funny that in this thread people mainly jump on the car :) And not on the gloomy price forecast :oops:

I recently saw "our" construction law specialist out and about privately. In the Maserati Levante. Professionally modest in the Q5. Seems to be going well :D

So I also often have a question mark about the cars. My veterinarian drives a VW Touareg, my farrier also has one of those huge pickups. Both cars are of course always heavily loaded and have to withstand a lot. Well... and then we have some of the parents of our daycare children... they hand in the education card for billing and drive a big SUV or a fat Audi :oops:

Our landscaping gardener drives to the customers in style in the Lada Niva - his wife is the one who drives the Porsche =)

Nobody wants to do the 'dirty work,' so company owners of course sometimes pay themselves handsomely for it. Supply + demand

So with the cars, I also often have a question mark. My vet drives a VW Touareg, my farrier also a huge pickup. But both cars are of course always heavily loaded and have to withstand a lot. Well... and then we also have some parents of our daycare kids... they hand in the education card to settle the bill and drive a big SUV or a fat Audi :oops:

If I work hard and make my 170k a year, plus another 50k cash on top. Yeah, why should I care about the car then. I just meant that especially in Germany it often has a bitter aftertaste.

Funny that in this thread people mainly jump on the car :) And not on the gloomy price forecast :oops:

We have already noted several times throughout this thread that the price forecasts do not look good, so I find the topic about the car quite amusing in between. When we still had our fun car, we deliberately did not drive it to the offer discussion appointment with the general contractor for fear that it would stand in our way during the negotiation. But when we arrived and saw the 500HP SUV parked there, we at least knew that it would be a discussion almost on equal footing :-D But seriously, I wish most entrepreneurs that.