Our financial situation - Your opinion?

One could agree that cars simply do not hold a high value for some people - even if they could afford them. From an economic perspective, a car is usually a capital destruction machine that transports you from A to B independently. The belief that wealth can be measured by car brands is certainly mistaken.

I consider the concern of not being able to manage a project like the one proposed here despite enormous financial support to be a much better sign of prosperity ;-)

(Winking jibe at the OP)

So now I have to jump in as well. We also live in a newly developed residential area and the vehicle mix is very diverse. I also have the feeling that the priorities for quite a few neighbors are first and foremost everything around the house and less about the car. For quite a few, the setup is a company car (usually nearly new) and a second car for the young mother working part-time, which tends to be a VW Golf or a mid-aged model or comparable (which are absolutely not bad cars, but simply not worth another 15-20K). Even where the houses are large, the differences are striking. A few houses down lives a national player. In the driveway are a Lamborghini Urus and a G63 AMG. Next-door neighbors have a Golf V and an Opel Insignia and a mid-aged Skoda Fabia respectively. I myself drove a 16-year-old E46 with 280,000 KM mileage until shortly after we moved in, simply because building equity was more important to me than a new car and at that time I was glad to have a car that didn’t make me hesitate to throw a few sacks of cement in the trunk. Today I have a company car and at our company you can get virtually any vehicle class as a company car with the appropriate co-payment. Well, it turned out to be a Passat, although E-Class, 5 Series BMW or A6 would also have been possible with a monthly co-payment, but just so my neighbors think I must be a big shot in my company, I don’t spend money every month. I’d rather invite everyone for a barbecue in the summer and gain recognition that way.

But as you yourself said: to each his own, so please stop making such arrogant statements and at least put it more nicely if you already have such a need to communicate.

The biography makes it understandable. Moreover, there are milieus and cultures in which, especially with cars, among other things, actual or perceived financial potency is represented. However, I think we should not deepen this topic here, wrong thread. ;-)

So I do think that 80% of homebuilders (= people who live in a certain prosperity) could afford at least one car of the so-called premium brand. That does not mean that they want to afford it or even do so. Then there are certainly some who actually have less wealth and still afford a "premium car" and some who could afford much more and still drive a 20-year-old Volvo as a daily driver.

Ein paar Häuser weiter wohnt ein Nationalspieler. In der Einfahrt stehen ein Lamborghini Urus und ein G63 AMG.

Wealth usually does not help against bad taste...

Wealth usually doesn’t help against bad taste...

You should see his taste regarding the ladies who come and go there every day :)

Not all cars lose value. Some "young used cars" from Southwest Germany (highway exit north of S) could be sold for more after 1 year and 5000 km than you originally paid for them. Keep your eyes open when choosing the brand;)