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Originally Posted by shadoquad
That's not the point. The point is that my folks drove me around in beater cars, and we were perfectly fine. Even when they did break down, we made due.
The reliability of, say, an Isuzu Amigo, is not effected positively or negatively by its proximity to a more expensive automobile.
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Yes, but the reasonableness of rolling around in an older, unreliable, less safe vehicle is directly correlated to your financial means.
Choosing to slap your kid in the backseat of a 1988 Honda accord when it's all you can afford is fine, it's a different proposition when the reason is "daddy doesn't want to give up his toy"