Do you plan on owning one of them in 5 years? Sorry, you can't bring one of them to a Crossfire GTG either.

 

Black, it is not the fact that you compared the XF to a Bentley, it is the fact that you are thick headed enough to say what you said above on an internet forum. There are people here who could buy and sell you without emptying the checking account (they could buy and sell me too, but not the point). The difference - those people already have exotics in their garage and still do not feel the need to brag about it, because they are secure with themselves.

If you think, with two small children, you are going to afford multiple exotics, I need to transfer to your job field

 

BANG ON !!!
So YOU said it a whole lot nicer than how I said it (but I edited mine).

 

LOL not trying to be too rude, but....

 

It doesn't matter what you own, could own, did own, how much money is in your account, how big your house is (although garage size can make someone jealous), what kind of job you have, etc. That's what makes our group cool - we have every & all walks of life. For some people the XF is just a daily driver for a few years and for others it's a once in a lifetime dream car. If you want to chest thump then go buy a corvette.

 

You are correct... I should keep my mouth shut. I just got carried away because everyone here attacks me about my Bentley comparison. It is not about how much money you have. Success is determined by other things... not money. But in 5 years (even with 2 small children) I will still have an exotic in my garage But nobody on this forum will know about it because I will not brag. I just got a little upset and ran my mouth off. I shouldn't let the usual suspects and trolls of this forum get to me. Lesson learned!

 

Well said. We all come from our own sphere and meet on a level playing field because we have a Crossfire and I think that is great.

 

I am very proud of you, Black Sometimes I need to follow my own advice as well.

And for the record, I have been asked at least 5+ times if my car was a Bentley, but the complete debadge and rims throw people off. I accidently laughed at one girl because I was so thrown off by her question

 

When I first bought my car new in 2005, I had a coworker tell me "I saw a crossfire once coming towards me and I originally thought it was a Bentley". That was back when nobody knew what a crossfire was. Back when everywhere I went people were asking me about my car because they had "never seen one before".

 

'If you want to chest thump then go buy a corvette'

If he thinks it's bad here, he'd better be careful with the Corvette crowd.
As a former C4 & C5 owner, I happened to mention on another forum (MG), that my SRT6 was faster than my C5, and MAN did those vette owners on there spit the dummy out ! ............

 

Vette owners get so butt-hurt about everything. Expecially when you beat them at the only game they're good at -- speed.

It has become such a running joke with Car And Driver, Motor Trend, Road & Track, etc... that they regularly make intentional digs to the Vette owners in anticipation of the onslaught of email. I love the "BAckfires" section of Car and Driver every month because there is always (without fail) a Corvette owner that is steaming about a second-place finish to a Porsche. Or a GT-R, that really gets 'em going.

Corvettes are plenty fast, and very respectable machines. It's just the clientele that goes with them that I don't like. Most of them don't know how to drive, but they would rather wrap their Vette around a telephone pole than to admit they need a lesson or two in handling the power.

But they are delightfully easy to troll, because they can't wrap their head around another car being faster than their low-12.

 

Amen! nicely said!

 

Like many of us, family is our # 1 priority. And I always make time to still spend hours in my Crossfire and some get togethers. I also spend a lot of time with my 3 grandchildren besides working a lot. You only live once, so make the most of it when you have the chance.