Yes, on the way into work a car dealership ran their weekly radio ad…they have a 2004 Maybach “sold new for over $350,000 now ONLY $229,000!”
OK…seems to me that if you can plunk down $229,000 for a car, you can probably reach down behind the sofa and scratch up the rest of the cash for a brand new Maybach.
Or are there a lot of people out there who think, “gee, I can’t go a penny over $230,000…what kind of car can I get?”
Maybachs aren’t exactly high-volume production vehicles. Most likely it’s the difference between “Having a Maybach” and “Waiting on my Maybach”. All sorts of exotic cars fall into this category.
I’d still be leary of buying (for example) a Lamborghini through a dealer from the “out of business sale” at the dream-for-a-day franchise though. You think ordinary rentals get abused?
I can’t believe that anyone considering spending about a quarter mil on a car would do their shopping over the radio. What, do they talk to their banker and then hit Scan Stations?
Just because someone is rich doesn’t mean they don’t like to save money. That’s how people aquire wealth… by not spending all their money the minute they get it.
I could afford to spend 25.00 on a quesadilla maker, but I still waited for it to go on sale for less than 20.00; same thing, different scale.
~35% is a pretty big savings. I don’t know a thing about the model, much less the car in question, but I suppose if you’ve got that much money, you probably got it by taking advantage of sales and such, and this might appeal to you. Honestly, though, a $230k car is the definition of a luxury item, and I can’t imagine many people impulsively buying it just because they heard it was on sale on the radio.
No one has unlimited money, but since rich people have so much more money than the rest of us, it sometimes seems like they do.
I read a magazine article once on John Travolta. I’ve never cared for him as an actor, but I was impressed with how he handled his money.
Recall that he made it really big in the 70s and then entered a career lull. Lots of celebs in this situation keep spending like they’re still on top, and end up broke.
Not Travolta – he indulged his luxuries, but very shrewdly: e.g., he is a pilot, and talked about buying used planes. He also stressed the difference in price between a new and a used Rolls Royce.
Such practices are often what separate a rich person from a formerly rich person.
Here it is: http://www.maybachusa.com/
Looks like a Mercedes trying to disguise itself as a Rolls.
Is Maybach pronounced mybitch ?
Isn’t that exactly what it is?
Well, no excuse for the price (even for the pre-owned model), but to be fair, Maybach is a luxury car that has been around for a very long time and this is an attempt to revive the brand.
Here is a photo of an early version and the history of the car http://www.maybach.ru/en/history/
Isn’t this the car that has a Champaign chiller in the backseat?
Actuall, I think it’ll work in any state.
I’m impressed with their panoramic sunroof. You can set the glass to be anywhere from opaque to clear. That’s pretty cool. I don’t know if it’s $350k cool, or even $229k cool, but it’s somewhere around the temperature of my car this morning while I waited for the heater to kick in cool.