# ONLY $229,000 For A Used Car **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452 "2005-03-01T17:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/1 "2005-03-01T17:16:17Z")
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?” ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/2 "2005-03-01T17:33:22Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/3 "2005-03-01T17:33:26Z")
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_? ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/4 "2005-03-01T19:13:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/5 "2005-03-01T19:23:43Z")
~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. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/6 "2005-03-01T19:29:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/7 "2005-03-01T19:32:37Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > I don’t know a thing about the model, much less the car in question… Here it is: [http://www.maybachusa.com/](http://www.maybachusa.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/8 "2005-03-01T19:50:48Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Here it is: [http://www.maybachusa.com/](http://www.maybachusa.com/) Looks like a Mercedes trying to disguise itself as a Rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/9 "2005-03-01T21:14:33Z")
Is Maybach pronounced mybitch ? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/10 "2005-03-01T22:52:04Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Looks like a Mercedes trying to disguise itself as a Rolls. Isn’t that exactly what it is? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/11 "2005-03-01T23:07:18Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > 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/](http://www.maybach.ru/en/history/) ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/12 "2005-03-02T00:40:23Z")
Isn’t this the car that has a Champaign chiller in the backseat? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/13 "2005-03-02T13:47:24Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Isn’t this the car that has a Champaign chiller in the backseat? Actuall, I think it’ll work in any state. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-229-000-for-a-used-car/292452/14 "2005-03-02T13:55:14Z")
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.