Accountants and Cowboys' Vehicles

[fdcg27]

The whole point of a car is transportation.
Something that suits your uses and costs little to run is the ideal.
We have two such cars and they suit our needs well.
If we wanted something more we could well afford it.
We just don't feel the need that I at least did when much younger and much poorer.

 

[svtrit]

I had a friend in college that was a true rodeo cowboy. He drove a Honda Accord. I asked where his truck was and he said it was cheaper to drive a car to the rodeo than a truck. Cowboys don’t have a lot of money.

My other college friend drove a 4x4 Chevy 1/2 tone and lived in a Chicago suburb.

I had a 2WD Dodge D150 and did use it on the farm.

Now my personal car is a Rogue. I guess I grew up too.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

There was an interesting letter to the editor in the Globe and Mail today:

"As a Calgary stockbroker, I was particularly affected by the boom-bust nature of Cowtown’s economy.​

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During the nasty downturn in 1991, I took a part-time job as a parking valet at the venerable Palliser hotel. On my first day there was a convention of accountants, most of them driving monstrous trucks with double tires. It was a hugely stressful baptism by fire, negotiating these behemoths around a cramped parkade.​

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Any relief I felt on the last day was short-lived: According to the manifest, the next group checking in were cattle producers from northern Alberta. If accountants drove monster trucks, I could only imagine what cattlemen drove. Then the first cowboy arrived – in a Mazda Miata.​

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The real cowboys drove nice but rather plain cars to come into town. They had nothing to prove.​

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Ken Johnston Ottawa"​

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This story isn't universally true of course. My secretary, who owned more than 20 quarter horses, won a Ram half ton at an auction. Without ever taking delivery, she immediately traded it in for a heavy duty Ram dually. That vehicle had work to do. Her daily driver was a Subaru sedan.

The unseen work truck of the cattleman is being driven as a business vehicle of the accountants. Since both are business vehicles depreciation is probably being reported on their respective business tax returns. The cattleman also have a lot of additional business expenses which allow them to splurge on other things.

 

[PandaBear]

Maybe the accountants were overcompensating for something they were a little short on...

Sales people have to keep up with the image to convince others to do business with them. This also happens in many other finance related field where people make money via leverage or other people's leverage.

 

[4WD]

How to spot them here:

F350 WT trim with flat bed + gooseneck = Ranch Foreman
F350 KR trim + Yellowfin and 3 x Verado’s = Ranch Owner
(Both with Farm Truck plates )

 

[97prizm]

These anecdotes reinforce the trope of "I need a truck, but all these nerds driving trucks water down the credibility."

Especially if they drive a Cybertruck. Those people are just fools and posers.

 

[JeffKeryk]

The whole point of a car is transportation.
Something that suits your uses and costs little to run is the ideal.
We have two such cars and they suit our needs well.
If we wanted something more we could well afford it.
We just don't feel the need that I at least did when much younger and much poorer.

That is one point of view... I've said many times no one needs a Tesla, MBZ, Porsche, BroDozer, you name it.
Accord/Camry drivers generally get a lot of value outta their vehicle choice; but each to their own.

 

[wings&wheels]

Especially if they drive a Cybertruck. Those people are just fools and posers.

...or their taste is different.....any different from a 911, A8 or other somewhat limited use high end vehicle? if it's someone's choice and they can responsibly afford it, good for them. Not my taste. but different strokes...

 

[alarmguy]

That is one point of view... I've said many times no one needs a Tesla, MBZ, Porsche, BroDozer, you name it.
Accord/Camry drivers generally get a lot of value outta their vehicle choice; but each to their own.

Value is in the eyes of the purchaser not necessarily in purchase price such as a Camry.

A pick up truck that cost $110,000 might be a great value to the purchaser. It doesn’t have to be monetary, it could be status, it could be just the fact that he loves big trucks.
No different than somebody who loves big boats or big houses

I have no clue why we knock what other people purchase.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Value is in the eyes of the purchaser not necessarily in purchase price such as a Camry.

A pick up truck that cost $110,000 might be a great value to the purchaser. It doesn’t have to be monetary, it could be status, it could be just the fact that he loves big trucks.
No different than somebody who loves big boats or big houses

I have no clue why we knock what other people purchase.

Big houses? Who's gonna clean it?

 

[alarmguy]

Big houses? Who's gonna clean it? That’s when where value of housecleaners or maids come in

That is where the value of maids, housekeepers and landscapers come in.

 

[fdcg27]

That is one point of view... I've said many times no one needs a Tesla, MBZ, Porsche, BroDozer, you name it.
Accord/Camry drivers generally get a lot of value outta their vehicle choice; but each to their own.

I at one time really wanted certain high-end cars.
Not so much these days.
I've had a couple of BMWs, both sticks, and three Benzes and did enjoy them, but two of the MBs were NA diesels and we've even had an air cooled Vanagon, for the slower than slow honors. An MGB as well, not fast but fun to drive under any conditions.
I guess I've just outgrown certain elements of car desire syndrome, although I do find the HAH entertaining in a way that a turbo four Accord could never be.
As you say, to each his own.

 

[Gus_Mahn]

One of the financial guys I follow says he knows his clients are ready to retire because they're driving 10 year old F150's, and their wife has a practical car like a CRV/Rav4. My used F150 turns 10 next year, and I'm retiring soon after.

 

[2005jettatdi]

Especially if they drive a Cybertruck. Those people are just fools and posers.

Poseurs.

 

[JeffKeryk]

That is where the value of maids, housekeepers and landscapers come in.

You cra AG.

 

[ATex7239]

Sales people have to keep up with the image to convince others to do business with them. This also happens in many other finance related field where people make money via leverage or other people's leverage.

Office based people, maybe. But tons of sales people have unimpressive economic vehicles because of fleet/lease programs and the high mileage requirements of the job.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Office based people, maybe. But tons of sales people have unimpressive economic vehicles because of fleet/lease programs and the high mileage requirements of the job.

Real estate reps drive crazy expensive cars. Guy across the street drives one of those Bi-Turbo Benz sports cars; big bucks! Incredible sound! His wife drives a Model Y Performance...

 

[ATex7239]

Real estate reps drive crazy expensive cars. Guy across the street drives one of those Bi-Turbo Benz sports cars; big bucks! Incredible sound! His wife drives a Model Y Performance...

Our real estate agent drove a Camry.