it's a perception thing.  audis are closer to bmws and aston martins and shit than they are to FORDS.  i think you might think audis are cheaper than they are; the ones people really care about can be pretty pricey.  you can get a merc for like 30k or you could spend that much on a chevy but clearly there's a difference that goes beyond pricepoint.

i seriously was under the impression audis were mostly middle-of-the-line sedans (I have never had to buy a car or owned one, I am getting a Saab from my dad for this summer/next year but he bought that one pretty cheap and it's certainly not the COOL kind of Saab) because it seems to be the car of choice for middle class/lower middle class people I know! i am kind of UPPER MIDDLE CLASS i guess so my perception could be wildly off (my parents just called me wondering if i'd already signed up for oncampus housing next year because they were considering buying a beachfront condo in the town i go to school in this summer) but my perception of the audi was that it wasn't even close to being a luxury car.

i mean i live in a low income apartment complex right now and i'm pretty sure that most of the cars here are audi-ish in terms of quality. they're not something you buy NEW if you're not well to do, yes, but buying new cars is mostly something only people who are upper middle class in the first place do unless it's a really cheap car! i would never buy a new car no matter if i had a lot of money or not. it's not worth paying a 60% premium on.

not that i care a whole lot about the semantics of it, i just think it's pretty funny that he said audis, because it completely throws off his statement. "divided into GHETTO and PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DRIVES AUDIS?" is much different than if he said PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DRIVE BMWS because it makes it sound like he's asking whether the US is really divided into GHETTO VS MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD?? instead of GHETTO VS RICH PEOPLE. kind of like if he came from rural mississippi and asked WHAT YOU HAVE COMPUTERS OUTSIDE OF OFFICES HERE?

i mean theyre a notch above shit like lexus which are generally regarded as lower-end luxury cars.  idk why you would think any of this tbh

i usually associate audis with the same quality as lexus. i think that is where my thought process differs from yours!

tbh i am completely class-unaware

lexus are expensive as fuck

don't listen to him ryan, i think they are expensive as fuck too

yeah what esiann said! i had no idea there was this HIERARCHY of cars that went beyond maybe three tiers (economy, middle class, luxury)! I assumed audi, lexus, bmw, and mercedes were all pretty much the same thing in terms of HOW RICH AM I

wait i'm confused, panda is arguing audis are nice cars which i too believed. what are you all thinking?

really?  why would you think this?  actually i know why but it's kind of humorous you know.  it's like not recognizing the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire.  like you have to realize some cost 35k and some cost 90k and some cost 400k.  they can't all be the same!

maybe this is just seeing superbowl commercials for luxury vehicles and kind of subconsciously throwing anything with a price tag over 35k into the IGNORE pile because I will never drive one in the near future. i dont know. i mean, I guess I probably assumed mercedes were the most expensive of the lot (i know there are models >80k) but other than that they all look the same to me. I dont know anything about cars, man.

man you dont need to watch top gear or anything but you dudes didnt even play gt or need for speed or something? audi is one of the nicer brands yeah, treg is nuts when hes like UPPER MIDDLE CLASS but yeah there are definitely car rankings, like with everything.

jamon iberico, harris teeter deli meat...its both better than oscar mayer ergo.

why is upper middle class nuts?

er i meant middle class, my bad. basically his implication that audi is a car you see a lot.

er i meant middle class, my bad. basically his implication that audi is a car you see a lot.

i guess i'm too burgoisie for you guys

someday i aspire to have a full time butler

wait you told me you stole that tv

man you fucking liar

he bought it on craigslist for $400. why don't you remember these things