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    Quote Originally Posted by chuckster007:
    Damm didnt know that the R35 GTR had so many issues
    i didn't know about it, until a fellow geoexpater highlighted it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pauljoecoe:
    Vanity, status, thinking it makes you more important, need others to know how rich you are etc. can be the only reason for owning a performance car in HK.

    I love cars and have always run performance cars in the UK but I do it for driving pleasure. Quite happy using the MTR in HK.
    HK is the city where status is everything. Thats why secretaries spend their whole salary on brand name handbags.
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    Ouch. Guess there's always the snazzy Gallardo. But breaks for them probably would cost 40k HKD already lol.


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    Quote Originally Posted by UK/HKboy:
    HK is the city where status is everything. Thats why secretaries spend their whole salary on brand name handbags.
    Only for those that care to notice such things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Only for those that care to notice such things.
    I'd actually say it's less pretentious than UK in terms of what you wear and how you get around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Only for those that care to notice such things.
    In 10 years living in HK, I have met maybe less than 5 people who don't care about status in some way. This includes brands of handbags, cars, watches, phone, your job, which company you work for, where you live, where you studied, education level, who you know, where you party etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Only for those that care to notice such things.
    I notice but don't care.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UK/HKboy:
    In 10 years living in HK, I have met maybe less than 5 people who don't care about status in some way. This includes brands of handbags, cars, watches, phone, your job, which company you work for, where you live, where you studied, education level, who you know, where you party etc.
    do you meet most of these people at Lan Kwai Fong or other parts of HK?, i know plenty of non materialist HK people who do give a crap about high end mechanical watches or car they drive or any other percieved values, what do love is football in HDR 4k, retro video games with modified console and video processors to enable to be played on modern tv, or home audio as they have a passion for films or music.
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    I looked around the MTR tonight and it looked the photos below





    Perhaps you can spot the bling but to me just urbanites going home
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    Quote Originally Posted by UK/HKboy:
    In 10 years living in HK, I have met maybe less than 5 people who don't care about status in some way. This includes brands of handbags, cars, watches, phone, your job, which company you work for, where you live, where you studied, education level, who you know, where you party etc.
    Sigh. Do you not realise the common factor in all of this? It's people you have met. i.e. It's reflective of your social circle and socialisation patterns.

    I know a lot of people who don't care about status symbols, or think that they are plain silly. Some of these people have been ambitious (and successful) careerwise, but simply think the symbols are meaningless.
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