Old money will spend (so I've heard) a LOT of money on something they know will last forever, and then they will make it last forever. They recognise quality, they buy quality, and they keep quality.

New money don't recognise quality, so they'll buy something expensive and flash, get bored of it, buy something else, again and again.

Old money don't need to keep spending like that, because they bought what they consider the best already, and they don't need to show off buy conspiciously consuming; they're rich, and they know it, and don't feel the need to show off to prove it.

That's how I see it, anyway.
(Musuko, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 18:24, 1 reply)

The company I work for makes flash cars...
And I've noticed a trend with the buying patterns:

Young chavs with lots of money buy the Range Rover Sport

Older chavs with lots of money buy Range Rovers

Old money buys a Land Rover Defender to drive around their estate for the next 30 years.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 18:40, closed)

So
who buys Freelanders then?
(Oil Slick, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 18:43, closed)

Good question
By my observations, it's chavs without lots of money, who actually wanted a Range Rover Sport but couldn't afford it.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 18:52, closed)

Bah!
Quite fancied a Sport, its image is now tarnished forever.
(Oil Slick, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 19:03, closed)

It's a pity
really as it's a nice motor to be in and to drive, even if it is a Discovery wearing a different hat, and not a proper Range Rover.

The models coming up in a matter of months are quite entertaining though ;)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 19:06, closed)

Aha
I think we are probably on some fairly short degrees of seperation....will hang fire for the next models then!
(Oil Slick, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 19:20, closed)

hairdressers
and IT consultants.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 9 Oct 2008, 19:53, closed)

True
I've never seen an immaculate Defender. Scratched to fvck or covered in mud.
(ToysForBigBoys would spread her legs for Nick Clegg., Thu 9 Oct 2008, 18:50, closed)

same with a Toyota Hilux.
I've never seen one that wasn't battered to fuck and still running, with the exception of very shiny "Hilux Surf" versions.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 10:47, closed)