To think DH only very very slightly U for buying another BMW because our neighbour told him he was too common to own a BMW?

[Sneezecakesmum]

The new one is a convertible btw. A Z4

Haha

He now has 2 BMWs and I've got my little toyota!

driveway getting rather crowded!

I'm wondering where you live that your neighbour thinks BMW arent common?

Thats a very expensive 'screw you'

He could have saved ££££££££ by mooning the neighbour and giving him the finger

Here, have a medal

I think boasting about it on MN is common.

But in all honesty I don't think there is anything classy about owning a BMW. In my very very honest opinion I think they are really rather common.

Will ask DH to moon next time and give me the money for a holiday

Weird thread.

I know they are common, as in lots of them, but also rather nice to drive and expensive.

Can you direct some of the ire at a neighbour who would tell your husband to his face he is too common to be driving a nice car?

I wasn't aware that BMW's are considered 'posh' . I would have thought quite the opposite tbh.

"Our neighbour told him he...." What??

Likes hairdresser cars

Ain't nothing stealthy about it, as boasts go.
Everyone involved IBU.

AIBU is always a weird thread. Where have you been?

you talk to the neighbours AND think bmws are posh??

are you northern?

DH and neighbour both v U. Me, I'm not involved!

Tbh. I think the sports car thing is just a boys toy thing and the neighbour was incidental, but it definitely rankled with him!

If he like them let him buy them. Anyone polite woudl not point out what they tend to indicate (rather common etc, nouveau riche). It's his money to spend as he wants. I want more female mumsnetters to earn a fortune and buy their own cars.

I once bought a bag because the stall holder did a head tilt at me and whispered that it was quite expensive.
I was all 'how very dare she'

not quite in the same league of course

BMWs are the very epitome of common to me (and I don't mean lots of them).

Nope totally southern, so is DH!

Well we have a Honda Civic Type R, a push bike and a micro scooter. I think our modes of transportation are infinitely more superior

Having said that I would rather love a Z4 - common as muck, me!

Drug dealers don't even drive them any more because they are too common. That's common.

BMWs are common, and convertible BMWs are really common. Is it white, by any chance?

I did buy my own little car. And to me it's just an A to B thing.

Never understood the car thing. Neighbour is so up herself it's a bit irritating but I just thought it was funny!

Blimey....I'm off to sell family 'ex drug dealer' common as muck old car....