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Since when do federal employees make enough to afford a Maserati?

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Fausto

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Saw one of these with a CDC sticker on it leaving work yesterday. I'm obviously in the wrong division if other people are buying $90,000 cars. 🙁
 
They bought it from the DEA as a confiscated drug dealer's car. Don't you read the ads in the back of newspapers??

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maybe they have a spouce that has a high paying job. There are many ways the person could afford it...

Hell in our manufacturing dept there is a guy in his late 40's who puts componets together making i guess 15 an hour. He has been here for many years and last year he bought a brand new Jag, owns a big ranch in Tennesee and owns a twin-engine Beechcraft 8 passenger airplane. How? inherantance.

He works because he likes it, it gives him something to do. with little or no added responsibility.
 
Originally posted by: Citrix
maybe they have a spouce that has a high paying job. There are many ways the person could afford it...

Hell in our manufacturing dept there is a guy in his late 40's who puts componets together making i guess 15 an hour. He has been here for many years and last year he bought a brand new Jag, owns a big ranch in Tennesee and owns a twin-engine Beechcraft 8 passenger airplane. How? inherantance.
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Yeah...I know, but I'm still going to whine about it. 😛

 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Saw one of these with a CDC sticker on it leaving work yesterday. I'm obviously in the wrong division if other people are buying $90,000 cars. 🙁
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That's a Maserati coupe......depreciation seems to be worse than average. You can pick up a slighty used (read, less than 10,000 miles) for around 60k or so. Granted 60k is nothing to sneeze at, but you mentioned that you saw a CDC sticker. Isn't CDC = Center for Disease Control? I would think that a doctor working there would be able to afford such an auto. You could also just have a car nut that considers cars to be a greater priority in their life.


 
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I bet there are plenty of doctors over at the CDC taking home some serious money...
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You'd be surprised. I don't think even the director makes over $200k.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: Citrix
maybe they have a spouce that has a high paying job. There are many ways the person could afford it...

Hell in our manufacturing dept there is a guy in his late 40's who puts componets together making i guess 15 an hour. He has been here for many years and last year he bought a brand new Jag, owns a big ranch in Tennesee and owns a twin-engine Beechcraft 8 passenger airplane. How? inherantance.
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Yeah...I know, but I'm still going to whine about it. 😛
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I hear ya. we all were crying when we saw him drive that Jag to work last year. damn nice car.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Saw one of these with a CDC sticker on it leaving work yesterday. I'm obviously in the wrong division if other people are buying $90,000 cars. 🙁
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You'd have the money if you didn't spend it all on fancy bike parts. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Saw one of these with a CDC sticker on it leaving work yesterday. I'm obviously in the wrong division if other people are buying $90,000 cars. 🙁
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That's a Maserati coupe......depreciation seems to be worse than average. You can pick up a slighty used (read, less than 10,000 miles) for around 60k or so. Granted 60k is nothing to sneeze at, but you mentioned that you saw a CDC sticker. Isn't CDC = Center for Disease Control? I would think that a doctor working there would be able to afford such an auto. You could also just have a car nut that considers cars to be a greater priority in their life.


 
Who says he or she does not have a wealthy spouse?

I know teachers who make $30K per year who drive SL500 Mercs because hubby is a doctor or lawyer.
 
Originally posted by: Fausto
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I bet there are plenty of doctors over at the CDC taking home some serious money...
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You'd be surprised. I don't think even the director makes over $200k.
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It could be a visiting doctor who also works in private practice.
 
Originally posted by: bbrontosaurus
Originally posted by: Fausto
Saw one of these with a CDC sticker on it leaving work yesterday. I'm obviously in the wrong division if other people are buying $90,000 cars. 🙁
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That's a Maserati coupe......depreciation seems to be worse than average. You can pick up a slighty used (read, less than 10,000 miles) for around 60k or so. Granted 60k is nothing to sneeze at, but you mentioned that you saw a CDC sticker. Isn't CDC = Center for Disease Control? I would think that a doctor working there would be able to afford such an auto. You could also just have a car nut that considers cars to be a greater priority in their life.
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Double post 3 minutes apart?
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: Fausto
Saw one of these with a CDC sticker on it leaving work yesterday. I'm obviously in the wrong division if other people are buying $90,000 cars. 🙁
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You'd have the money if you didn't spend it all on fancy bike parts. 😉
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And thongs made of imported silk!
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Who says he or she does not have a wealthy spouse?

I know teachers who make $30K per year who drive SL500 Mercs because hubby is a doctor or lawyer.
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As Citrix pointed out, this is more than likely the case. There are a lot of people who work here with a spouse who works as a physician next door at Emory.

Again, I'm just whining because I don't have one. 😛

 
It's been mentioned before, but the S.O. could be making a lot of money.

Also, you'd be surprised what you can buy if you're not married. I'm an engineer for the state, and everyone asks how I can afford my "fancy" computer parts, constant upgrades, eating out all the time, etc. I simply ask "Are you married" or "Do you have kids." If they answer yes, I say "the end."

I'm sure this will change once I decide to buy a house or find a woman....but not anytime soon.
 
Salary isn't always the only source of income. Some people could be playing stock martket, others could be running a business or have some other investment. I work for a software company and we got BMWs, Mercs, Jag convertibles, supped up Mustangs. If you try hard enough you can find a way to afford something you want.
 
Originally posted by: Argo
Salary isn't always the only source of income. Some people could be playing stock martket, others could be running a business or have some other investment. I work for a software company and we got BMWs, Mercs, Jag convertibles, supped up Mustangs. If you try hard enough you can find a way to afford something you want.
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It is rather funny how you put Mustangs in with BMWs, Mercedes, and Jaguars.
 
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