Do you ever feel like an ignorant Peon and that the world . . .

[Floogeldy]

has been hiding something from you?

So, I stumble across this silly article about how Madonna drives a Maybach 57.

A what?

What the fuck is a Maybach?

I’ve never heard of a Maybach.

Where have I been?

What did I do wrong?

I’ve read thousands of posts on DU. I’ve never read the word “Maybach” before.

Am I so distanced from certain parts of society that I didn’t know about the secret car?

How does one pronounce the word “Maybach,” anyway? Because you know how fancy words always have special pronunciations so, when you say them wrong and embarrass yourself, the elites of the world can immediately spot you as one of the great unwashed. Like, it’s good to know that Giorgio is not pronounced “Guy-or-guy-oh.”

I’d probably run into Madonna some day and say, “Hey, how’s the old “May-bock” running?” And she would look at me like I AM an ignorant Peon and huff, “That’s ‘May-batch.'” “Oh.”

So, I quickly learn that a Maybach starts at $325,000, which means I will never, ever be able to own one. That’s really too bad, because I’ve gotten so fat I need a huge car just like a Maybach.

I go to www.maybach.com and have to choose a language for the site. I click on “English” and it gives me four options: International, United Kingdom, USA, and Middle East.

Excuse me? Is English now the official language of the Middle East? Well, I guess it is for purposes of buying a Maybach.

I really am an ignorant Peon.

Oh well, my WordPerfect spell checker doesn’t recognize the word Maybach. What, did Corel hire a bunch of commoners to program that software?. Dumbshits don’t even know what a Maybach is.

Losers.

[unblock]

1. i've seen a maybach at a mercedes dealership

niiiiiiiiice car, but really, is it worth the price of a nice house?

personally, i'd much rather have a s500 amg for a third the price (like THAT's ever gonna happen, either!)

[Demit]

2. A Maybach is somebody's solution to the problem of "I have too much money"

[BiggJawn]

6. "I have too much money, and gee, doing Coke is SO middle-class..."

"Guess I'll spend what some guy in Indiana makes in 10 YEARS on a set of wheels..."

Too bad they don't have fur interiors, PETA would take care of 'em...:7

[Jara sang]

Exactly they just invent things that are beyond the realm of us

regular humans. They have no place to spend their money, the poor babies. Look at it as a sickness.

[Floogeldy]

9. You gotta love those Paraguayan Maybach postage stamps, though.

Or not. ;)

[sundog]

3. i guess you would have to see one irl to appreciate it...

i haven't & that website was dull :boring:

$325,000? :wtf:

[Floogeldy]

10. Who is irl?

B-)

[BiggJawn]

4. Replacement for the New Yorker.

It's Daimler-Chrysler's top-ender.

Maybach was a minor mark in the early days of the last century, rolling around with Benz, Daimler, and a few others. I think they made some cars, but their forte was aircraft engines, much like BMW.

I hear the name "Maybach", I get a mental picture of some ancient sputtering, rattley, oil-throwing, smoking 6-cylinder dragging a Red Baron Wanna-be through the skies over 1915 France...

Guess that's not what Daimler's Marketing folks were hoping for.....

[brainshrub]

5. The site is very pretentious.

I could only visit for a few minutes before I had to come up for air.

An average ambulance does more to make the world a better place than every Mayach ever made.

The only reason to drive a car like that is to artificially separate yourself from your fellow humans.

[flvegan]

7. I've heard of them, seen a couple, but then

we have just oodles of sports stars tooling around here, as it were.

I'll say this: if folks want to have one, that's their right. If you want to keep from disgusting me, you write a check for that same $325,000 and buy some much-needed armor for our boys and girls fighting over the oil to fuel that gas-guzzling behemoth.

On second thought, I'm still gonna flip you off.

[jus_the_facts]

8. Bet it gets around 8 mpg......

:puke: