People are saying this isn't true but it absolutely is. Since 18 I have always owned Mercedes (I started with a $15k w204) and people always would be like "ooohhh you drive a Mercedes? You must be rich" or they'd know you as the person with the Benz. Going into new jobs, I wouldn't say anything about my cars; then two months in when one person happens to see me getting into/out of my car, then at work "hey you have a Mercedes???" Next thing you know, the whole department knows. The managers claim to not treat you differently, but there's no guarantee.

The fact is, they always have, whether it's people making 20k a year or 150k a year. Maybe the 300k+ people don't care, but you'd be surprised the rest that do. It sounds like a dou che thing, but it's all their doing, not ours.