Ah come on lads. Alot of us could drive away in one of those brand new mercs with about a grand down payment and just be financed up to our eyeballs. Depends whether you want to be 50 odd grand in debt or not (I have no idea what they cost new) for a car that depreciates the second you drive it out and continues to lose value rapidly.
A bit tasteless to be flaunting stuff like that given the current climate but could be said about a lot of things.
I too bought my absolute dream car when I was 25 - not a Merc but another luxury European brand and it was a milestone for me and I took great pride in it. I worked my ass off and had just got a big promotion. I felt immense pride every time I got into it. Wouldn’t let anyone begrudge my hard work or salary to be able to afford it
Took a lot of sacrifices too