Many of us are still old enough to recall the days when pulling up outside a
client's office building in an ultra-cool, gasoline-addicted, snarling motor car
was halfway towards impressing them that you and your company had to be the
bee's knees as top in your industry.Nowadays turning up to a client's office in
an expensive gas-guzzler can have precisely the opposite effect, making socially
conscientious clients look you like you just louboutin shoes sale uk out of a drain for being so selfish
and thoughtless to the planet.Then there's the envy/jealousy/spiteful factor, of
courseA few years ago I turned up to a client's office in a brand new car - not
flashy, but just nice. The client looked out of the window as I locked it up and
said, "nice car.
We must be paying you too much." He said it with a frosty christian louboutin shoes cheap, but I
knew it irked him.Had the same happened in North America where I believe that
people can be envious without being jealous, the client's reaction more likely
would have been, "nice car. It's good to see your business is doing well."So be
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your mode of transport saylouis vuitton taschen 2012RollsRoyce or
BentleyOver-the-hill film stars (rented) and fat middle-Eastern aristocrats
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prince, Kardashian.
These cars look like large skateboards with speeds approaching Mach 1 and
cockpits that only accommodate the shortest of hair extensions, thereby
rendering them unsuitable for most female stars (although Kim K's getting pretty
good at squeezing in).loufsabgs1 successful business people in North America,
flamboyantly successful executives in the UK. Most Germans and other western
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with such reverence. Be warned when doing business in continental Europe; you
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good taste. Audi has always tended to have a neutral socio-economic profile,
unlike BMW (flashy and nouveau-riche), Volvo (very boring), Skoda (cheap and
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fast-food chain, slightly dubious real estate agent, ageing sportsman or a
nervous, 5'2" mom peering over the steering wheel taking two small children to
nursery school.
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