>>28915434
It was already a status symbol in the early 2000s. They were calling them the Texas Cadillac as early as the 1980s.

>>28915434
Did you move into a trailer park?

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That's the wrong trim level.

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>>28915434

?

These things are ghetto mecican as fuck what are you talking about?

>>28915434
>GM
>status symbol
if your view is from the trailer park maybe

>>28915434
>>28915439
Escalades were status symbols, not these. Very important distinction.
These were for the wives of blue collar workers, they did not have the bling bling

>>28915434
The price tripled

>>28915455
Again, Texas Cadillac since the 1980s. My dad considered buying one when I was very young (he had three kids) and they were too expensive even then. They've always been status symbols.

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>>28915473

When you prefix something as being the "texas" version of something that means it's the hick version of the thing

Like a texas tuxedo

Or a trailer park Ferrari...

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>>28915434
>common family vehicle in the 2000s
>status symbol in the 2020s


Lol every GMT800 in the early 2000s was a status symbol, the peak of the SUV craze

It's why the Escalade trim was created

>>28915480
my god i would love to have a 3way with them...

>>28915434
What the fuck are you talking about zoomer, they were status symbols all the way back in the 80's. If anything they are losing their status as they have attained the "family-mobile" stereotype that wagons had

>>28915482

Is this just flyoverlet shit?

I literally just think of fat white moms and fat mexican guys driving these

>>28915434
the last time i remember seeing one of these on the road is like 5 years ago, taking i95 out of philly. a young BLACK MAN was driving one of these with an obliterated rear shock absorber (DAS RITE.)

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>>28915487

Are we thinking of the same thing when we say "status?"

>>28915488
>Is this just flyoverlet shit?

they were everywhere in the riches parts of California in the 1990s

>they weren't status symbols!

Yes, zoomies, they were. Tony Soprano drove one for most of the show.

>>28915492

Lol no they weren't

>>28915495

Tony Soprano was a flyoverlet THOUGH

>>28915501
>new jersey is flyover
Flyover is the Midwest, not the north east. And yes SUV's since the 80's were the vehicle status symbol, because "BIG CAR, BIG HOUSE, BIG DICK". It is only know, with a generation that thinks of SUV's as the thing they rode in when their mom's drove them to school, that they are losing their status. As to wagons, so unto SUV's.

>>28915495
i'm 37 years old. i don't really remember suburbans being status symbols. escalades were.

>>28915501
>Lol no they weren't

you weren't even alive then, faggot

>>28915473
The Texas cadillac is a cadillac my G

Cadillac factories for 89-96 was in Texas.

Chebby was the everymans ride, they had road presence but to attach prestige or inner (surb)urban clout to them just isn't true. People liked them because they were big 6 seaters (spoiler that's why Latinos love em so much, it's so they can fit the whole senpai on the way to the kinseira)

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>>28915503

If it wain't California, it's flyoverletville

And suvs were literally never status symbols here

Like I said, fat moms and fat mexicans

>>28915505

?

>>28915495
Symbolically Tony drove one as a subtle way to convey to the audience that the mafia was in decline.

Gone are the long body 4 body trunk days of all chromed old and in comes the fall from grace.

Tony having a suburban represented the decline in his status whilst still maintaining a sense of power (the size of a suburban is quite intimidating)

All of the cars in the sopranos were carefully chosen to tailor the narrative or to represent the respective characters state of being within the show.

>But fuggaboutet

>>28915504
Cadillac were the celebrity vehicle, suburbans and every other SUV were the keeping-up-with-the-jonses vehicle. Not having a SUV/big truck was/is seen as a sign of being in financial distress and having an unstable family

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>>28915434
>what happened?

Brown people.

To brown people might is right, so the bigger the car the more status and izzat it has.

Google the origins of the word juggernaut, indians literally crushed themselves under giant stone cars because they believed it brought them izzat.

>>28915515

>flyoverlet delusions

>>28915513
>Like I said, fat moms and fat mexicans

Zoomer faggot outed himself here

California was mostly white in the bay area in the 1990s, your only reference point is beaners buying 20 year old suburbans for $5000 because you weren't alive then

>>28915482
Escalades were introduced with the GMT400 tardo

>>28915513
California, Florida, Texas, and New York (NYC), if the state is not these major business/ports then it is a flyover. NYC is litterally right next to New Jersey and shares a good chunk of its city with NYC, so it can't be a flyover.

>>28915514
>Tony having a suburban represented the decline in his status whilst still maintaining a sense of power (the size of a suburban is quite intimidating)

lol tony literally drove escaldes later in the series

all these trucks were interchangeable

>>28915517
>Google the origins of the word juggernaut
Juggernaut is Professor X's step brother? Weird

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>>28915522
>Escalades were introduced with the GMT400 tardo

stupid, underaged, wrong about everything mentioned in thread

you'd figure you'd learn to stfu eventually lol

>>28915524
Yes, he drove the escalade as he became the new boss and rose to power.

To graduate from a suburban to the escalade is very fitting. I'm telling you bro, you'll have a higher appreciation for the choice of vehicles if you give it a little more thought on the Why rather than the What

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>>28915519

In the '90s it was just fat moms

Now it's fat moms and fat mexicans

Sorry not sorry!

Hope that helps!

>>28915530
>you'll have a higher appreciation for the choice of vehicles if you give it a little more thought on the Why rather than the What

you're talking about the nuances of vehicle choice in a show you dont even understand the premise oflol

the mob and tony have been on a decline the entire series

>>28915530
>>28915524
>>28915514
The subruban/escalade is not about the decline of Tony or the mod, it's about the americanization of the mob and Tony's need to what he sees as modernize the mob's image. It's also why he doesn't care about gay mobsters as long as they get money, in contrast to the other mob bosses.

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>>28915523

texas is flyover as FUCK lol and the cities are full of black or indigenous criminals of color

florida is also hicksville flyoversville except for miami which is absolutely ruined by viveza criolla kek

nyc is completely inundated with black or indigenous criminals of color, it's too humid and hot in the summer, it snows in the winter, and new yorkers are hilariously scared of confrontation for some reason

Shit's flyoversville as fuck

Like I said, If it wain't California, it's flyoversville

>wheelgap spic is rambling again

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>>28915546

>>28915541
>Texas is flyover
Unironically more money and business than every state but California. It's Texas, Florida, California, and New York. Anyone not from these states is considered a flyover, with New York only being there because of NYC, which bleeds into a very small part of New Jersey. Sorry but that's the truth and to think otherwise is retardation, probably given to you by your mother

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>>28915556

Kek yeah all of those bullshits except California are flyoversville garbage

Just look at what happens when it snows in texas hahahahha

Can't even grow weed in ny without it molding out from the humidity LOL

florida is mexican hicksville

nj is fake Italian hicksville

I've been everywhere, man

Sorry not sorry!

Hope that helps!

>>28915566
>that spacing
Okay so you are just retarded.

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>>28915567

>that ad hom to personal attack

Ok so I was right

>>28915566
People from California and the Pacific Northwest really believe their states are the best. Well listen here buddy, you guys don't even have dunkin donuts, and your bars close at 2:00 AM. Pathetic.

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>>28915511
>Texas Cadillac is Cadillac because they were built there

GM leaned into the Suburban being the Texas Cadillac decades ago.

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>>28915580

the faggy pnw is flyoversville as fuck

And we have dunkin donuts here they suck

That corporate bullshit is for flyoverlet tastelets in the first place kek

As if a BMW driver would go to a bullahit like that!

First gen Durango

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>>28915488
>I literally just think of fat white moms and fat mexican guys driving these
Fuck you, Obama.
Uppity nigga.

>>28915707
I've never seen anyone own a durango that wasn't trashy as fuck

>>28915456
No it didn't... My 05 Yukon XL would have been over $90k in today's money which puts it in line with the current pricing. Technically they're cheaper now days considering the quality of interior, the performance, fuel economy and safety you get compared to the 20 year old GMT800.

>>28915434
>>status symbol in the 2020s
it was a niggermobile 20 years ago and it still is.
I see these and always asume it's an uninsured nigger high on weed and no liscense.

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>>28915434
>far more reliable than every gen that has gotten subsequently worse (engines on newest ones are popping with barely a few thousand miles, even)
>tons of examples at 3,4,500k+ miles, Express vans with the same Vortecs and transmissions are going 900k+ miles
>reaching that 25 year old age where those that lived through the '00s start getting nostalgic, while younger generations that didn't even live through it get nostalgic for it as well (less than 5 years and GMT800s can rock antique plates where I'm at)
>99% of them got absolutely thrashed the past ~15 years, to the point where a clean one actually stands out
>the others completely rusted out
>finally the others that were too smoothbrain to change the ATF also were too smoothbrain to pay Jimbob the couple hundred it costs to rebuild the 4Lslippy (they do last, but heat and lack of fluid changes kills them)
>like legos to work on, can pull the dash fascia off with your bare hands in literally seconds and have anything from the radio to the HVAC and cluster all removed in literally 5 minutes
>recent popularity of the ironic boomer GOBBLESS HOSS THRETEND BY THOS GMT800S type of memes and groups like "04 Rich"
Add up all of those, and probably a few more, and you'll see why they're popular in the current year. Hell, it's probably one of the only cars I can think of where I've seen numerous posts of people "upgrading" from a newer model into a GMT800.
Of course, I'd argue that the Suburban/Avalanche 2500, Hummer H2/H2T, Yukon Denali, and Escalade (especially in ESV Platinum trim) are the actual status symbols still, as are the few rare coach-built customs i.e. Southern Comfort, but any minty GMT is nice at this point when so many are clapped and in junkyards (another reason they're great to own, actually)

>>28915482
This. Once crew cab trucks became more standard and SUVs, they became the go to luxury/mom vehicle without hurting dad's ego

>>28915894
Someone gets it. Luv me squarebody, simple as.

>>28915586
Fucking Texans are such snowflakes
Should just replace the star on the flag with a snowflake at this point

>>28915528
Did you post that pic to prove yourself wrong??

>>28916029
I'm not even from Texas, bro.

>>28915528
>Your stupid fer saying it started with the GMT400

>Posts picture of GMT400 Escalade

You can't make this shit up, people.

>>28915566
Why do you reddit space?

>>28915455
You're either too young to remember the 80s/90s when SUVs became status symbols or are retarded. Escalades were always nigger mobiles, whites drove Eddie Bauer Expeditions or Suburbans with Silverado trim as status symbols.

>>28916091
I lived it anon.

Escalades are the reason SUVs became a staple in America. Maybe the east coast / west coast had slightly different experiences.

>>28915434
The new status symbol only costs half the price and it's called a Tesla model Y

>>28915854
This