Is it normal to want a specific brand of car and live in germany?

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I will be getting a large sum of money with in a year and i have been fantasizing about the things i can buy with. Like a flat in Germany, a Super car and luxury car and take it from the US to Germany of course shipping. And move out there. But its become an obsessive thought. I just want to study in Germany and become an expat then stay. Is it normal?

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Based on 21 votes (17 yes)
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  • megadriver
    9 years ago

    Very normal, I want the same thing. A nice house in Germany, a big AMG Mercedes. A yacht at my parents place, cause I can store it there for free XD. Only trouble is that I don't have the money for those things, or to start a business of my own to earn money. Can't make money without money.

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    • Avant-Garde
      9 years ago

      I had no idea that you were from Germany!

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      • megadriver
        9 years ago

        I'm not. I'm Bulgarian. :D
        Ich kann aber Deutsch sprechen.

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    • swaggs
      9 years ago

      Totally true. I'm still invested in my education though over jobs. Right now I'm a salesmen for Verizon barely making 40 grand a year and I'm a sophomore. So I believe I'm doing good so far. But I rather enter the sciences. I mean that's what I will be studying out there in the TU's they have out there. The only thing that sucks when getting there is that my driver license does have the whole replacement deal with Germany driver license. The only time I probably hate being Californian. But New Mexico does so I probably would lie my ass off and get one of theirs considering German license re bit harder to obtain with mandatory classes. I have a decent amount of money to buy a flat and probably two super cars. Just gotta make my own way.

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      • megadriver
        9 years ago

        Very nice, with me the situation is different. I don't have a high paying job, so 40k is out of my reach for now. I can only work on Fridays, cause all the other days I have lectures and stuff.
        But the good news is that the company I work for now... I can continue working in the same company after I graduate. And they pay good. I'll stick with them, till I can open my own business back home.
        Tho I would settle for a nice house back home in the balkans. The weather is nicer and the people know how to have fun XD

        I believe americans only have to have their license translated to german. I don't think you have to take a test. But that will probably be an automatic license, not good if you drive stick.

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        • swaggs
          9 years ago

          Literally fine with everything you said up til the automatic and manual driving. I drive both. Stick is more fun though to rev through gears.Not all 'Muricans drive automatic. regardless it is different with licenses though because only like half of the states of the US have an agreement with Germany about license transfers.

          Well i hope you can start your business and all. And wish you the best of luck. Also 40k in Southern California is very little to live with here. It is better than the wage on flipping burgers but still.

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          • megadriver
            9 years ago

            Thanks, wish you luck with your German dream too.

            In Germany and many other Euro-countries if a student manages to get up to 1000-1200 Euros a month, he is considered rich XD
            Especially for foreign students.
            Tho when I pay rent, bills, weekly consumables and car expenses, I get left with 200-300 Euros.
            Sometimes with less than that. Owning a Mercedes and being a petrolhead ain't cheap :D

            At least my girlfriend doesn't take my money. Her parents give her a generous monthly sum to waste, so that's a plus XD

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    Very normal. Are you fluent in German? I ask because there are many expats that have the "oh, I'll pick it up when I get there" attitude, when it really doesn't work that way. If you aren't, try learning it before you move. There's a language program called,"Pimsleur" that teaches you the basics of a language in a week - that is if you're pressed for time.

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    • swaggs
      9 years ago

      I would say I'm pretty decent speaking Deutsch, it's not like out of the blue choice. But always room for improvement. I have a friend who lives out there now. She originally was from there moved out to California and now is back there. In other words I wouldn't be so dramatically alone. But your right people need to know language before hand.

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      • Avant-Garde
        9 years ago

        There's nothing more infuriating than not being fluent in a foreign language. I went to France and Italy, a few years back, and it was frustrating. I only knew a few words in French, but it wasn't enough for me to have a proper conversation with anyone. In Italy, I only knew the word for "Hello" and "Love". I feel that I would've gotten a much richer experience had I know how to speak those languages.

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