Picture 1349.pngHere at Dealbreaker we’ve been taking careful note of the various ways in which the wives of formerly successful financial services hacks have been forced to demean themselves due to unprecedented market volatility. Flying commercial over private. Wearing J. Crew. Performing A2M without even the possibility of it resulting in a trip to the ATM. Now Cityfile reports the disease has spread to these ladies’ mode of transport. The wife of Gary Reback, the ex-Bear trader suing JPMorgan for the $2 million bonus and $1.1 million severance package he believes is owed to him has reportedly been spotted around town not in her old Mercedes G-class SUV, but the Honda Pilot the essentially destitute couple traded it in for.* And she’s not alone. “They’re not the only ones,” a tipster told Cityfile. “For the wives of unemployed bankers in Westchester, the Honda Pilot is the new ‘It’ car.”
*As if being married to a gay dog toting husband wasn’t punishment enough.

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Comments (47)

  1. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    The Pilot is an “it” car no matter who you are.

  2. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    thanks Honda rep @1

  3. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    Honda Pilot is the new hara-kiri

  4. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    sucks to be a westchester wife!
    –fairfield county wife

  5. Posted by Anal_yst | May 12, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    Another reason to hate the evil bankers: They’re not buying “American!”

  6. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    This couldn’t happen to a “nicer” guy. I hope he’s left sitting on a pile of broken pottery using a shard to scrape open the boils inflicting every square inch of his scrawny bod……

  7. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    You are better off on a bicycle, at least you can fake being a enviro-wacko.

  8. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:14 PM

    What’s a Pilot?
    - Herkimer County Wife

  9. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:14 PM

    if these ladies need a ride I’m here to help.
    –dick fuld

  10. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    These f*ckers should be buying American!

  11. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM

    @3
    That works on so many levels. FTW!

  12. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    These people are really desperate. Why didn’t they get an Acura RDX instead?

  13. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    Too Gung; Didn’t Ho!

  14. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    Love the A2M/ATM call back Bess, well played my dear.

  15. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    I never understood buying a new car and having a car payment, especially in the city. I don’t care who you are. Between the $700 car payment, and valet fees, and monthly parking fees, it’s cheaper just to hire a driver.

  16. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    #7 FTW!

  17. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    And maintenance, and insurance, and property taxes, don’t forget about all that.
    Cheaper to get a driver!

  18. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM

    @15- we’re talking about westchester, not the city.

  19. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM

    A vintage pinto is the new killing it.

  20. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    Too Gung; Didn’t Ho!

  21. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    Family should be off limits… this is just plain wrong

  22. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    Pilots the new “it’ car?? Snort!
    Fiat/Chrysler’s Qubo, now that’s the IT ride to park in the driveway in order to convince the next AIG anti-bonus lynch mob not to stop the bus in front of the house:
    http://www.fiat.com/cgi-bin/pbrand.dll/FIAT_COM/showroom/showroom.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0063224696.1242156346@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadeheigdhjjcefecejgdfkhdfjh.0&modelKey=300
    Pfluger

  23. Posted by girl | May 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    My vote is for the old Jeep with wood panelling. At least then you can use the whole “luxury cars are ostentatious” excuse to hide your cheapness. WASPs have been getting away with that one for years

  24. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    OK, I’ve had enough and I am not going to take it anymore….
    As a life long Scarsdale resident things are getting out of hand with these Scarsdale nouveau riche/arriveste Wives:
    1-The Psycho Scarsdale wife who abandoned her kids
    2-The $12 million in Gold Bars stealing Scarsdale wife (of Cantor Fitz Husband)
    3-The DWI Wife, who shows up drunk to pick up kids
    4-And now a Honda buying beard of a closeted tinekerbell dog owning cry-baby
    Folks if you want to live here and have a 75% shot at the Ivy via the free local school…then you have to abide by rules:
    -No abusing kids
    -No stealing large sums
    -No drinking before schools out
    -No Gayness
    -No combo-outward greediness/miserliness
    Above can ALL be broken if hot pussy is involved; but if your a dog no free pass.
    In the old days, we had good ole fashioned scandals like the Scrsdale Diet Doctor being blown away for banging his scorching hot assistant…
    Thanks & See you at the Fireworks at the Pool on the Fourth!

  25. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    I’d like to give Margaret Brennan a thorough lesson in Greek history.

  26. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    they bought japanese because they are going to kamikaze into GS HQ.

  27. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    @21- er, what?

  28. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:53 PM

    @24 Can the scum from Hartsdale come shit in your pool? I’ll have a burrito before turning up.

  29. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    a little touchy #6… sounds like you couldn’t cut it and reback fired you.

  30. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    What’s a car payment

  31. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    @21 Lighten up, Francis!
    The dude is a Mo and the wife a slut….what can you do!?

  32. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    @31 you’re an idiot.. 21 is right.. stop being such a dbag and move on

  33. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    @31… stop hiding behind the blog and i’ll show you what i can do

  34. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    just a guess but #31 sounds like another punk kid who got a job because of his daddy and reback had to squash his dream because he was a moron…

  35. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    #31, what’s wrong? couldn’t figure out how to calculate the P&L and still hold a grudge?

  36. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    @31… you are the typical bitter P&L guy. it’s hard sucking at life.

  37. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    @36.. what are you a world of warcraft geek? WTF is ROTFLMAO?!?! loser.. just end it

  38. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    @36… ROTFLMAO? you serious? that’s why traders hate you, bc you’re a loser. stay in research

  39. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    What’s the problem with a Honda Pilot?

  40. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    @34 Didn’t Gary do that for his own son?

  41. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    @34 Didn’t Gary do that for his own son?

  42. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    Ah, what’s A2M?
    TOGFD

  43. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    @43
    You’d know if you weren’t from Delaware.
    Dead Guy From Delaware

  44. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    @43
    I take pity on you:
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a2m
    Dead Guy From Delaware

  45. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 8:55 PM

    @44/45: OMG! That is so gross. We don’t do that down here. What nice girl would want to do that? Geeeze!
    TOGFD

  46. Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    Westchester wives and middle-class Indians both have nice tatas.

  47. Posted by trojan | May 13, 2009 at 12:28 AM

    westcehster = west egg
    greenwich = east egg

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