My Colleagues Drive Mercedes

My colleagues drive BMW’s and Mercedes I drive a jalopy from the 1980’s They think they’re so much cooler than me though only I drive worry-free They pay $1,500 a month just for the car not to mention insurance and premium gas While I paid for my beater long ago and it runs fine on recycled vegetable oil My colleagues used to look down on me ‘til I drove that jalopy ‘cross Russia nearly free ~ on a half-gallon of Sovietsky-era whiskey