Why do you hate me? (rental, vehicle, manual transmission, convertibles)
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This is directed to you enthusiasts out there. I've been reading a lot of car websites lately. When I get to the comments sections, I see a great deal of derision of people who honestly just want a well-made, decent, reliable vehicle to get where they want to go.
Words like "sheep" and "brainwashed" and "appliance" are thrown around quite a bit, as if being extremely practical and frugal in the choice of a vehicle is a bad thing.
I can respect people who place more value on styling, high-performance and handling, fun-to-drive etc. I get it. I really do.
For me, however, my car is not a love affair. It's a means to an end. I don't need it to give me thrills running up my leg. I just want to have a reasonable assurance that it will work and that I won't spend much time or money in the shop beyond the basic maintenance. Is that such a terrible thing?
Some body has to buy the Chevy Impalas and Toyota Camrys of the word, besides the rental car companys that is. Buy what you want, who cares what any one else thinks or says
Who are you? Do something worthy of my hate and then we'll talk. Basic cars like that you speak of are "appliances". Like Camrys and Accords and so on..... They are meant for the "sheep" Basic, affordable and reliable transportation. When someone says "sheep". It's just that you are a part of the vast majority and manufacturers cater to you. As a result, less and less enthusiastic vehicles are around because of people like you. This is why RWD, manual transmissions and convertibles just to name a few things are not as common. Basic, FWD, automatic snoozebox is what people like you want and because you are the majority that's what the manufacturers will make. The problem also is that they push these snoozeboxes down the throats of enthusiasts and hence the pushback.
I only used the word "hate" to attract attention to the thread. Please don't make too much of that particular word. Maybe "look down on" would have been better.
I only used the word "hate" to attract attention to the thread. Please don't make too much of that particular word. Maybe "look down on" would have been better.
Ok...
To be honest with you I couldn't give a monkeys what you drive, it's your money, your choice. Do you like it? Does it serve the purposes you require from it? If the answer to those is "yes" then your probably better off than a fair percentage of car drivers. I'm fairly certain there are more people out there that are unhappy with their cars than are willing to admit, regardless of how 'flash' it might be.
This is directed to you enthusiasts out there. I've been reading a lot of car websites lately. When I get to the comments sections, I see a great deal of derision of people who honestly just want a well-made, decent, reliable vehicle to get where they want to go.
Words like "sheep" and "brainwashed" and "appliance" are thrown around quite a bit, as if being extremely practical and frugal in the choice of a vehicle is a bad thing.
I can respect people who place more value on styling, high-performance and handling, fun-to-drive etc. I get it. I really do.
For me, however, my car is not a love affair. It's a means to an end. I don't need it to give me thrills running up my leg. I just want to have a reasonable assurance that it will work and that I won't spend much time or money in the shop beyond the basic maintenance. Is that such a terrible thing?
Because the majority of appliance car buyers who only buy to go from point A to point B are also generally the cluless drivers. The majority of appliance car drivers going mindlessly from point A to point B ARE the traffic snarls. They didn't buy cars because they enjoyed driving them, and it shows in the way that they drive. And they tend to be the kind of people who make the laws that negatively affect the enthusiast faction.
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