I’d argue cars are like the first lifestyle product in the post world war 2 sense. Many many many many people don’t buy them as machines, where you’d look at like gas consumption or repairability or cost per mile or anything statistic, they buy them for what they represent.
I remember trying to be picky when i got my car. But everything in the class was nearly identical. In the end it came down entirely to ceiling height and visibility. : p
I used to be a huge car guy and 50 brands owned by like 5 oligarchical companies all trying to develop the most sensible everyday 4 banger made me think “boy this is fucking stupid” and played a large part into turning me into a leftist
I’d argue cars are like the first lifestyle product in the post world war 2 sense. Many many many many people don’t buy them as machines, where you’d look at like gas consumption or repairability or cost per mile or anything statistic, they buy them for what they represent.
I remember trying to be picky when i got my car. But everything in the class was nearly identical. In the end it came down entirely to ceiling height and visibility. : p
I used to be a huge car guy and 50 brands owned by like 5 oligarchical companies all trying to develop the most sensible everyday 4 banger made me think “boy this is fucking stupid” and played a large part into turning me into a leftist
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