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WCDT Strips 3241 - 3245 (13-17 June 2016)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 17 Jun 2016, 07:14 ---Err, of course you dont buy a Porsche 911 because you need a car.
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No you don't. If you need a car, you'll buy something like a Volkswagen 'Beetle', a Fiat 131 or a Vauxhall Vectra; they cost less than 1/5 as much and will give several times better lifetime service due to their greater fuel economy and parts lifespan. If you buy a 911, especially one of the old 1970 classic bloc models, it's because you want to send a message about yourself, your buying power and, possibly, your virility too!
cesium133:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 17 Jun 2016, 07:36 ---That begs the question then: why do people buy Tesla Model S's?
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It's gonna save the earth, man. (Never mind that the electricity comes from a gas or coal-burning power plant.)
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Jun 2016, 07:39 ---
--- Quote from: snubnose on 17 Jun 2016, 07:14 ---Err, of course you dont buy a Porsche 911 because you need a car.
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No you don't. If you need a car, you'll buy something like a Volkswagen 'Beetle', a Fiat 131 or a Vauxhall Vectra; they cost less than 1/5 as much and will give several times better lifetime service due to their greater fuel economy and parts lifespan. If you buy a 911, especially one of the old 1970 classic bloc models, it's because you want to send a message about yourself, your buying power and, possibly, your virility too!
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I bought a Chevy Spark. I'm not sure what message that sends about me.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Jun 2016, 07:39 ---especially one of the old 1970 classic bloc models, it's because you want to send a message about yourself, your buying power and, possibly, your virility too!
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I used to work with a guy who had an old air-cooled Porsche. He just liked working on the damned thing.
JimC:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Jun 2016, 07:39 ---No you don't. If you need a car, you'll buy something like...
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Only, perhaps, if you don't enjoy driving for its own sake. I do think you are grossly over simplifying. If one of your pleasures in life is driving simply for the sake of it, then your choice of car will reflect that. If you have to spend many hours in your car, then the choice will reflect that too, and so it goes on.
themacnut:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 17 Jun 2016, 07:14 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Jun 2016, 03:46 --- You don't buy a $10k Rolex to tell the time any more than you will buy a Porsche 911 because you need a car;
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Err, of course you dont buy a Porsche 911 because you need a car.
Its a sports car. You dont buy sports cars because you need a car. You buy them because of the fun of driving ! And the speed to get to places.
While a Rolex ... knowing the time ?!? Oh my god, how exciting. This fun is neverending !!!
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You're looking at a watch as a sensible, practical purchase, and in that I agree with you. In fact, since the advent of smart phones I haven't worn a watch at all, for years.
Someone who buys a Rolex though, is essentially saying "I have so much money I don't have to be practical or sensible with every purchase. I can buy stuff just to look good, because it looks good on me.". No it makes no sense to people like us, and I wouldn't buy a Rolex even if I had the money to waste on it. People who do, generally have the money to waste and then some. Practicality and sensible behavior have nothing at all to do with it.
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