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11-30-2013, 04:30 PM
#102
First of all, props. I certainly respect a good rant.
But you haven't solved the riddle, all you've done is assign a name to it.
Let's just stipulate that I completely agree with everything you wrote vis-a-vis "The Woman" and her influence on the car-buying process. This does not in any way explain the underlying motivations behind this behavior.
In other words, even if we accept that women are, by nature, somehow uniquely inclined towards irrational decision-making when it comes to shopping for an automobile (and I am by NO means satisfied that this is, in fact, true), nothing about this extremely well-written and entertaining block of prose adequately explains to me *why* the sort of rational decision-making processes which are at play in the purchase of everyday commodities such as socks, canned tuna fish and flatscreen TVs go completely out the window when car-buying is involved.
But you haven't solved the riddle, all you've done is assign a name to it.
Let's just stipulate that I completely agree with everything you wrote vis-a-vis "The Woman" and her influence on the car-buying process. This does not in any way explain the underlying motivations behind this behavior.
In other words, even if we accept that women are, by nature, somehow uniquely inclined towards irrational decision-making when it comes to shopping for an automobile (and I am by NO means satisfied that this is, in fact, true), nothing about this extremely well-written and entertaining block of prose adequately explains to me *why* the sort of rational decision-making processes which are at play in the purchase of everyday commodities such as socks, canned tuna fish and flatscreen TVs go completely out the window when car-buying is involved.
$35k for a Camry; check. Heck, it's only a few bucks a month more for the whiz-bang stuff anyway. She's happy; you're happy. Cause/effect, and one of the few in this world where you have total control of it.
But there's more to it than access to The HooHah. It's a pride thing too. **** if I'm going to have *my* wife, my little princess, rolling in some shitty car. Just wouldn't have it.
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12-01-2013, 11:04 AM
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I'm trying to replace my wife's 305k mi 1998 SUV and she isn't really interested. She has taken great care of it, inside and out, and I've kept it maintained. She likes it and is comfortable with it. We bought it at the dealer-only auction because I knew a guy, for $7800 back in 2002 with 65k miles. It is still worth $2000-2500. That's not a bad return on investment.
We'll probably spend $8-10k on a replacement and try to keep it as long. And for the people who cry about needing new for reliability, we could replace a trans (if it ever needs one) for the price of one monthly payment on a new SUV.
We'll probably spend $8-10k on a replacement and try to keep it as long. And for the people who cry about needing new for reliability, we could replace a trans (if it ever needs one) for the price of one monthly payment on a new SUV.
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12-02-2013, 12:58 PM
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I'm trying to replace my wife's 305k mi 1998 SUV and she isn't really interested. She has taken great care of it, inside and out, and I've kept it maintained. She likes it and is comfortable with it. We bought it at the dealer-only auction because I knew a guy, for $7800 back in 2002 with 65k miles. It is still worth $2000-2500. That's not a bad return on investment.
We'll probably spend $8-10k on a replacement and try to keep it as long. And for the people who cry about needing new for reliability, we could replace a trans (if it ever needs one) for the price of one monthly payment on a new SUV.
We'll probably spend $8-10k on a replacement and try to keep it as long. And for the people who cry about needing new for reliability, we could replace a trans (if it ever needs one) for the price of one monthly payment on a new SUV.
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12-04-2013, 12:35 PM
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If you're going to spend $35,000 on fancy amenities anyways, why the hell would you spend that money on a Camry and not
A 385hp Hyundai Equus Ultimate with 16,000 miles on it.
A 385hp Hyundai Equus Ultimate with 16,000 miles on it.
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12-04-2013, 12:57 PM
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If you're going to spend $35,000 on fancy amenities anyways, why the hell would you spend that money on a Camry and not a 500 HP Mercedes SL600?
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12-04-2013, 01:10 PM
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Having once suffered the ownership of a used V-12 BMW model, I expect there's a pretty darn good reason why that SL has already lost over a 100k in value. I'd expect it would only continue for the poor bastard who buys it next. So, as much as I hate the Camry too, it would actually be a better bargain than the SL in the long run.
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12-04-2013, 08:35 PM
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my first instinct was to post something sensible like an M5, but i got carried away by the magic 500 HP number.
Besides, a Hyundai? Seriously? That's just embarrassing. As in, it would be bad enough to just own one in the first place, but to admit to your friends that you paid $35k for it, and then have them say "WTF? You could have bought an M5 for that!" would just be more than I could bear.
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12-04-2013, 09:16 PM
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Hey, I'm not the one who fully inserted a gerbil's tail into his urethra, secured a zip-tie around the base of the glans to hold the animal firmly in place, and then went parading down the aisle of a Roman-catholic church during Easter mass, naked but for a pair of bejeweled cowboy boots, with a terrified, panicking rodent swinging from the end of his dick.
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12-04-2013, 09:46 PM
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Hey, I'm not the one who fully inserted a gerbil's tail into his urethra, secured a zip-tie around the base of the glans to hold the animal firmly in place, and then went parading down the aisle of a Roman-catholic church during Easter mass, naked but for a pair of bejeweled cowboy boots, with a terrified, panicking rodent swinging from the end of his dick.
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