Design Theory on youtube had a good video recently on the markup of luxury brands. It’s 37 minutes and worth the full watch, but the part from 3:47 talks to exclusivity and brands making customers jump through hoops. Feels relevant to the article:
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My only reaction is to point and laugh.
I have zero fucks to give.
Definitely not a DD.
This fits into my “If a Thing is what you want, this is probable a good one to grab” philosophy. I mean, it’s pretty darn nice for what it is and you’d be hard pressed to find another or restore one to this standard for $12K. I suppose it’d be a fun runaround car if you lived in a resort town or had a house on the…
Anyone who wants this has never drove or even rode in one. Loud, slow, the worst seats ever, and added misery in the winter where the “windows” actually direct air into the cabin. It’s a lawn tractor that seats four.
While he is somewhat of a Tesla Fanboy, really he is an EV fanboy and also has a few other EV’s that does long term tests. He has an Rivian R1T as well so he isn’t just a Tesla nut hugger. He gets them and puts them through a lot of tests and he test all EV’s and covers the EV industry like charging tech and charging…
“Youtuber” = zero sympathy.
Arguably an automatic suits the nature of this car better, as it is more of a boulevard cruiser than a sports car, but certainly unique enough that it adds value for someone who really wants a manual XJ-S.
“Here’s the condition I keep my cars in until I clean them up for sale.”
The seller says:
That is a well loved car that is at the end of its service life. Put it out of its misery. ND
It looks pretty good, but for that price, that is way, way, WAAAAAAAY too many miles.
You can do better for less. The Miata market is no longer out of its mind. ND
FSD actually needs a human to monitor things, why can ASS exist withoutone? How is this allowed?
To be fair, he’s also telling us what this system really is
Bruh I can’t with these acronyms lol
One allows you to shoot battleships in the late 90s.
