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Originally Posted by Revo1
No man. I disagree. If you're telling me that this article is appropriate, then you need to read it again.
I think I know when I'm being made fun of, and when I'm not. Even if this is the author's bad attempt at humor, it's the kind of humor that slides down his nose before it lands on your head. Nobody likes to be the butt of a joke, even at a party. This is a publication, viewable worldwide. I don't find it funny, and I think I am fully justified in being angry. Yahoo should know better.
Thanks for your two cents though, I think that was the longest first post ever.  |
I am not arguing whether the article is appropriate or not. That doesn't matter to me. I was just saying that the article *seems* factual.
If the author did an article on the demographics of buyers who buy cars that go less than 14 seconds in the 1/4 mile, he would probably have found evidence that those people spend more time on the internet than the previous study. He may have found that they also spend more on their cars, or that they have more Lynerd Skynerd CD's, or that they wash their cars more often.....any number of things.
Is it *really* so hard to believe that higher educated people buy Honda's more often that less educated people? I don't think so.
I do agree that the humor/slam at the end of the article wasn't needed and only took away from the content of the article.
Let me say this....I bought my domestic car for several reasons over a foreign car:
1) Honda/Toyota doesn't make a thing I like
2) They are over priced, in my opinion, in relationship to domestic cars.
Let me say this, too. I don't care in the least about car companies, because i know that they don't give a tinker's damn about any of us, and there is tons of evidence that shows this, based on their indifference through the years of the consumer, and the only reason they are making their cars better now is because of the dollar....this is the only thing that any car company cares about, so I don't feel the love/loyalty towards these companies like some of you do, so I don't find offense in chevy/ford or any company being bashed. I feel no sense of loyalty to any company and buy only what benefits me.
You all bought what you liked, I hope, because you liked it and no other car company made it. Each of you are comfortable with the reliability/resale of what you bought. You made an educated choice, based on what you wanted. AS A GROUP, we may not be as smart as other buyers of vehicles, but our needs are different than the other buyers, but the article didn't really assess that, so why be offended? That's what I guess I am missing.
Thanks for the welcome here. I read this site often and like the camaro, and if they hadn't wanted to sell to me at MSRP and HIGHER, I would have one today.