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Originally Posted by SuperTrooper
You slipped a digit james. $18,550
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Funny, I just copied it from a search. The point's still the same.
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Stop confusing NEEDS with desires. People need transportation. NOBODY NEEDS A PORSCHE! Some people spend all kinds of stupid money on things like that because they can. The rest of us have to balance function vs price.
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I'm confusing needs with desires? If so, it seems you're doing the same confusion. Nobody* needs a jacked-up 4WD pickup or SUV to do their freeway commute, yet the automakers and their advertising have convinced many people to buy them, paying as much or more than many of the small, fun cars I mentioned.
Those of us who balance function (or any other desired quality) with price won't be buying new cars anyway. Those who do obviously have money to spare, and are just as willing to spend it on expensive small cars as expensive big ones.
(*Well, maybe the 0.1% that e.g. work on a ranch miles from paved roads, but those folks are mostly sensible, and drive old beaters :-))