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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2342 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why driverless cars will be the next battlefield in the culture war

If I can sell one Maybach for $1m and make $800k on it, or I can sell 100 Hondas for $20k and make $1k each, which should I sell?

I've been through this recently - I needed a new car. I literally drove my Dodge Stealth until I couldn't give it away - it rolled off to the car crusher about an hour ago. And part of the reason there is I spent four.goddamn.years. looking for a sporty car that didn't suck.

In 1995 there were lots of options. In 2017 Mustangs have inline 4s and cost $25k. If you want a V8 mustang? That's $35k. If you want something that's actually sporty, that wasn't built by orangutans? Whelp, odds are good you're a rich mutherfucker because that world starts well north of $50k.

So I traded a 22 year old Dodge for a 15 year old Porsche because the cars I want to drive aren't made for me anymore. And that's not cruelty, that's just economics.

And it's coming for us all.