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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9815477" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Except that a car isn't anywhere near as specific a thing. A car, by its design, does essentially the same things as any other car. There are tiny, tiny differences, like which specific movements the combination switch does, or whatever--but all cars drive. If you live in even a slightly urbanized area, you never need any of the fancy bells-and-whistles of any other vehicle.Further? You have in fact driven at least two cars in your life. I'm not talking about people that have driven at least two cars in their life. I'm talking about someone who literally drove the one, singular, car that was given to them at age 16, that they've managed to keep functional for 40 years or whatever, and they insist, adamantly, that not only is this guaranteed the only car they will ever need, this car not only can but does do anything any other passenger vehicle can do. Keep cool inside? "Nah you don't need AC for that, just open the windows." Anti-lock breaks? "Just don't drive that fast, 4head." Car alarm? "I rigged up something through the stereo, trust me it works just fine. It's not like car alarms even really work anyway." Hauling? "Look, my buddy lets me use his trailer, I know I technically don't have the torque for if it's full but that just means you take multiple trips, it's fine." Abysmal gas mileage? "Yeah yeah, it's a gas guzzler, that's just the cost of doing business." On and on and on and on.And then insisting that this car is the best car, that no other car can match it, that anything any other consumer vehicle can do, this one can do too, and anything it can't do, you'd need a commercial license for.That's the attitude I see. Over and over and over.It's people who have eaten pizza, declaring it the best and only worthwhile Italian dish...when it's literally the ONLY Italian dish they've ever eaten. It's people who have listened to the Beatles, the only music they've ever heard, and declared that they never need to listen to any other music--ever, nothing, they won't even listen to movie soundtracks, they just plug their ears and read the subtitles.</blockquote>

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