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Price should not be conflated with quality, which I think this article may be doing in it's closing statement: >But he also found people with "conscientious" c
by firecall 7y ago
Price should not be conflated with quality, which I think this article may be doing in it's closing statement:
>But he also found people with "conscientious" characters seek out pricey models, too.
>"People with this type of personality are, as a rule, respectable, ambitious, reliable and well-organised," the statement said. "They take care of themselves and their health and often perform well at work."
Seems to me those people may be seeking quality and build sophistication.
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoEven the term "quality" is subjective. I equate "quality" with long-term reliability, something BMW is known for not having, so I wouldn't consider BMWs to be quality cars.
- klingonopera 7y agoSo... the last (and only?) quality car was the DeLorean?
- cratermoon 7y agoMy 1996 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck is still going, with around 400,000km on it, and just regular maintenance, except for the time someone stole the catalytic converter and I had to have it replaced.
- DeedsMoraine 7y agoDeLoreans didn't even have short-term reliability.
- klingonopera 7y agoSo I've heard... the DeLorean came to mind, because AFAIK, it's the only mass-produced car ever(?) to have a stainless steel chassis, theoretically making it thus immune to corrosion.
- klingonopera 7y agoCorrection: "[...]and stood out for its gull-wing doors and brushed stainless-steel outer body panels, as well as an innovative fiberglass body structure with a steel backbone chassis." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean
- seattle_spring 7y agoAgreed. A lot of Lexus's are also high quality relative to other cars, but they're also grossly overpriced since you can buy the same quality at half the price with a Toyota badge.
- salawat 7y agoYou need to read some Pirsig. Quality is anything but subjective.
- vldx 7y agoI'm wondering how much context plays role in this perception — for example, I'm from Europe and find it somewhat confusing when people from USA talk about BMW/VW as utterly unreliable; here, it's the reverse — people equate VW cars as reliable and unpretentious, while BMW reliable and having great driving dynamics. Many people do consider BMW/VW as well-engineered/well-built quality cars that provide relatively good residuals.