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> $5 in a supermarket is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition Nor is buying a Lexus (by Ferrari's standards) since its essentially just a Toyota with a ni
by mbesto 4y ago
> $5 in a supermarket is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition
Nor is buying a Lexus (by Ferrari's standards) since its essentially just a Toyota with a nicer interior and more gadgets.
People are dumb.
- discreteevent 4y agoThe price of a Lexus is nowhere near that of a Ferrari. A Mercedes is also essentially a Toyota with nicer interior and more gadgets - if you want to put it that way.
- hn_go_brrrrr 4y agoLexus is Toyota's luxury brand, so the two have a fair amount of similarity. The connection to Mercedes is far more tenuous.
- mbesto 4y ago> The price of a Lexus is nowhere near that of a Ferrari. This is exactly my point. Lexus is sold as a "luxury" car. > A Mercedes is also essentially a Toyota with nicer interior and more gadgets - if you want to put it that way. You missed the point - which is Toyota and Lexus share the same owner and are literally the same platform of a car: https://www.quora.com/Which-Toyota-model-is-the-same-as-a-Lexus https://www.quora.com/Which-Toyota-model-is-the-same-as-a-Le...
- yourapostasy 4y agoSame platform, but I thought the manufacturing process was more stringent to increase the quality to luxury brand levels?
- wruza 4y agoIt seems like you’re putting additional meaning into luxury beyond “much more money and looks like that”. There is no inherent value for that extra, afaic.
- mbesto 4y agoNo, I'm not. The parent made the point "is neither rare nor luxurious, by definition". Lexus (レクサス, Rekusasu) is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota.[0] [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus