> but if you have already decided to buy a new "luxury van" Is that not a choice? That's the confusing bit. People talking about these like they've been held a

> but if you have already decided to buy a new "luxury van" Is that not a choice? That's the confusing bit. People talking about these like they've been held at gunpoint to consume luxury vehicles. My sense is that car/automobile purchases are just so ingrained as default necessities that the idea of not having one either is or seems to be unthinkable.