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I personally don't see much benefit over just lighting cash on fire and inviting friends over to enjoy, but everyone has their passions.

radley 2y ago
It's a life experience. Enjoy having one or skip it. Either works. It's your life.
glitchc 2y ago
Ah, you must not enjoy driving. Different strokes for different folks.
- ForTheKidz 2y ago
  I was more making a comment about how you really can't use most of the value of a sports car (outside of the flashiness aspect I guess) unless you frequent track days. I'm also grumpy; I do apologize.
  - glitchc 2y ago
    All good! Hope you feel better soon.
somanyphotons 2y ago
It's one thing to buy a Miata, it's another to buy a status-symbol car
- some_random 2y ago
  What differentiates a status-symbol car from a Miata?
  - quesera 2y ago
    About 1500lbs, 15mpg, and $200K? (Apologies for the nonsense units, it's all they let us use here)
recursive 2y ago
You could drive the car the next day also I guess.
acuozzo 2y ago
It's a rapidly depreciating asset, but an asset nonetheless and its core function is useful.
Night_Thastus 2y ago
Some people enjoy the aesthetics, the design of the car - they can be quite beautiful! Some enjoy the engineering - it can be challenging to squeeze so much performance out and still meet environmental requirements. Some enjoy them for the tuning and personal work they can put in to make it their own. Others like it as a status symbol - a recognition of the hard work they put in and what they accomplished. Some like it for the moment to moment feel of being pressed into the seat and the sounds it makes. There are a lot of reasons to enjoy a sports car. It'll be something I almost certainly never do myself, but I can definitely see the appeal.
- 9dev 2y ago
  > it can be challenging to squeeze so much performance out and still meet environmental requirements. So much so, in fact, that nobody meets them but cheat in the tests instead. Those that haven’t cheated haven’t been caught yet. If you choose to drive a sports car, at least have the courage to admit that you value your personal satisfaction over the environment and future generations.
  - Night_Thastus 2y ago
    ...a single person driving a sports car occasionally is not moving the needle of climate change. I think that's a bit ridiculous. If suddenly the entire driving population of the US decided to swap - yes, absolutely, that would be a significant difference. There are far, far bigger fish to fry when it comes to climate change than the occasional sports car use. Like say, the proliferation of SUVs and massive pickups.
    - 9dev 2y ago
      Sure, that’s not my point. It’s a mindset thing: driving a sports car or electric SUV but simultaneously soothing yourself that someone surely tested those for environmental impact is just self-delusion. Drive a sports car if that’s your thing, but at least stand by your decision for what it is—an act of hedonism.

radley 2y ago

It's a life experience. Enjoy having one or skip it. Either works. It's your life.

glitchc 2y ago

Ah, you must not enjoy driving. Different strokes for different folks.

ForTheKidz 2y ago
I was more making a comment about how you really can't use most of the value of a sports car (outside of the flashiness aspect I guess) unless you frequent track days. I'm also grumpy; I do apologize.
- glitchc 2y ago
  All good! Hope you feel better soon.

somanyphotons 2y ago

It's one thing to buy a Miata, it's another to buy a status-symbol car

some_random 2y ago
What differentiates a status-symbol car from a Miata?
- quesera 2y ago
  About 1500lbs, 15mpg, and $200K? (Apologies for the nonsense units, it's all they let us use here)

recursive 2y ago

You could drive the car the next day also I guess.

acuozzo 2y ago

It's a rapidly depreciating asset, but an asset nonetheless and its core function is useful.

Night_Thastus 2y ago

Some people enjoy the aesthetics, the design of the car - they can be quite beautiful! Some enjoy the engineering - it can be challenging to squeeze so much performance out and still meet environmental requirements. Some enjoy them for the tuning and personal work they can put in to make it their own. Others like it as a status symbol - a recognition of the hard work they put in and what they accomplished. Some like it for the moment to moment feel of being pressed into the seat and the sounds it makes. There are a lot of reasons to enjoy a sports car. It'll be something I almost certainly never do myself, but I can definitely see the appeal.

9dev 2y ago
> it can be challenging to squeeze so much performance out and still meet environmental requirements. So much so, in fact, that nobody meets them but cheat in the tests instead. Those that haven’t cheated haven’t been caught yet. If you choose to drive a sports car, at least have the courage to admit that you value your personal satisfaction over the environment and future generations.
- Night_Thastus 2y ago
  ...a single person driving a sports car occasionally is not moving the needle of climate change. I think that's a bit ridiculous. If suddenly the entire driving population of the US decided to swap - yes, absolutely, that would be a significant difference. There are far, far bigger fish to fry when it comes to climate change than the occasional sports car use. Like say, the proliferation of SUVs and massive pickups.
  - 9dev 2y ago
    Sure, that’s not my point. It’s a mindset thing: driving a sports car or electric SUV but simultaneously soothing yourself that someone surely tested those for environmental impact is just self-delusion. Drive a sports car if that’s your thing, but at least stand by your decision for what it is—an act of hedonism.