I'm not taking the post personally and I'm certainly not a hipster. I'm just offering some insight into why someone who isn't a hardcore car enthusiast might still want this car and how they can benefit from getting it and should be welcomed for doing so.
As with any hobby and interest there will be less passionate newcomers, which at the end of the day is mostly beneficial for the rest of us because seeing these cars be successful will help in the long run. On the one hand I don't want to see these flood the streets, but on the other a successful sales record will let us get more of these great cars in the future.
If it takes image and reputation to get people to appreciate their cars more and to look for something better than a run-of-the-mill car than so be it. All I mean is that someone who has no appreciation for the car or the driving experience is probably going to be drawn to another car, of which there are many options at $25k+. Perhaps a more fully-loaded yet cheaper car, a more powerful car at a similar price, or a used car like a BMW or a Mercedes that they can get for a similar price.
Anyways, nothing against you for stating your frustration. But it's better to be welcoming to people and to embrace a communal approach so that ownership is something that remains special. Educate these people on why they've made a good choice instead of scorning them and treating them as outsiders.
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Originally Posted by gt8613
And what on earth made you think that anything I have said so far was in reference to you. And I don't care 2 cents about how many people I can get to check out my car.
If you define yourself as a 'hipster' then read through the thread...I have been told I used that word incorrectly.
And people don't spend $25k for social reasons? Lol, lavish money spending to impress other people is nothing new. Whether it be homes. cars. jewelry, yachts or w.e.
Oh and I live in the part of the country where we have Apple, Google, Cisco, Orcale, Facebook, Intel, McAfee and yadayada companies within a 100 mile radius... We have quite a few affluent people and their spoilt rich kids... Some of them who get a car every year after totaling the last one.
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