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Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanadaEh
it's the new age of advertising man, ultra targeted.
People on here get this car no problem, it's so cheap and accessible but as a broke student with debt, I DREAMT of owning this car. Doesn't help that everyone around me wanted me to buy something sensible with 4 doors. My mom was actually upset I bought it. I remember her sitting across the back seats cause her legs wouldn't fit, genuinely upset, saying something like "you don't care about your mother" lol
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That was sort of my point that they targeted to specific. The sales numbers show that the bulk of the buyers were not likely of an age where they were riding many buses. There may have been (probably were) ads on TV before I bought the car but the other aspect of the modern era is you can usually skip them now so if they ever appeared I probably fast forwarded through them so was totally ignorant they were selling them.
My wife HATES my car. Always has from the before day she even rode in it. The day after I bought it, but hadn't picked it up yet, she called me in totally hysterics. Between sobs I managed to get the story of why she was so upset. Apparently she had told the guys at her work what I bought and they all said things like "Oh he will be killed by a truck running over him", "those things are so powerful (sic) he will get into an accident" and "Those are death traps". I had to show her all the crash test ratings and safety awards to get her calmed down. Even now when she goes with me anyplace (very, very, very rare) she is gripping the seat edge with white knuckles and flinches every single time any other car comes close.