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Originally Posted by jmg
It's a good thing the only metric in life isn't financial, otherwise I wouldn't go on so many vacations, eat interesting and new foods, take up new hobbies, or drive as many cars. Sure, I could drive the same car for 10 years, and I've done that in the past, but I'd much rather experience something new every 2-3 years. Life is too short. I want to do as many things, drive as many cars, and experience as many new experiences as I can before I die.
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Exactly, which is why I don't understand why people place importance on the depreciating value of their automobile. It all comes down to a person's tolerance level of cost per mile. If you want to drive a Lambo at $4.00 per mile then great. If you want to drive a Ford Fiesta at $.25 per mile then great. But to complain about how much value your car has lost over time is stupid.
I can buy ribeye at the supermarket for $6.99 per pound and grill it myself, or go to Ruth's Chris steakhouse and get a Ribeye for $50. It's a matter of choice. Complaining I paid too much at Ruth's is just stupid.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."