Petrolheads - are we spolit??
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...by spoilt I mean the unprecedented access to reviews, performance stats, video and all manner of data.
This is no bad thing, as I (clearly) enjoy all the aspects of above, but when I read what I and others write, we often sound like opinionated experts with a platform and/or soapbox.
My main point is, has the access-all-information, data, videos and opinions taken the mystique and wall poster desirability from cars?
At one point in time the only way we could know in depth detail of a car was magazines and old top gear or lucky enough to know someone in the know.
I can't help thinking while I wholeheartedly embrace all of the above, I don't have the same feeling about cars in terms of desirability, ie aspirations. It's all data, numbers and comparison. Desire seems to be based on that...
Am I wrong?
This is no bad thing, as I (clearly) enjoy all the aspects of above, but when I read what I and others write, we often sound like opinionated experts with a platform and/or soapbox.
My main point is, has the access-all-information, data, videos and opinions taken the mystique and wall poster desirability from cars?
At one point in time the only way we could know in depth detail of a car was magazines and old top gear or lucky enough to know someone in the know.
I can't help thinking while I wholeheartedly embrace all of the above, I don't have the same feeling about cars in terms of desirability, ie aspirations. It's all data, numbers and comparison. Desire seems to be based on that...
Am I wrong?
AV12 said:
...by spoilt I mean the unprecedented access to reviews, performance stats, video and all manner of data.
This is no bad thing, as I (clearly) enjoy all the aspects of above, but when I read what I and others write, we often sound like opinionated experts with a platform and/or soapbox.
My main point is, has the access-all-information, data, videos and opinions taken the mystique and wall poster desirability from cars?
At one point in time the only way we could know in depth detail of a car was magazines and old top gear or lucky enough to know someone in the know.
I can't help thinking while I wholeheartedly embrace all of the above, I don't have the same feeling about cars in terms of desirability, ie aspirations. It's all data, numbers and comparison. Desire seems to be based on that...
Am I wrong?
Easier and wider access to detailed information makes it easier to be informed. What you call taking away the mystique from cars would be considered taking away some of the fear, uncertainty and doubt in buying a car by many consumers. It's one of the many benefits that the internet has brought us - it's never been easier to be well informed. You do need good critical thinking and research skills to sort the useful facts and opinions from the dThis is no bad thing, as I (clearly) enjoy all the aspects of above, but when I read what I and others write, we often sound like opinionated experts with a platform and/or soapbox.
My main point is, has the access-all-information, data, videos and opinions taken the mystique and wall poster desirability from cars?
At one point in time the only way we could know in depth detail of a car was magazines and old top gear or lucky enough to know someone in the know.
I can't help thinking while I wholeheartedly embrace all of the above, I don't have the same feeling about cars in terms of desirability, ie aspirations. It's all data, numbers and comparison. Desire seems to be based on that...
Am I wrong?
heads and bullstters, but that's just an extension of a useful life skill.I for one love it. With cars, financial products, electrical goods, travelling and pretty much anything else you care to name it is now far easier to avoid buying a pig in a poke.
Captainawesome said:
An unfortunate side-effect is that everyone seems to be an expert on cars they have never driven.
Another unfortunate side effect is that everyone becomes obsessed by things that can be represented as numbers on a piece of paper and manufacturers forget about everything else. 
kambites said:
Captainawesome said:
An unfortunate side-effect is that everyone seems to be an expert on cars they have never driven.
Another unfortunate side effect is that everyone becomes obsessed by things that can be represented as numbers on a piece of paper and manufacturers forget about everything else. 
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