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      11-12-2014, 11:22 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by gas-can View Post
Sadly, can you blame BMW (or Audi or whatever)?

It seems to be what most people want today- most don't give a crap about what you mentioned- they don't see a car as an amazing piece of engineering and ingenuity - they see it as an appliance that must be dealt with to get from point A to point B. Road feeling? what is that? Does it interface with my iPod? That's important.

BMW is a business - and businesses are in the business of making profit. Unfortunately people like you (and the rest of us in this forum and others) are the weirdo minority. We aren't a big enough market share anymore.

Even more reason for us to hang onto these cars and not let them go!!
I actually think people still do get excited about cars, but it is for other reasons. Some people geek on green technology (why else would someone shell out 80K+ for a Tesla), or on the interior technology. The Asian market is really driving things now, and I hear the interior electronics is one of the biggest selling points.
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