An ignorant comment a "car guy" made....

[Hyena Dandy]

Considering how much next week's service is going to cost me, I think we pay quite a bit for servicing and the like. Actually, there is a more technical reason, or part of, since I keep reading about how americans need to add oil or change it every few thousand miles. Over here, if your car's right then it only needs doing at a yearly service.

What gives?

Rapscallion

That's what I was getting at.

Americans, on a whole, tend to see the ca as a status symbol, an extension of themselves. Even a part of the family. It is a part of the American mystique. Like baseball, apple pie, etc. Thus, Americans take 'better' care of their cars (from their perspective) or 'excessive' (from yours).

I don't own a car, but this is just my experience.

[jackfaire]

I don't own a car, but this is just my experience.

Unless your a geek like me then your computer is your status symbol.

Totally not kidding me and my friends will geek out about what our computers can do then buy some POS car and slap an autobot decal on it.

[Hyena Dandy]

Unless your a geek like me then your computer is your status symbol.

Totally not kidding me and my friends will geek out about what our computers can do then buy some POS car and slap an autobot decal on it.

My status symbol is RPG books and dice.