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Raymond Lin said:
So it's ok to spend £3,000 purely to make the car LOOK nicer but its a taboo to spend ANY money to add a practical feature to the car?

Or are you guys saying you shouldn't spend any money on a small hatchback and only BMW?
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LOL this is abit of a generalisation.

You don't need parking sensors on your yaris. However it is your money. Spend it what you want!
 
peterattheboro said:
Where's the logic in buying a £200,000 Ferrari to get you from A to B when a £1000 Focus will do the same job?

Sometimes desire overwhelms reason.
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EXACTLY, my point is that if I put parking sensors under the same heading?

The observation is that it's okay to buy something if one wants it, the test for whether it is useful or not doesn't apply. It seems odd. Even when the cost is ridiculous.
 
Raymond Lin said:
What if I say having parking sensors makes me happier, it gives me confidence in parking, it provides me with at safety net that I need, and in return I get less stress and as a result I am more calm and in return my work improves and earning potential increases?
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Then why ask the internet if you should get them, fit them and be done with it?
 
[TW]Fox;19429991 said:
Then why ask the internet if you should get them, fit them and be done with it?
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I am merely pointing out the nature of human behaviour obseved here. I've spent £400 on a photograph last year, that's fine, we call it art. However, when it comes to practical use, the test we apply differs.

The confusion here is that when it comes to cars, wheels seems to be sweep into the Art category. It doesn't subject to the same test as a "gadget". Even though wheels itself has a practical use and the rest of the car does.
 
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[TW]Fox;19429949 said:
I hear you. To be honest, it's part of the appeal. I like the fact it's just a normal 3 Series. It has normal 3 Series running costs. It has normal 3 Series repair costs. It looks like a normal 3 Series. I am not a extrovert and do not want a hugely OTT showy car.

I honestly think the random spec is the best thing about it. If it had all the spec then:

a) It would have been more than I wanted to pay or much older
b) It would likely not have had CIC nav - all the high spec 58 plate cars seem to have the old iDrive, presumably as they were sold from stock rather than built to order.
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I forgot about the updated iDrive. Sod the other options, this one's a priority!
Seems like the perfect car then, how much warranty have you got?
 
Raymond Lin said:
I am merely pointing out the nature of human behaviour obseved here. I've spent £400 on a photograph last year, that's fine, we call it art. However, when it comes to practical use, the test we apply differs.

The confusion here is that when it comes to cars, wheels seems to be sweep into the Art category. It doesn't subject to the same test as a "gadget". Even though wheels itself has a practical use.
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It's not the fact that it's £400, it's the fact that it's completely unnecessary.
The Yaris doesn't need parking sensors, and your parking will be immeasurably better if you do without them when you start.
 
mjt said:
It's not the fact that it's £400, it's the fact that it's completely unnecessary.
The Yaris doesn't need parking sensors, and your parking will be immeasurably better if you do without them when you start.
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If we are talking about necessity, there are lost of things that is unnecessary but we want them just the same. How does one distinguish the difference from "want" to "need"?

Anyway, nice 3 series. )
 
Raymond Lin said:
What if I say having parking sensors makes me happier, it gives me confidence in parking, it provides me with at safety net that I need, and in return I get less stress and as a result I am more calm and in return my work improves and earning potential increases?
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You'll get confidence in parking by doing. You won't gain confidence by relying on gadgetry. What happens if you always parked with sensors and then you got into a totally different car which didn't have them. You'd be scuppered! I forgot how to do a bay park because I didn't do one for over a year. The same thing will happen with your parking if you rely on gadgetry.

If you can't park without sensors and get stressed without them then you shouldn't be driving IMO.

Your point about art/desire v. pointless gadgetry is an interesting one. I don't think you could ever define parking sensors as art/desire in the same way that a lovely pair of alloys can be. There is a difference here, but you are refusing to accept it. Though beauty is in the eye of the beholder so perhaps those 4 circles are beautiful...

Oh and Fox, I like the interior! Nice car.
 
Raymond Lin said:
If we are talking about necessity, there are lost of things that is unnecessary but we want them just the same. How does one distinguish the difference from "want" to "need"?
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I understand your view, but not having parking sensors on your first car will improve your parking skills.
So there you go, improved skills and it didn't cost you a penny.
 
Jesus some of the recent posts in here, have you all turned into women or something? So bitchy!

I like your new car Fox, very nice.
 
mjt said:
I understand your view, but not having parking sensors on your first car will improve your parking skills.
So there you go, improved skills and it didn't cost you a penny.
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I agree, I had the car 3 and a half weeks now and no need for them. The point I am making is that people don't seem to put alloy wheels under the same test as the rest of the car. If Fox spends £2,000 on some new alloys and the car looks great we will all say money well spent, it suits the car, blah blah. No one will point put that there was no practical necessity for new wheels in the first place. We seem to let the beauty element cloud our practical judgment.

When did wheels escape the same test as the rest of the car?
 
Raymond Lin said:
I agree, I had the car 3 and a half weeks now and no need for them. The point I am making is that people don't seem to put alloy wheels under the same test as the rest of the car. If Fox spends £2,000 on some new alloys and the car looks great we will all say money well spent, it suits the car, blah blah. No one will point put that there was no practical necessity for new wheels in the first place. We seem to let the beauty element cloud our practical judgment.

When did wheels escape the same test as the rest of the car?
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I don't think anybody calls £2k on alloys 'well spent'.

Of course it's a total waste of money, but when done right, it can look absolutely stunning. The 911 with supremely expensive HREs is a prime example.
 
Like the car Fox, cream leather is win though be careful eating cheezburgers :p

The nav looks cool :cool:

That rear exhaust surround looks weird though!

And Raymond, wheels are aesthetically pleasing and deserve money spending on them, thus earning ManPoints - parking sensors in a mini-hatchback bely a lack of driving ability and therefore negative ManPoints so spending money on them is lose.
 
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Bear in mind with the wheels, you'd recoup an awful lot of that £3200 if you decided to sell them on separately to the car with them being LMs, something that could not be said of parking sensors.
 
Robbie G said:
Congratulations, you're the first man to pay nothing for a company car! Please, explain to the rest of us how you managed it?! Please also stop sending me emails through trust, thanks.
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I will email who I damn well please. Also, I note your spurious use of the plural form, probably to try and make me out to be some kind of stalker or something. Sounds like your style I guess.
 
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