That's certainly true. Once technology reaches a certain level, most of anything works fine for most people. There are some special features (all wheel drive in a car) that attract folks to certain brands, but edgy performance is often seen as a perk. One factor really hurting all of the current carmakers is that most current cars are good for much longer than the 3-5 years trade-in time, so not buying a new car during bad times is a good strategy for the individual.
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras" On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:47:15PM -0400, Desjardins, Steve wrote: > LOL. I'm not nearly this picky with cars. The truck starts and hauls stuff > where I want it to. The Subaru stays on the road in bad weather. This is > what most folks care about, which is why the in-depth analysis of > car/motorcycle magazines is largely useless to the average driver. In terms > of performance, they want reliability and reasonable pickup. After that, the > sound system, cool interior features, and appearance win. > With a bit of work, I could write just about the same sentence about cameras, or stereos, stoves or computers. As long as something pretty much does what it is supposed to, and doesn't break down too often, most people are pretty much satisfied with it. This explains both the Toyota Camry and the Canon EOS. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
