Trying to Define What Makes a Luxury Vehicle

At what point does a regular vehicle become a luxury one?

It’s tough to pin down! In trying to find one defining element, instead I came up with a bunch of what it’s not –

  • it’s not price,
  • nor number of units sold,
  • it’s not the type of gas it uses,
  • it’s not the number of features it’s equipped with,
  • nor the type of materials it’s finished with.

Plus! People’s benchmark of luxury can vary greatly.. what’s really nice to one may not to another, like – they’re happy with jewelry from People’s, I prefer Piaget.

Read it online at Autonet.

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The only argument that seems to hold is in regards to the one thing that can’t be held or touched – perception. Perhaps that’s it, then – luxury is defined by whoever’s advertising dollars are better at convincing us that something is high-end.

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I Feel Bad for Steel

I’m suspicious when a fad takes off quickly. So it’s with a raised eyebrow when reading about the shift in manufacturing from steel to aluminum.

To learn more I speak with Dr. Jody Hall, Vice President of the automotive market at the Steel Market Development Institute.

Short answer – steel will win.

It’s not the first time aluminum has tried a takeover? “This isn’t the first cycle Keri, it’s just the latest,” she says.

It’s not as environmentally-friendly as you may think, it’s expensive to convert a factory from steel to aluminum, and maybe most shocking is that the two types of materials cannot be serviced by the same tools, or in the same service bay. What body shop can afford to duplicate everything?

Read it online at Autonet.

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Hall explains that it takes more energy to produce aluminum than steel, and it produces an abundance of CO2 and emissions. “You’ve contributed to global warming before you even turn the key,” she says.

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My Brain Abandoned Me

No dramatics guys, really.

Ever since I quit the newspaper it just like, up and left. Haven’t seen it since. Have you?

How long has it been? Have to look that up hang on……. August 19 woah, exactly 1 month today.

Genuinely thought I’d be fully bounced back by now. Bet you are shaking your head at me, bet you saw this coming before I did, because forest-for-the-trees and all that.

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burn yourself out, year after year.

It’s like my drive disappeared along with my mind, double-abondonament. Is this what normal people live like? 5pm hits and power down, kill the hours till bed with nothing productive, and not caring?

I’m chalking it up to maintaining 3 jobs for so long that my body is forcing me to recuperate. And they’ll both come back, because I refuse to believe otherwise.

They just have to… right?

Least it’s been a good growly week with this Mustang GT.

Anyway, hi hi from my Surveillance Chair, that’s where this post is coming from.

My neighbour just popped his head out to inform me the street gathered together yesterday to debate firing me, because I’m not “on duty enough.”

Showing them right now ha.