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Originally Posted by the750
i see what you're saying but honestly i did not know anyone out there did not know there was a difference between the grades of gasoline. this would have been the cruelest little trick that the petroleum and auto manufacturers have been playing on us.
as far as your point about the g37 being economical, you're never going to win that argument. it may be more economical than another choice (the 335i), but it is far from economical for so many reasons.
again, if you're pinching pennies - and that is a great practice, many people have become very wealthy that way - you are starting with the wrong vehicle.
none of us meant any harm to the OP or anyone else. no one called this guy a name or told him he was stupid... someone mentioned the cost of the car, and unless he won it on the price is right, the cost is a very valid point.
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I wasn't trying to defend him as if someone had been mean, I was just disagreeing with the notion that people should just completely disregard a possibility to save money even though you have enough money to buy an expensive car.
And about the car being economical, it really depends on what you mean by economical. You are thinking economical as in a cheap way to get from point-A to point-B, I am thinking economical as in I considered my finances and decided that the benefits of a G37 over any cheaper car are more valuable to me than the extra cash I had to throw out, and that the benefits of more expensive cars are not worth as much as the extra cash for them. I suppose your interpretation would go more along the lines of what people would consider economical when talking about cars, but it's still a fairly subjective word.
EDIT: Whoa, after posting, I noticed this is a really long analysis over something fairly insignificant. I really just don't have anything better to do at the moment so don't think I'm offended or anything; I tend to overanalyze things to begin with--the following paragraph just sort of went out of hand. Feel free to ignore the rest of my post lol.
When it comes to what this person was thinking as far as which gas to get it was in both senses of the word. This person wanted to inform himself of the benefits of premium gasoline (maybe he thought it would only increase performace or something and wasn't aware of the damage involved in using the wrong gas), so that he could make determine whether or not spending the extra money will really benefit him. And yes, the thought that he bought an expensive car does definitely indicate a lot. Buying expensive things shows that you value money a little less (not because of ignorance or stupidity, just because you have more money than other people--we don't value food as much as someone that is starving to death) than the average person. That would indicate that rather than how the average person would require a certain amount of benefits from premium gas to use it, this person might only need to know that there are any benefits at all. As soon as this person figures out that they can gain at all, they should go ahead and get premium gas, where the average person (let's say a prius required premium for some strange reason) might need a little bit more convincing that the wrong gasoline can actually cause a significant amount of damage to the car. If this person said "OK there are real benefits but I'm still not sure," then it wouldn't make sense that they would be so concerned about the small amount of money they have to spend for real benefits. But, I think this person was just thinking that there was a slight chance that there was actually no benefit to premium gasoline (as a result of a lack of knowledge about it), and, based on the spending habits that resulted in getting a G37, this person probably didn't require any more convincing other than the mere suggestion that the wrong gasoline could damage the car. So, while that point is definitely valid (and would be absolutely right if the person were still reluctant), I don't think it really applies here, because this person can still be considered to be acting with the same spending habit as the one that would result in the purchase of a G37, as no matter how wealthy you are (unless you are Bill Gates), there is nothing wrong with making sure that your money is at least going to some sort of use. Your point applies more in a situation where the person would still be reluctant to spend the not so significant amount of cash even after finding that it has benefits, because for anyone with enough money to buy a G37 the benefits of premium gas should be well worth the cash. My whole point was that, while that might be the case, there was absolutely no indication that it is the case (in fact the person's silence suggests that they probably saw that there might be harm and they just thought "OK I'll get premium") and it probably isn't, so there is no reason to criticize someone when the action you are criticizing them for probably isn't even taking place.