[rescue] Cars, etc - was Re: Help needed with Sun V65x

[Toby Thain]

On 20/02/14 1:50 AM, Jonathan Patschke wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Toby Thain wrote:
>
>> Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar all went "diffusion" with cheaply made and lower
>> priced models trading off a luxury brand name -- decades ago.
>
> On my workbench are the pieces of a thoroughly analog electronic musical
> instrument ...
>
> I appreciate that my 21st century Bimmers do not require double-clutching,
> do not burn oil with alacrity, do not require choking when cold, and get
> 25+ miles to the gallon even when I drive like my hair's on fire.  The
> 2000-mile service intervals that accompanied the same time period in which
> that instrument was built aren't any sort of luxury I desire.
>
> Sometimes time just marches on and there isn't any conspiracy to it.
>

That's beside my point.

My point was about luxury brands going diffusion (and taking any quality 
differentiator out of the equation under cover of a marque created under 
completely different circumstances).

Yes, they exploit modern economies, cheaper parts, etc, to achieve that, 
but _so does every car maker_ no matter what their market positioning.

--Toby