Oh, come on, you know what I mean. I am not complaining that the author compares different things on the same metric.
I am complaining that the author first tells a story about a worker who needs any reliable car to commute, then semi-complains about cars getting bigger and having more power, and then goes on to claim that a BYD (or was it another Chinese car?) has more HP than a Tesla, which I bet the worker from the story does not care about at all. That is sloppy at best, misleading at worst.
Or how they seem to compare base-model and “up to” prices. Yeah, if you tick all the boxes at the dealership, the car will be expensive, no shit.
Or how they list the average repair as $840, which they claim is more than many Americans can afford right now, without mentioning that maybe the average repair is skewed by some rich people doing repairs on their Ferrari, which might cost a bit more than changing the oil and replacing the clutch of the average worker’s beater car in Joe Smith’s No-Name Car Shop.
I am not even against the core observation or message of the article, cars suck in all but exceptional circumstances, and I want a society where most people don’t need and don’t have a car. But maaan.
Regardless of whether they are right or wrong, what a terrible article comparing all kinds of apples and oranges and jumping to conclusions.
Comparing apples and oranges is totally valid.
Oh, come on, you know what I mean. I am not complaining that the author compares different things on the same metric.
I am complaining that the author first tells a story about a worker who needs any reliable car to commute, then semi-complains about cars getting bigger and having more power, and then goes on to claim that a BYD (or was it another Chinese car?) has more HP than a Tesla, which I bet the worker from the story does not care about at all. That is sloppy at best, misleading at worst.
Or how they seem to compare base-model and “up to” prices. Yeah, if you tick all the boxes at the dealership, the car will be expensive, no shit.
Or how they list the average repair as $840, which they claim is more than many Americans can afford right now, without mentioning that maybe the average repair is skewed by some rich people doing repairs on their Ferrari, which might cost a bit more than changing the oil and replacing the clutch of the average worker’s beater car in Joe Smith’s No-Name Car Shop.
I am not even against the core observation or message of the article, cars suck in all but exceptional circumstances, and I want a society where most people don’t need and don’t have a car. But maaan.