>>Never mind if a hot rod, or a lowrider, or a kit car, or an art car, would be the thing that's actually right for them. Frequently, they don't care to deal with the scrutiny driving around in something like that brings.<<
More to the point, only well-to-do people can afford that. Around here, only people like doctors and lawyers can routinely afford a new car at all. Most people buy used because it's all they can have.
When modifying your body costs more money than a year's pay, most people are also stuck with whatever they have -- and that's a leading cause of the high suicide rate in transfolk.
>>Much like the derision and exclusion many people express at the owners of cars that are radically different from the norm. <<
It would never occur to me to judge someone by their car, because I don't connect people with cars. The most I'll do is admire an unusual shape or color, but that's usually on the road or in a parking lot.
Re: Experience vs Performance
More to the point, only well-to-do people can afford that. Around here, only people like doctors and lawyers can routinely afford a new car at all. Most people buy used because it's all they can have.
When modifying your body costs more money than a year's pay, most people are also stuck with whatever they have -- and that's a leading cause of the high suicide rate in transfolk.
>>Much like the derision and exclusion many people express at the owners of cars that are radically different from the norm. <<
It would never occur to me to judge someone by their car, because I don't connect people with cars. The most I'll do is admire an unusual shape or color, but that's usually on the road or in a parking lot.