{"id":384685,"date":"2018-11-12T01:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/its-not-just-the-time-that-changed\/"},"modified":"2018-11-12T01:01:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:01:51","slug":"its-not-just-the-time-that-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/its-not-just-the-time-that-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not Just the Time That Changed"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

This is the time of year when we\u2019re forced to reset our clocks \u2013 Daylight Savings Time. There\u2019s something else that needs re-setting, too.<\/p>\n

Our frames of reference for cars.<\/p>\n

Let me explain \u2013 using some specifics:<\/p>\n

There is no longer much\u00a0amenity difference<\/em>\u00a0between \u201cluxury\u201d cars and other cars . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is more\u00a0price<\/em>\u00a0difference than there has ever been.<\/p>\n

You can spend as little as $13,000 or so for a new car \u2013 or six figures plus.\u00a0That<\/em>\u00a0gap is much wider than the price gap between a 1972 Pinto and a 1972 Sedan deVille.<\/p>\n

But today\u2019s $13k car is a lot closer to the six figure car in terms of amenities.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/span>Both will come standard with air conditioning \u2013 which was hugely luxurious (and almost always extra-cost, if it was even offered) in other than luxury cars back in \u201972. Today\u2019s six figure car may have \u201cthree zone\u201d and climate control AC and nicer vents and probably a graphic\/LCD display showing you how the air is flowing.<\/p>\n

But you\u2019re just as cool inside the $13k car.<\/p>\n

Which will also come standard with power windows and locks, at the least \u2013 and will probably come standard with intermittent wipers, cruise control and stereo far better than anything available in any Cadillac back in the \u201870s or even the \u201880s and possibly, the \u201890s, too.<\/p>\n

It will have Bluetooth wireless and probably an LCD touchscreen interface. Not even a Rolls had sucj things back in \u201972\u2026 or \u201992.<\/p>\n

By the time you get to around $35,000 or so, there is even less meaningful difference. You will usually find heated (and cooled) leather seats in the $35k car; many also have heated steering wheels. There will be climate control AC and…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the time of year when we\u2019re forced to reset our clocks \u2013 Daylight Savings Time. There\u2019s something else that needs re-setting, too. Our frames of reference for cars. Let me explain \u2013 using some specifics: There is no longer much\u00a0amenity difference\u00a0between \u201cluxury\u201d cars and other cars . . . There is more\u00a0price\u00a0difference than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-384685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}