Re:Almost every Ferrari sold since 2005 is being recalled
by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:51AM
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It's not that people don't like recalls. They don't really care about them very much. It's that they don't like Ferrari (not that they dislike Ferrari, they just don't like them) and the recall is an excuse to say bad things. It's like middle school all over again where nobody actually cares about <attribute> but if they don't like you <attribute> will be used to make fun of you. If this was a Toyota or Honda recall they would be saying "look they care about their customers" or "other manufacturers wouldn't have recalled that". Gotta love double standards.
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Re:Almost every Ferrari sold since 2005 is being recalled
by abakker on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:54AM
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Toyota is literally buying back its electric cars because the wheels might fall off. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/business/toyota-bz4x-buy-back...
Everyone has issues.
Re:Almost every Ferrari sold since 2005 is being recalled
by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:58AM
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I agree. The edge between manufacturers in practice is tiny. But some manufactures catch a lot more flak than others for their failings and in my observation this has a lot more to do with perception of what kinds of people tend to buy what kinds of cars than it has to do with the cars themselves.
Re:Almost every Ferrari sold since 2005 is being recalled
by FatalLogic on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:22AM
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I think you've raised a very relevant issue. Some brands include a perceived element of social signaling (especially 'wealth-signaling'), and that will inevitably generate some negative pushback, as we see here
Tesla would be another example, and also most so-called 'luxury' brands like Ferrari of course
I'm not saying it's right, or it's wrong, but this phenomenon exists