Today, TOM7601 made these interesting comments ...

I didn't realize that *WANTS* and *NEEDS* were considered
"name calling."

It was my perception of your tone and the way you've previously
been chipping away at both Justin and Me. I put out a short
epistle explaining what I thought you were "clarifying" in a
short, read: smart aleck way, message, so I add my 50 cents
worth.

I tend to lost track of who says what since I clear the old
headers, but someone, maybe you maybe not you, was coming on very
strong saying that Justin's buying experience was hooey, dealers
are out to screw you, and the same old saw complainst came across
in the tone, not necessarily the words, that the cars under
discussion are all in the same crap basket.

When I started talking about cars in this thread, it was to use
their product development process and the fact that theres tens
of millions of lines of computer code to try to illustrate to
some who were concerned about the bloat, slowness, and bugs in
Vista. It turned more into an OT discussion when Justin came in,
and I think one other person. So, in the middle of this, I put
out my own views of how and why people buy what they do, and
clarified it in response to another person - again, it may or may
not hat been you - and I was replying to your "wants" vs "need"
statement.

We live and learn... :))

Yes, we do, and that's why a free flow of ideas both pro and con
for the issue(s) du jour is a healthy thing. What I'd ask you to
do is to look at my comments and Justin's as clarification and
amplification, and some refutation, of your views, but NOT a
personal attack. I'd rather not get into that, as with DSH Spence
suddenly turning on me.

So, with all of that, have a great day!

-
HP, aka Jerry