Subj : Re: New Mazda
To   : Ogg
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon May 29 2023 02:17 pm

-=> Ogg wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Og>> I've never heard of anyone buying a new car with single-digit
 Og>> miles on it.  Anyone buying a particular car would take it out
 Og>> for a test drive, and surely that would even include a brief
 Og>> stint on a highway, no?

 G> That's why you don't buy a "new" car from the inventory on the lot.  You
 G> customize some options/packages so they have to *BUILD* it that way, and
 G> the car is ordered for you, and you only.  You pick it up when it comes
 G> in to the dealership.  Nobody else ever test drives it.

 Og> Couldn't they just use one of their own cars on the lot,
 Og> customize it on spot, and sell that one?

No.  Most (all?) of the options are not "field"-upgradeable.  Some 
specific examples that I know of: A leather-surfaced dashboard. 
Adjustable/adaptable performance suspension. Upgraded brakes. Integrated 
alarm system.  There are many more, and they have to be installed in the 
car by the factory.



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