Don't understand the 2nd guessing.

Hunt
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:39:10 +0000

But I can’t test-drive the Camry for three months. No amount of research is really going to tell me whether the seat will seem as comfortable then as it did when I tried it out. Or maybe the GPS is too bright. Or maybe it turns out to be annoyingly difficult to keep the rear-view mirrors adjusted properly. So sure, I’m going to do my best to find out if the Honda would really be better or not–but if I can reasonably determine that it is, and I can afford to make the change, why is it anybody else’s business? What’s the moral failing?

I will add that this has actually happened to us–we did a ton of research and bought a car that we ended up hating. It got good ratings from Consumer Reports, we liked it when we tested it out, and it seemed to fit our needs quite nicely. But as we drove it, we realized that it really wasn’t a very good car. We traded it in as soon as it made financial sense to do so. This was strictly a purchasing decision on our part. I felt no “commitment” to that car, and no need to “stick it out” other than to avoid losing money. A lot of these college transfers don’t involve losing any money. So what’s the big deal?