r/SipsTea • • 10h ago

SMH Thoughts on this?

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u/SvartrKukkSceand 9h ago

and yet the barebones models that exist dont sell.

Several of the "Japanese" makers that still offered 20k-ish base model cars with no options recently they all discontinued them because they accounted for not even a rounding error in sales.

No one wants them.

Someone would rather buy a used car with more options for the same price 99 times out of 100.

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u/Isolated_Hippo 9h ago

and yet the barebones models that exist dont sell.

Had a customer specially request a car. Base model hybrid FWD. Car gets there, customer gets in to take it for a spin.

First words out of their mouth. "Where are the heated seats"

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u/Similar_Search3987 8h ago

I mean... I too would expect that to be just standard equipment like windwipers. But heaters probably got categorized as an addon to charge extra for by marketing.

But really nobody should have to freeze their ass off in a base model during winter. 

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u/Isolated_Hippo 8h ago

Not heater. Heated seats