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I’m definitely a car guy, and I would love to one day own an Aston Martin. I really couldn’t see ever wanting an EV one though. I also own a Tesla so I’m not anti-EV or anything. EVs are just good transportation, they’re not that interesting.

I think it’s like with watch people. Everyone wants a mechanical one but they’re objectively worse for telling time than quartz.

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If what you wrote would be true, Aston wouldn’t need to try to bash the competition. I bought a mechanical Rolex, it’s nice, but boring for me, so I don’t use it...I guess on the luxury/technology curve people have different needs.

As the other commenter mentioned they need to get governments to stop banning their cars if not competition.

I’m not a watch guy, but people that own cars like this don’t drive them much either. They make awful daily drivers for a host of reasons, so it probably isn’t all that much different than your Rolex.

Interesting analogy in regards to watches. What makes it different is that never will governments not allow mechanical watches to be sold :)

You make a good point, from Aston Martin’s perspective they’ll have to adapt eventually. I think the future is bleak for them but I suppose we’ll see.

Thankfully I likely will have the option of buying a used one for the rest of my lifetime.

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