Wilson Audio Speakers: Why do people like them?

[kidprofessor]

But but but the invisible hand of the market is infallible!

/s

 

[kidprofessor]

I don't.
I buy a car for me to enjoy - mind you, you may well be right in a lot of cases since when I was choosing the spec of my current car the salesman kept reminding me that I needed to order certain options if I wanted to sell it, so I suppose he is used to people buying stuff they don't want for those reasons. I told him I was buying it for me not the next bloke.

My point is color preference for cars isn't measured by sales numbers. Your individual experience doesn't change that.

 

[kidprofessor]

if they knew they could sell purple cars with green vinyl roofs, that's what they'd stock.

If they knew they could produce and sell purple cars with green vinyl roofs at a decent profit with growth potential that satisfied investors that is what they would stock. You can't make the conclusion that consumer preference is the primary factor driving sales, which is my point.
American companies could no longer make the case that sedans, wagons and hatchbacks were profitable enough to continue to stock them, which is why they spent so much in marketing trucks and SUVs, and some stopped selling them all together (other than sports cars). I'm sure lots of people still want cars, Japanese companies still sell them, but if they aren't profitable enough, they won't be produced.
Also, purple is the best color for cars, that is my opinion.

 

[Sokel]

(clay grey right now),

Platinum gray for tiles (around RAL 7036) and if you ask me tile companies should adopt the car industry practices.

Three of us in the family and the decorative person fighting each other for the texture (I have no chance of winning the cement preference, I'm just saving face pretending )

And then come the walls, texture and color...

(I had to vent)