That car sure looks old! That correlates with low income, and lower intelligence
Insufficient data, though perhaps a reasonable heuristic. Many people do this, despite being able to afford a more expensive car. Why? Driving an older model high-end car is a good way to avoid the attention of thieves, while retaining a lot of utility. My 14 year old Mercedes has a feature set comparable to a recent model Corolla, but thieves will pay more attention to the Corolla. A car is also a bad place to put one’s money. It’s much better to buy a cheaper car and invest the difference.
I find it easy to agree with this as I’ve owned quite a few old cars myself (mostly by keeping a newer car for a long time). It really is just a heuristic. It’s not even a heavily weighted heuristic for me—I take much more notice of driving errors like wandering across lane dividers than the age of the vehicle. But driving is probably the most dangerous thing I do and it’s worth taking as much statistical advantage as I can get....
Insufficient data, though perhaps a reasonable heuristic. Many people do this, despite being able to afford a more expensive car. Why? Driving an older model high-end car is a good way to avoid the attention of thieves, while retaining a lot of utility. My 14 year old Mercedes has a feature set comparable to a recent model Corolla, but thieves will pay more attention to the Corolla. A car is also a bad place to put one’s money. It’s much better to buy a cheaper car and invest the difference.
I find it easy to agree with this as I’ve owned quite a few old cars myself (mostly by keeping a newer car for a long time). It really is just a heuristic. It’s not even a heavily weighted heuristic for me—I take much more notice of driving errors like wandering across lane dividers than the age of the vehicle. But driving is probably the most dangerous thing I do and it’s worth taking as much statistical advantage as I can get....
Right. It’s not like the false positives are going to bite you in that context. False negatives might be pretty serious.
I know plenty of very smart people who have old crummy cars that get them from A to B and act as pretty effective countersignals.