1 The thing is,when you buy a car,you're spending a lot of money so you want to get excited ahout what you're buying.Reliability and after-sales service are all very important,but they're not exactly exciting,are they?I want my car say something about me.I want something which looks sporty and attract attention.I don't mind paying that bit extra for something that makes me look good.

2A lot of my friends have got e-mail so I wanted to buy a computer.I just didn't know much about them,and I found that all that informention you get about performance and so on is totally confusing.And then I saw that advert on TV with those new computers.It showed how easy it is to get onto the Inyernet and send e-mail.