APPENDIX Arup's Top Ten Features

In the not-so-recent past, I bought a new car. No, it's not a sports car (I'm too young to retire and blow all my money on one); not a Beemer or a Merc or even a Saab (can't afford any one of them). Actually, the exact name is not really relevant for what I am trying to say, but the manufacturer is perceived to be very quality-conscious. The car has a number of features, displayed prominently on glossy brochures, that undoubtedly attracted my attention. The salesman went through the detailed features with a fine-toothed comb: How the speakers at the back of the trunk would enhance my sensory experience and how the sporty-looking exhaust pipe would make me feel years younger, and so on. Well, I was sold and got ...

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