Comment by rswail

1 month ago

Car show rooms are about catering to clients, selling them both a vehicle and a lifestyle, plus people are much more likely to make deals when they're offered food and drink.

Makes sense anywhere :)

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embedding-shape  1 month ago

> Makes sense anywhere :)

Well, almost anywhere. There are places where if you have a beer with lunch and they saw you arrive in a car, they'll ask you for your car keys otherwise they'll call the police on you. Daily life works differently around the world :)

  • eru  1 month ago

    > There are places where if you have a beer with lunch and they saw you arrive in a car, they'll ask you for your car keys otherwise they'll call the police on you.

    In Singapore you wouldn't necessarily arrive in a car (yet alone your own car) when you go to a car showroom. I'm not even sure they'd have enough parking around there.

    See https://earth.google.com/web/search/BYD+Zhongshan+Park+1826/... for the location.

    And many people bring a companion when they do a test drive. Filling up the companion is perfectly legal and fine.

  • psunavy03  1 month ago

    I'm glad I don't live in a place where one beer would cause that. Several, yes, that's certainly an issue. But so much of the world seems to have lost the ability to be reasonable in favor of black-and-white thinking.

    For those without religious objections or addictions, one glass of beer or wine with a meal is a complete nothingburger. Yes, it technically impairs your reaction times, but not enough to be a crime.

    • embedding-shape  1 month ago

      Yeah, Sweden is one hell of a place, few places have so many sticklers for rules collected in one place, for better or worse. And it's a very secular place in general, but very "zero tolerance" when it comes to drinking and driving, but completely opposite when it comes to "drinking too much only on weekends".

    • eru  1 month ago

      I just looked it up, and the limits in Singapore would probably let you get away with one or two beers before a drive (assuming an adult male).

      Though I suspect the BYD folks would want to avoid any hint of impropriety, so they probably will only let you drink there _after_ your test drive.

      But I've only ever ate and drank at their showroom, I never went to the car side of the business.