you're both right, why is this even an argument?
sometimes a household has n+1 cars out of necessity*, sometimes out of sheer fatitude

*for some value of necessity. granted, up until 100 years ago NOBODY needed a car
( spacefish bong!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:12, archived)

*Looks into crystal ball*
I foresee spacefish getting cold cabbage for dinner tonight. And not much in the way of conversation.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:15, archived)

i has eaten already, i cannot be harmed
i'm going to fall asleep any minute though
( spacefish bong!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:16, archived)

With one eye open?

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:18, archived)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT LIGHT
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENTER NIIIIIIGHT
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE MY HAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
OFF TO NEVER NEVER LAND
( spacefish bong!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:20, archived)

I bet they did need one
they just didn't understand what that gaping brm brming hole in their hearts was until Harris H. Car filled it.
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:16, archived)

harris h car, the designer of the morris angina

( spacefish bong!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:19, archived)

You can't say people didn't need cars before they were invented.
They just didn't know of them, and couldn't have them anyway.

I reckon they needed them, but just didn't know it.
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 19:18, archived)