I don't know how things work in Europe, but here we are merchandised from birth to believe we need everything under the sun, I call it "capitalistic brainwashing"! So, we go in debt up to our eyeballs and work like hell to pay it all off,
I'm not too sure that European is way down that road as well. At least in the Netherlands there is a noticeable change if you compare current times with those of the early 90's. I personally hope we can avoid the greater excesses but I'm not very confident about that. We're still doing better but not really do well in this respect.
Wouter
Wouter Hijink Formula 16 NED 243 (one-off; homebuild) The Netherlands