NoTo's comments about choosing the safety feature on the Subaru WRX and living with the CVT in order to have it was interesting.
Some of the comments in the thread are as interesting about people that use their personal or professional knowledge to shape their lives in terms of risk taking. The ER nurse that won't buy a trampoline, etc.
I took a test some years ago that ranked people on a risk taking continuum, with 1 the least and 10 the most. People that fall into the 10 category generally live short lives and find themselves constantly seeking riskier and riskier activities as they become dulled to the last one. These include wing suit flyers, etc.
9's are one step down, but also generally live lives shorter than the statistical expectancy. The have a better balance and control, but still have to flirt with increasing risk.
I fell into the level of 8. We 8's often live longer lives and have a controllable balance. We require and desire risky activities, but lack the insatiable need to keep increasing the sensation as the 10s do. Mountaineers, auto/motorcycle racers, etc, tend to be 8s.
Many climbers also like sports cars and motorcycles and we don't tend to be more concerned with the experience we're going to receive than the safety of the vehicle. Crash test ratings are a rare topic when we're yakking about cars. Most of my friends think a Lotus 7 is the ideal car if only we could get our gear into it.
While many of us have very long term relationships and stable family lives, we also tend to change jobs/careers a lot and have little or no tolerance for people that "waste their lives being unhappy." Most bullies/bad bosses, etc, are patently unhappy people that experience little or no joy out of life. We tend to have no patience for them. If you examine how they live, they take few if any risks. When my friends encounter people like this at work, they tend to just go elsewhere.
As much as those that fall into the category of 2-3 don't understand the 7+, we don't understand the non-risk takers.
Watch the film "McConkey" about Shane McConkey - a ground breaking skier and flyer that was a 10+, and surprisingly lived to be 39. While I admired Shane and how much he "sucked the marrow" I am also VERY happy that my daughter is not a 9 or 10, as it will give her a much better chance of living a long and happy life.