what’cha in for? 
I have no interest in fancy or exotic food of any sort. On top of that I’m a picky eater who has trouble trying new things, and am often revolted by them even when I don’t want to be.
I’m ticklish and find massages outright unpleasant or even painful, if I have actual back pain at the moment the last thing I want is involuntary twitches.
As other have said, fancy cars. Cars are just a tool for getting from one place to another to me.
Fancy clothing. I don’t care about branding or “designer” clothing, I care about if it’s comfortable and won’t make people look at me funny.
“Luxurious” shaggy carpeting, it just makes walking slightly harder and holds dirt better without adding anything for me.
“Premium” items for video games that make them easier.
Oh, good one! I always prefer cloth of i can get it with the other options i want. (I care more about safety features than the seats. I care more about seats than some other features.)
Amen, brother! And regarding the noise thing, I’ve had a number of convertibles, and none of them have been noisy with the top up. Well, except the Lotus, I really can’t say if the top was noisy or not as the engine was about six inches behind my head.
Not me. I decided several years ago that i could afford to eat whatever I want, and I’ve been buying (and enjoying) more expensive groceries ever since. I have all sorts of sensitivities, and buy household products that don’t make me itch, and have other desirable features.
I almost never buy clothes. When i do, it’s a chore, and my goal is to be done quickly.
And while i still buy books, I’m cheap. Most of my purchases are used, and i search for the cheapest copy of whatever I’m looking for. I also read a lot of library books.
I can’t get behind fancy vehicles, myself. While I occasionally do go on long car trips, they are few and far between. I work from home and have done so since my 20s so I just don’t drive much. I’ve never thought to myself “this drive could be better with a better vehicle.”
However, I do always buy a new car, not used. And my current car did come with the “luxury” of heated seats, a sunroof and Bluetooth. Some of the stuff that was probably luxury 10 years prior but was pretty standard by the time I bought my car. So I’m not trying to tough it out with no AC and crank windows, but the luxury of a “really nice drive” would be lost on me.
I have three requirements for any car I buy; cloth seats & sunroof being two of them. They are frequently mutually exclusive, meaning the trim line that has a sunroof only comes with leather seats. I immediately rule that vehicle out.
Frequently, that really nice drive is considered soft & mushy. You won’t feel anything but the worst of the worst potholes but you can’t drive those cars, either; they have no spirit in their driving. No thanks!
I have real trouble paying more than $25 for hard liquor. I have occasionally splurged as high as $40+ for something I knew I would like, I still find myself almost always going for the under-$20 stuff. DeKuyper and Mr. Stacks are my go-to for liqueurs like creme de menthe or creme de cacao.
I’m pretty much the same.
Clothes-- I only wear the most basic, minimum clothing I have to, which this time of year is t-shirts and shorts most every day. When I have to buy new(er) clothes, it’s often at resale shops or yard sales.
Books, I almost never buy. I read a lot, but it’s almost exclusively digital library loans.
But when it comes to groceries, I like to cook, and life is too short to go cheap on food, as long as I can afford it. I buy expensive cuts of meat, seafood, whatever, and I don’t really think about what it costs. When everybody was joking about having to take out a loan to buy eggs, I didn’t cut back on them or even bother to look at the price. If I wanted them, or needed them for a recipe, I bought them.
I’ve got a positive addiction to pricey heritage pork chops from a fancy butcher with nice marbling and a thick fat layer. Said fancy butcher also sells relatively pricey grass-fed chuck roast and…it was too damn lean! I use chuck roast for pot roast and I want lots of collagen and fat to break down over hours. The much cheaper supermarket roast is absolutely better for my purposes.
So it depends.
Those are exactly the kind of cars I would like. I don’t care about driving for driving’s sake. Just would like to be comfy and have a smooth ride and low road noise. I do prefer cloth seats, because leather seats get so hot you aren’t comfortable sitting on them (especially in shorts) in summer here, even in just the hour you are in the grocery store. I like the idea of cooled seats, but am not sure if I’ve ever been in a car that has them. How long do they take to make the seat cool enough to be comfortable?
Not a fan of high-end steak, at least that I’ve had. They seem to want you to “taste the steak, not the seasonings” and I want seasoning. But that’s downside of the recipe, not the meat itself.
The thought I have about this thread is the difference between luxuries that people wouldn’t be willing to pay the premium price for, and luxuries that you wouldn’t enjoy if you got them for free.
There was a beach house on the water on Anna Maria Island in Florida that we used to go to almost every year. Being in a comfortable house just a few steps from the water was a luxury that we enjoyed very much.
But in the past few years, Anna Maria seems to have been Discovered with a capital D, and the rent on ‘our’ house and pretty much anything on the island has tripled. If someone offered us a free week there, we’d take them up on it in a heartbeat. But no way we’d pay current prices.
OTOH, people treat asparagus like some sort of high-end vegetable. Thanks, but I’ll take a pass. If I’m someone’s guest and it’s on my plate, I’ll eat a serving to be polite, but I’d really rather go without.
We don’t get real hot here, but when I do use the cool seat feature, it’s blowing cold air within seconds. (and speaking of luxuries, I can turn on the climate control from my phone app before I get to the car).
You and me both, and in my case, the shorts are almost always cutoffs. Which is what I’m wearing right now.
Perfumes and most other artificial scents. I’m apparently sensitive to something used in most artificial scents because they have a harsh or outright burning chemical scent to me. Chapstick and scented candles being among the few exceptions I know of.
Pretty much right away, it’s just a light airflow through the seats, so you feel it right away. And if your back is sweaty, they actually work better due to evaporative cooling.
There’s not really many traditional luxuries I’m interested in.
I’ll try new foods, though I’m vegetarian so that rules out most of the really expensive options anyway, and I don’t like whisky (which is a shame, given that I now live in Scotland). I’ll only pay more for clothes if it’s worth it- so really warm coats or speciality gear when that’s needed, good bras, good shoes, but most of my stuff is second hand anyway.
Not a big fan of massages unless it’s someone I know, it’s just awkward, and I’ve been to a hairdresser once in my life.
I’d rather stay in a private room in a hostel with a good social area than a high end hotel, a car is a means to get from A to B, safely, but honestly I’d rather take the train anyway so I can watch the scenery, even if I have to put my bag on my lap and listen to half a phone conversation.
I spend a lot more than average on plants and gardening stuff, but I’d rather bring a half-dead discount plant back to life than buy something already looking immaculate, it’s more fun.
Oh my God! I can’t imagine wanting to drown out the delicious flavor of a steak with too much seasoning. I usually roast my pastured chicken with no seasoning at all (not even salt) because that’s my favorite preparation of a good chicken.
We probably don’t want to share many meals. 
Mostly, my tastes in food run towards “expensive”. But there are a few expensive cuts of meat (sweetbreads) and a few pricy vegetables (fiddle heads) that I’d really prefer not to eat.
Luxury clothing brands give me nothing. Even after I win the Powerball this weekend, a jeans-and-Tshirt guy I shall remain. No Rolex or Movado watches, either. My cellphone in my pocket is my timepiece.
I would love to drive a sports convertible, and if I had the money I’d buy a Porsche or BMW for the performance, not the prestige. My apathy towards prestige means there will be no Bugattis or McClarens in my life after my Powerball win.
Luxury homes do nothing for me, either. I’ll almost certainly remain in my 3BR, 1100sqft ranch house after I win the lottey.
Sunroofs in cars or :shudder: convertables. They are distractions when you are supposed to be focused on driving. It also makes it less comfortable. I don’t get it.