And You Thought Jeep Owners Were Bad

“Mercedes may have gained some insights on these matters recently, through a survey conducted by the Roper polling organization in conjunction with a Mercedes marketing program called the LoveMercedes Tour. In the survey of more than 1,000 adults, 36 percent of Americans said they loved their car and 23 percent considered their car their best friend. The poll found that 12 percent of respondents said their car understood them better than their significant other.”

Did they actually say “best friend”?

Did they also just say that “their car understood them better than their significant other”?