e bunch of mileage on it anyway. Since then, I have also purchased another car that does have seatbelts and can drive75mph over the pass. In doing so, I have changed both my behavior and my beliefs. I havechanged my belief that it is important for a dream car to have seatbelts and drive over a mountain. It is now not as important that it has those qualities. I have settled with the excuse that it is still anice car, and I dont want to put many miles on it. In purchasing a new car with these features(that is not what I believe to be a dream car), I have also changed my beliefs. I no longer thinkthose qualities constitute the ideal car. I have also changed my behavior by buying a new car. Icould not change my belief that the mustang was a dream car and tag a for sale sign in thewindow. I still believed this was my dream car, and the behavior of getting rid of the car wouldbe a lot harder than changing my beliefs. It was a lot easier to reduce the importance of thedissonant belief. I have stopped driving the car and have begun to drive a new car as a result....
