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Re: OT- economy and cars


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Posted by mark on September 09, 2008 at 11:24:35 from (172.163.42.156):

In Reply to: Re: OT- economy and cars posted by Mathias NY on September 09, 2008 at 10:43:47:

my everyday beater truck is a "87 Toyota...let"s see that"s 21 years old....ancient by some folks estimations. At 187,000, it still runs great, uses no oil...has never been greased because it has no grease fittings and the repairs have been minimal. One clutch, 2 or 3 sets of brake shoes, a master cylinder, couple batteries and of course, tires. Oh yes, I was talked into a timing chain replacement at 125,000 miles and the one that came out was no worse than the replacement that went in.

This has to be the finest vehicle I have ever owned...the air conditioner has never been touched and will freeze you out! I bought this truck 13 years ago....don"t even remember what I paid for it back then. But, I"ll be damned to a devil"s hell before I will believe that $30K is great deal on a new truck. I will even ask some of you with great credit....how you think spending $30-$40K for a pickup truck is a "Good Deal"? Figure up the cost per mile/year/etc., amortize that over how long most of you keep a truck before the Jones" next door force a new purchase for appearances sake, add the cost of $4+ diesel fuel (hell it has to be a diesel!) and full coverage insurance and it"s no wonder the husband and wife both have to work. One pays car payments and the other, the mortgage and groceries, if anything is left over.

In 1996, I bought my last new truck and paid $21K and change for it. I made $482K that year. I worked too hard to hand it over in big piles for a disposable...like a truck. And to think folks are out here financing twice that amount for vehicles and making way less than $100K a year....all for what? Boosting the economy, I am sure.


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