[Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO

[Leigh Smith]

Yeah; I've never understood people's logic on repairs either.
Quote: How can you put a $1000 in that old car(SHO)? It's not even worth
that much!
Because I can't justify the price of a new car to replace my SHO that's
why!!! It's not worth the $35K price difference to me. I'm not sure the new
cars are any better than my old SHO, and they sure aren't THAT much better!
So last year I put in a new $1600 engine, this year $1000 in the supension,
and next year or so I'll spring for a new $1000 interior. How much you want
to bet I get at least another 6 years out of her? No car payments either!
Lee
12th year in SHO's (230K mi)
260k 89 Titanium "Plus" retired to RCM
"new" 94 white MTX 15k

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Nunnally" <marknunnally@joimail.com>
To: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO


> yeah I've never understood the logic of selling the "old" car and buying a
new "gas saver"!  It'll be a long time till you "break even".  20k buys a
lot of gas, even for a gas guzzler!
>
> I like folks when they justify a new vehicle with various excuses.  Just
admit it...you just wanted a new car  :)
>
> mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> Sent: Aug 25, 2005 2:48 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO
>
> Yep. It's a slow news day, obviously, as the biggest front-page story in
> today's Detroit news is "The High Cost Of Commuting", with the fuel cost
of
> various vehicles for different distances.......DUH!!!
>
> I guess the assumption is that the Detroit schools never were good at
basic
> math and how to use a calculator, so the reporter had 1/2 of the front
page
> to fill
>
> Of course they would never have an article about the TOC (Total Cost Of
> Ownership) issue where a tree-hugger sells an old 20 mpg Volvo, spends
> $25K+trade-in+finance charges for an oh-so correct Prius and actually
spends
> an additional $300/month for payments/insurance/etc above& beyond what is
> saved in fuel, and how the break-even point is something like 5 years down
> the road. Too complicated for most people (and reporters) to understand!!
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of MonsieurBoo@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:37 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO
>
> Sure, I know for us this particular subject is about as welcome as talking
> about Big Macs at a vegetarian convention.  But I got a tickle out of it
> anyway.
>
> Our local news was showing a segment on the increase of gas-stealers due
to
>
> the horrendous price jumps.  They were interviewing an attendant who got
> dragged by a car when he tried to stop them from leaving.  At the pump
> behind the
> guy, someone's tanking up a ...
>
> ... rare green Gen2 just like mine ...
>
> yup, uh-huh, I know the feeling ;-)
>
> Oh yeah -- then of course we have these idiots on TV that try to "ease our
> pain" by comparing the price of a gallon of gas to a gallon of Chanel #5,
> etc.
>   Same old lame analogies, they need some new ones like  a gallon of K-Y,
55
>
> gallon drum of hash oil, etc.  Let's spice up the late  news a little, the
> kids are in bed.
>
> cheers,
> Mark LaBarre
> 94 atx 130k
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