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Originally Posted by Christ
Fact is, I've never paid much more than $500 to buy a car/truck and put it on the road.
Saddest part about that is, I've usually either completely trashed them, and got half of my money back at the junkyard, or sold them for more than I paid for them.
Imagine the number of $100 and $200 vehicles I've passed up over the years, and double the price of every one... that's my "potential income" on an ideal lifetime scenario. LOL
Until people started really concerning themselves with fuel economy, there were very few times that I'd have to bid against someone else to get the car that I wanted. Those times, I'd usually let it go, because there would always be another one, probably in better condition than what the dealer has, and the owner is only selling the car to pay for gas or insurance on his/her SUV thingy.
Point: With as many times as I've gotten a year's use out of < $500, and considering the abuse I used to put vehicles through, still getting ~25-30MPG in almost every vehicle I've owned, (barring several larger models), it still just wouldn't be worthwhile to buy a new vehicle, even if it was $4500 off.
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Imagine if marketing got a handle on people like us? I wonder how many hundreds of millions of drivers would revolt worldwide. I spent a fair amount just once...and lost it all in split seconds. It is a sick game, especially as a mechanic trained with discipline. It doesn;t take long to gewt the fat slales out of the way and cologne, and aurora of greatness... I too go for facts, my next one just may be out of a field rotting away...
This year , without a garage, I purchased tools that deem cars impossible...possible.
My $500 goes for several years and the value is a serious gain. I lost just once....and that time my chevelle got stolen.
Education is the millionare...the rest are going to have to lose.