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Originally Posted by aerohead
I overheard a phone conversation at a trophy shop in Denton many years ago,where the fella was explaining to the voice on the other end,that fathers would spend this kind of money, to get their college coed into a new,trouble-free car, rather than risk a breakdown in a lower-cost,used car,which could ultimately lead to an assault,or worse for their daughter,on the side of the road.
The industry trade journals as AUTO WEEK and Ward's Automotive said these cars were only produced for CAFE purposes,to enable the sale of up-market,heavily optioned and more profitable gas guzzlers.Every entry-level Chevy Chevette and Ford Escort were sold at a loss.
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A thoroughly valid line of reasoning.
Daughters and wives are lifetime expenses. As a group they are LIFELONG net tax consumers. No surplus applies; they aren’t self-supporting. Fathers hand off this permanent expense to husbands.
With “a fine little car has she” the modern shotgun wedding monologue begins.
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