From: kuhrick (kuhrick@home.com)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 17:29:55 PST
At 12:15 PM 2/18/02 -0500, Steve Grammont wrote:
> >But about a new car? (I paid out over 10k in taxes this past year) How much
> >is a new chevy?
>
>Too much! I always buy used cars and trucks. I got a mint 1997 pickup
>in 2000 for about 40% less than a new one. Assuming it is not insured,
>if I totally wrecked it in 2 years I could buy another 3 year old vehicle
>and STILL have paid less than buying one new one.
>
>This is a Capitalist country, so you can bet that if the price paid by
>the government for a 15 year old vehicle is less than what a used car
>dealer or direct resale will yeild, people will not give their cars to
>the Government for destruction. Plus, I don't think I've seen 15+ used
>cars in many of the used car lots around me. After about 10 years they
>are all worth about the same in any case. Therefore, I am not worried
>about there being a steady and abundant supply of used vehicles to choose
>from even if this legislation goes through.
>
>Steve
steve that is fine
butt look at it from my end with a $5 a year total in come that law mite
put me to walking
and it upsets me i worked most of my life fore 5-10 grand a year and
know I"M not able to work
i keep getting stabbed in the back
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