Post by Joel OlsonPost by timPost by Joel OlsonPost by timhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/automobiles/autoreviews/oxymoron-from-italy-the-civilized-supercar.html?hpw&_r=0
If all the cars were that expensive, there'd be room on the road
to really let them go. :-)
And maybe public transport for us lesser mortals.
I'm for public transport and 91% income taxes on anything over a million
dollars. Best of both worlds. Our little 15-year-old Toyota Corolla got
38 mpg coming back from Flint yesterday. You'll have to pry that car
from my cold, dead fingers.
NPR has been remarking about the age of cars on the road increasing,
and the likelihood of some auto dealers going out of business. And then
there was a blurb somewhere about the newer ones not getting the same
mileage I get with my little 20-yr-old pickup.
I got my CB installed, and a solid front seat I can lay down on & sleep.
And, it looks like a vehicle, not a kid's toy shoe.
Six years ago I talked my farmer neighbor into selling me his hunting car, a
Subaru Legacy Wagon, about 1990 model, and I gave it to a friend who needed
transportation. She drove it for almost six years before seeing the sign on
the rural road that said "Water Over Road" and drove right into it because
it was a Subaru, which will go anywhere. It was four feet deep and she
barely survived and it took the wrecker two days to retrieve it. The car
was trashed, of course, and though she had her mechanic get it running
again, it was unreliable and none of the electronics worked. She's received
a nice inheritance from a relative since then and replaced it with a much
newer Subaru, which she promises to never drive into any water over any road
again, and she put the trashed old Legacy in her driveway with a "for sale"
sign. She sold it within five minutes, even after telling the fellow the
car's history, for $800. He was thrilled, as that was to be a project car
for him and his teenage son. He considered it well worth the time and money
to restore to workable condition. I think there is a lot of this thinking
these days. The last thing I'll do is buy a new car. Well, next to last.
I'm NEVER voting Republican. :-)