Premium vs. Regular Gas.

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BTW, I buy my cars used. Have a 1993 es 300 with 200k on it and runs like a
top. With this many miles, it fits my seat pretty good now.
-d
"McPhallus" <bjo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

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I don't really see the value in always having to have a new car and going
through the buy-sell at a loss-buy again cycle over and over again every
few years. To me, it sounds like a response, at some level, to product
marketing. That's how car companies make money: by getting you to think
that your old car isn't good enough anymore. Those of us who buy used
really aren't helping Lexus out all that much.

"dulles" <jf (AT) barada (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Value is relative. If you feel you get good value from a new car, that's
your business. IF you feel you get good value from a used car, that's
your business. Value is not always related to $$.
-d
"McPhallus" <bjo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I for one am quite glad that a lot of people think they need to be
driving a new car around and ditch whatever they're driving once it gets
a few years old. As far as I'm concerned, the value aspect doesn't
really kick in until the depreciation starts to level off. Let them
have their new cars, and that'll just mean more choices for the rest of
us.

I also wear some old Swiss watches from the 60s and 70s that were very
expensive in their day, but are a great value today (although still a
bit pricey).

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop (AT) nastydesigns (DOT) com> wrote in message
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In article <4kruo3Fdiq0fU1 (AT) individual (DOT) net>, "David Z" <me (AT) privacy (DOT) net
wrote:

Thank you for insisting on buying new and paying that depreciation.
That's what keeps folks like me from spending stupid amounts of
money
for an item you spend less than an hour a day with, on average.

So are you saying that anyone who buys a new Lexus is "stupid?"

Pretty much. They're being stupid about their money.

But as you said, that's what makes the world go 'round.

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Re: Buying New vs. Used (Was: Premium vs. Regular Gas.) - 08-24-2006 , 05:05 PM