Posted on 12/06/2010 8:02:28 AM PST by La Lydia
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Swell. Just what I've always wanted: the chance to spend $40,000 on an eco-deathtrap. "New cars would become so prohibitively expensive, he says, that many families would try to just keep their old jalopies running. America could turn into Cuba..."
I refuse to buy a new car.
I just keep repairing my 1994 jeep...it’s cheaper anyway.
210,000 miles and still runs like a champ.
Just installed only the third set of tires on my ‘86.5 Nissan Hardbody (77,000 miles). None of the tires have worn out; but tread cracking seems to become a problem after 10 years or so. The original spare, however, looks like new (never used).
The law of diminishing returns at work.
Actually it’s what the agenda is all about. Make vehicles so expensive the average person can no longer afford them.
Then pack us into unreliable mass transit like cattle.
Can't get parts anymore, after Obama's CASH FOR CLUNKERS program.
Uh, I already have two small Turbo Diesel cars that get 50 mpg.
I also have ~ 30 years of driving ahead of me and am stockpiling 30 years worth of vehicles. Unfortunately It's difficult to store 30 yr. worth of fuel.
The car of the present is not cheap either.
(Thank the Unions.....among other things.)
By making private automobiles prohibitively expensive, the Federal government plans to “nudge” people back toward centralized populations with public transportation and housing and expansive social services in place of private contractors. Welcome to the Soviet Union.
•More features. GM's Ewanick said that even as cars become more fuel efficient and cost more, customers are demanding and paying for extra features to make driving more fun and fulfilling — such as systems enhancing GM's OnStar to deliver connectivity and useful features through an owner's smartphone. "We're not taking stuff off. We're putting stuff on," he said.
Such features make new cars emotional must-haves and make customers willing to pay more for them. "When you walk into an Apple Store, do you haggle over the price of (a MacBook Air)?" said Ewanick of Apple's wafer-thin laptop. "Why can't the auto industry be that again?"
Great, more distractions for drivers. All those safety features still do not help overcome a driver who is not paying attention. Cars are not the place for multitasking. If you want to multitask on the way to work, take a cab or public transportation.
No problem, I don’t plan on buying one.
210,000 miles and still runs like a champ.
Those inline 6s are great engines.
Agreed, I have well over 300,000 on one of my GM vehicles and it runs great.
In 20 years every area in the country will look like current day Havana with old hulks rambling about.
Torque for tree stumps. I love my 98 Cherokee. I want to do many things for it - 5.5 inch long-arm suspension, taller tires, better brakes, shorter gears, front and rear bumpers, roof rack, etc...
Jeep - Just Empty Every Pocket (not in a repair-it-cuz-it-sucks way, but in a there's-so-much-out-there-for-them way).
Here is the only future car I am interested in:
http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1049328_2011-ford-shelby-gt500-super-snake-packs-800-hp-bite
Funny how every other technology gets cheaper and better with in a year of release... but somehow, cars get more expensive?
Never let it be said that ∅ doesn't keep his promises.
A Rule: the more the government is involved in something, the crappier it gets and the more expensive it gets. See the public schools. The price of automobiles began to skyrocket when the government began dictating mileage (which the market would have taken care of, if left alone).
And then the cost of electricity will skyrocket and the cost of recharging the battery will be cost prohibitive.
The answer is to move into the City [displacing the ghetto dwellers] and buy a bicycle.
That’ll go over well with the Democrats when their voting base has been displaced by ‘the angry mob.’
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