Posted on 11/27/2001 1:09:29 PM PST by expose
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:38:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Heh heh heh...
What "check engine" light??? NO SUCH THING, in my 1968, SS-396 Camaro. BTW, they also can't say a damned thing, about the blower on the top of the engine...
Best thing, is that I can blow away brand-new Vettes (don't even mention Mustangs!), and don't have a car payment!!!
Seems like that gas mileage everybody pokes fun at, is cheaper than the outrageous sticker prices, insurance and now EPA rules.
The EPA can pucker up, and kiss my pasty white butt!
FReegards!!!
The cost of fuel is nothing compared with the cost of owning a new car.
Say your sweet ride gets a piddling 12.5 mpg. Say you drive a lot, 20,000 miles in a year. That means you will have to buy 1,600 gallons of gas a year. At $1.50 a gallon, that adds up to $2,400 a year fuel cost, about $200 a month.
If you wanted to get similar performance in a modern car, you would have to get the 5.0 HO Ford Mustang (shudder, sorry for even suggesting such a thing) or maybe a Vette. They will get about 20 miles per gallon, leading to an annual fuel cost of $1,500 a year, a fuel cost savings of $75 dollars a month. Compare that $75 to the carrying cost of buying a new car! That Vette will run you a thousand a month once you add up car payments, interest and insurance!
Even if you swore off any form of human pleasure and bought a hybrid-powered Toyota Prius, which gets 50 mpg, the $150 a month you save on fuel would not even pay half of your car payment.
The only reason to buy a new car is because you think it looks better or has more style. But how can a car possibly have more style than a cherry 1968 SS-396 Camaro with a blower on the hood?
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