If I paid that much for an automobile I'd have to drive it 15 years too.
Instead, I pay 1/3 that much and drive it 5 years. So, as I see it, I
end up with a new car, with all the newest style and latest toys, every
5 years and spend the same amount of money for the period.
Economics......ugh!
73
Bob K4TAX
Wt8r@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/5/01 10:05:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> oz1pif@get2net.dk writes:
>
> > >
> > > Rich wrote
> > >
> > > >>If you amortize cost over the years, it may
> > > >>may well be cheaper for the customer too. Hams can be very tight
> > > fisted.......
> > > >>
> > > >Good engineering is often cheaper in the long run.
> > >
> > > That may be true Rich but most companies don't think long run. That is
> why
> > > planned obsolescence is the dominant mode in automobile manufacturing.
> For
> > > every Mercedes there are several Fords, Chryslers and Chevys.
> > >
> > One observation: how many enginers drive Mercedes? Most I have known drive
> > the Fords etc. and not the superbly engineered and much longer lived
> > Mercedeses.
> > (proud and happy owner of a 15year old Mercedes Diesel)
> >
> > Vy 73 de OZ1PIF, Peter
> > =========================================================
> Peter,
>
> US engineers aren't paid enough to be able to drive Mercedes like their
> bosses do. Hi!!
>
> 73 de
>
> Dave, WT8R
>
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