Date: 14 Jul 1998 13:06:01 -0700 From: chcnopsamonnect.com Subject: Re: Get real!
In article , "C.S." says... > >chcnopsamonnect.com wrote: >>2) Cars are NOT... I repeat NOT investments. ALL daily cars are LOOSING >>financial propositions! > >Bzzt. The money I put into a car may not grow, but it's still an investment >and I believe I'm justified in at least hoping that the value of my investment >doesn't dwindle too quickly. Beyond that, it's an investment in my personal >well-being, my financial health (an unreliable car costs time and makes getting >to work difficult). Open your eyes a little, bud. You just descibed an expense!... NOT an investment!.. If you call a car an investment... may I borrow some money from you.. I' ll give you a great return accoding to your own criteria!! > > >>4) DONT work on you own car. >>Modern cars are too complex for novices. > >Oh please. When I need a new clutch, a tune-up, whatever, I take my car to >someone who's got the right tools and knowledge to do the job right, and I'm >happy to pay them a fair or even premium price for the deal. If my wiper >transmission is worn and needs replacing, I don't care to pay $250 for a >whole new assembly, plus extra for the labor to install it. I'll find the >transmission used somewhere, install it, and keep the difference. > >Modern cars are too complex for the professionals, too, as illustrated by the >fact that most dealers insist on replacing parts with brand new rather than >taking the time to make easy repairs or rebuild them. Sure, sometimes the time >to rebuild would cost more than the new part, but often enough the opposite >is true, as in the case of my wiper transmission. Each year I see MANY 1,000s of dollars in damage and misdiagnosis done by doityourselfers... hey.. it's you money! > > >>5) Stop whining about the car business! >>You made it. > >No, actually, I didn't. If I'd made it, people would pay a fair price for >fair service all the time, and cars would be designed to minimize repairs. >Clearly, someone else made it. WRONG... simple supply and demand... what the public wants it gets!! And... just exactly what is a "fair price" for anything and how would you determine that? > > >>6) Get a brain. > >You just lost my business. If you consider your customers brainless, you >deserve to lose all your business. If you say "well, I didn't mean anyone >in particular" then your statement is void. Gosh... it does apply to some... ask anyone in business who has customers. Many... MANY.. are unreasonable and many more are truly amazing they can exist at all... BUT... there are MANy nice reasonable ones too. Thank God I have many of them. (man what a terrible threat about loosing your business... does any one have it other then the cheapest shop thats loosing money on it anyway.) > > >>7) Get real with a Saab >... >>Own a used Saab?... repair costs are relative to the NEW price... >>NOT what you bought it for.... and that's expensive. > >Wrong again. A well-maintained Saab will last a long time, and as the >price drops they can often become real bargains. Of course, that's not >so true if you buy from a dealer who's got high expenses to cover and thus >charges high margins. But spend $3000 or $4000 on a late 80's 900, and >you have a good car that'll carry you around in style for many loan-free >years. Find yourself a good, honest, Saab-trained mechanic and you'll >save a bundle over going to the local dealer for repairs. And insuring >an older Saab is tons cheaper than insuring a new car, any make. Missed it by a mile! The comment was directed at folks that are dismayed at a repair cost that is near the value of the used car. For some VERY strange reason many seem to think repair costs are on a slidding scale relavant to the value of the car??? I have NO idea what you are counter-argueing about above??? > >Caleb Strockbine >calebnopsamlgr
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