Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:15:14 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: How much is this car worth? - Ungrateful whiner!
<nospam.clare.ncenospamer.on.ca> wrote in message news:3pv2f0p9e8b14t3fg95eg2h74glhdbc29pnospamcom... > On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:09:04 GMT, Johannes H Andersen > <johsnospamfitterlikneasfuongtuintgsjadfasejk.com> wrote: > > > > > > >Jim Carriere wrote: > >> > >> nospam.clare.ncenospamer.on.ca wrote: > >> > The most important safety feature in ANY car is the nut holding the > >> > steering wheel. > >> > >> Heh, something I picked up on the 'net once- > >> > >> The greatest safety feature would be a sharp spike pointing straight > >> out of the steering wheel- in every car. 8-O > > > >What I found amazing was the great mileage on the car over just four years. > >Assuming a comsumption of 25 mpg imperial (optimistic for a large car). Then > >the cost of tanking this behemoot in the UK for 246,000 miles would be £35,500! > > And here in Canada, at the current prevailing prices, roughly $44,675 > Canadian. Pretty close to the depreciation cost of the car over those > 4 years, and enough to buy a VERY nice, smaller vehicle. The cost of fuel over the life of a car is almost always more than the cost of the purchase. Works that way with most anything, the cost of electricity to run a lightbulb for it's lifespan is many times the cost of the bulb. The cost of methane to run a furnace will be dozens the price of the furnace, the cost of ink cartridges could be hundreds of times what you pay for the printer, it's just how the world works.