Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!prophet From: prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: When to trade Message-ID: <150@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 09:15:32 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.150 Posted: Fri Sep 28 09:15:32 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 03:34:48 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 25 <> >The time to trade (in my book) is when the cost of repairs >are equal to or more than the cost of new, used, car payments. > >Ed Spigle The problem with this method is that by the time a car requires $200 or more a month to keep it on the road, the inconvenience of having to repair the car every month would be far too great for me to tolerate. Also, by the time a car is this unreliable, I would be afraid to take the car on a long trip away from home for fear of a breakdown.... Of course, if you are willing to put up with these two problems, you'll come out ahead money-wise if you wait that long to trade. Dennis -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland