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!mangoe From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: When to trade Message-ID: <172@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Sep-84 23:15:13 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.172 Posted: Sat Sep 29 23:15:13 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Oct-84 04:17:27 EDT References: <150@umcp-cs.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 17 [Ed Spigle] >> The time to trade (in mybook) is when the cost of repairs >> is equal to or nore than the cost of new, used, car payments. [Dennis Gibbs] > 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 incovenience of having to repair > the car every month would be far too great for me to tolerate. Well, when figuring the cost per month, include the time lost due to down car (including towing, calling up rescue parties, etc.). Your time is valuable, after all. I suspect that for most people the time lost and the frustration due to breakdowns far exceeds the actual repair costs. Charley Wingate