Years ago some automotive guru claimed that when the monthly maintenance
costs exceeded the payments on a new car it was time to buy a new car.
This, of course, would apply to the family daily driver, not our LBCs !!
;-)
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, California, USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Davies" <rdavies1@cox.net>
To: "'Michael Salter'" <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>;
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Mark This Day -- Gasoline
>
> Seems like the problem is that the cost of maintaining older cars starts
> to
> get prohibitive at around 10 years and 120,000 miles (air, electronics,
> paint and suspension) so it seems cheaper to buy again. But I guess that's
> your point.
>
> Ron Davies
> SoCal
> BJ8
> DB7
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