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Subject: Re: OT: Mini Rant About New Car
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 17:54:01 -0700
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On 8/1/2024 12:42 PM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 8/1/2024 4:52 AM, JAB wrote:
>>
>> Well our old one is finally on its last legs with what is probably a 
>> dodgy alternator but they aren't quite sure and it's not really worth 
>> possibly fixing it due to the age of the car vs. the cost. Kinda 
>> annoying as although it's almost twenty years old it only has 50,000 
>> miles on the clock. Enter stage left the used but only a year and a 
>> half old one.
> 
> You sure it's more costly to fix/replace the alternator (not to mention 
> if they aren't sure on the alternator you should use a different mechanic.)
> 
> Sounds like it's too late anyway.
> 
>>
>> Feck me it's like sitting behind a computer with all the controls and 
>> displays it has. The navigation, entertainment and communications 
>> owner's manual is eighty pages long. Do the really think I'm going to 
>> read all of that. The amusing part is that the standard owner's manual 
>> spends four pages explaining how to put petrol in it. So someone is 
>> going to understand all the complications of the location services but 
>> doesn't know what that round flap is for.
>>
>> On the plus side it does have some niceties such as displaying the 
>> actual speed limit in case you've missed the sign, not having to take 
>> the key out of your pocket to start it and the top of my list - user 
>> profiles so you can have the wing mirrors and AC adjusted to how you 
>> like them. Now if only we could get a toilet seat that does the same.
>>
>> The less said about warning me that my small rucksack in the passenger 
>> seat isn't wearing a seat belt the better. Oh and there's an app 
>> because of course there is.
> 
> I had to replace my car of 12 years because someone plowed into the rear 
> end in Jan while I was at a red light.  It was getting pretty long in 
> the tooth, but was still working before that. Actually it was still 
> working, but the back end was crumpled in pretty far and the hatch 
> wouldn't open, that would've cost far more than the car was worth to 
> fix.

This last bit always bothers me.  The cost that you should be comparing 
the repair costs to is "how much will it cost me to _replace_ my car". 
The "more than the car is worth" line is a sales pitch to push you into 
buying a NEW car and is not coming from a place of wanting to actually 
help you save money.


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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.