exactly my point
Randall Young wrote:
> Gee, Henry. Someone else must have posted this in your name <g>
>
> Date: 27-Mar-1996 15:11:53
> From:
> Subject: Cars owned thread-My stable
>
> This thread got me thinking...
>
> '65 Ford Falcon Station Wagon- $50, then $200 for junkyard
>motor #1, $200 for
> Junkyard #2, sold for $100; drove it 18 months.
>
> '69 BMW 2002- $550, The motor knocked when I bought it, and
>when I sold it
> for $500, but even under 3000 rpm's, that was a fast car;
>drove it 6 months.
>
> '66 VW Bug w/ sunroof- $30 (no kidding!) Sold it twice, for
>$250 each time!
> Drove it 6 months
>
> '74 Plymouth Satellite- My first car that always started when
>you turn the
> key. Drove it 3 years
>
> '78 Peugeot 604- $5000, Bought it w/ 41,000, sold it w/
>175,000 for $500.
> Ran like a champ, I worked on it most every weekend. Never
>left me anywhere.
> The wife made me sell it because she thought I loved that car
>more than her.
> Drove it 8 years. I figured if I can keep a gas powered
>Peugeot running, I
> could do anything...
>
> '80 Olds Cutlass Diesel- $600, had aspirations of dropping in
>a big block V8,
> never got around to it. Sold it for $800, it ran pretty
>good, all things
> considered.
>
> '66 Pontiac Star Chief Executive- $1500, 56,000 original
>miles. Luckily, the
> wife likes the Chief, so it is still in the driveway.
>
> '85 Dodge Ramcharger- $2800, Bought it w/99,000, as of today
>it has 175,000
> on original drivetrain, no rebuilds. It towed the TR250 home!
>
> '68 TR250- $1200. The Triumph has become the victim of my
>shipwrights
> disease. I doubt it will see the road this year :-(
>
> '88 Beretta- $4000, The wife has to drive something.
>
> '73 Jeep J2000 Pick Up, with snowplow- $900 If I have to use
>this one one
> more time this year, I am going to scream.
>
> The thing is, I have never bought a new car, most probably
>never will. I
> don't care how prosperous we might be. I am too cheap (don't
>read this, Nick)
> to loose the depreciation. I feel confident with my
>abilities to get every
> last bit of life out of a piece of equipment.
>
> It must be in our blood. I believe this is a common
>idiosyncrasy of members
> of this list.
>
> I am sure people have a better list than mine.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Henry Frye
>
> Current Stable
>
> '68 TR250
> '66 Pontiac Star Cheif Executive
> '73 Jeep Plowvehicle
> '85 Dodge Ramcharger
> '88 Chevy Beretta
>
> On Wednesday, August 18, 1999 4:03 PM, Henry Frye [SMTP:thefryes@iconn.net]
>wrote:
> >
> > I have never made a non-Triumph post to this list is the 4 1/2 years I've
> > been subscribed. This is the first one.
> <snip>
> > Trust me, most
> > people could care less that your ex-girlfriend's father had an MG way back
> > in the days of afros and bell bottoms.
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