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- From: jdonsbac@cvbnet.prime.com (Jeff Donsbach)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Re: Final about Re: Importing
- Message-ID: <4291@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 23:02:37 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.012306.11351@bsu-ucs> <1992Nov3.170425.4618@bb1t.monsanto.com> <1992Nov8.192953.11607@bsu-ucs> <1992Nov09.164636.15806@microsoft.com>
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- In article <1992Nov09.164636.15806@microsoft.com>, laurahal@microsoft.com
- (Laura Halliday) writes:
- |>
- |> [much previous stuff deleted]
- |>
- |> There was an interesting report in the paper recently stating that the
- |> average purchase price of a new car as a percentage of the average
- |> family's annual income has doubled in the past 10 years. The article
- |> (it was either in the L.A. Times or the S.J. Mercury News) attributed
- |> the increase to an increase in the number of standard gadgets on new
- |> cars, as well as higher costs for safety gadgets (e.g. air bags).
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- as well as the costs of certifying the cars through the standard battery
- of governmental crash tests, emissions tests, etc, etc....
-
- |>
- |> Which all fits in very well with the current discussion - does all the
- |> new high-tech 4 cam computer-controlled technology make vehicles that
- |> get from Point A to Point B any better? Do all the safety features accomplish
- |> anything that a reasonably skilled reasonably responsible driver in a
- |> well-maintained vehicle couldn't do on his/her own?
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- The gee whiz cockpit gadgets, most people could live without. Underhood stuff,
- like fuel injection computers have become practically a necessity in order
- to have a vehicle which passed current emissions standards and still has
- a respectable amount of power. Are there any new vehicles left out there
- that still use carbs (sold in the US)?? Safety things like airbags and ABS are
- a toss up. Some people could live without them, others consider them a necessity.
-
- |>
- |> I happen to enjoy the primal driving experience of older air-cooled VWs.
- |> They get me from point A to point B economically, and for a fraction
- |> of the cost of a new car. I can't ask for much more.
- |>
- |> ...laura
-
- each to his own. I wouldn't mind having an old Bug to play with if I had
- the time, money, garage space, etc. etc. I learned to drive in a 196x Bug
- in my uncle's field up in Maine. I was about 14.
-
- -Jeff
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