why we drive old cars (was Toyota UA-LAC)

[Tony Hoffman]

Dave,

I'm an exception to your first point. I drive an 82 Jetta and an 86
4000Q as DD's. However, as recently as two years ago I was working at
a VW repair shop, fixing (and of course driving) Vw's as new as 05. I
also was selling new Audi's in 05. My wife drives an 05 Camry. Despite
my farily constant familiarity with the newer cars, They in no way
give me the urge to go out and buy them. In fact, working on them kept
me away from them even more. I recall a customer with 45k on the odo
needing a new instrument cluster on his relatively new GTI. $860 is
what it cost him out the door at the dealership (we couldn't do it, as
the dealer has to program them via a link to VAG headquarters). Yeah,
my whole car cost just under that (800 for the 4kq).

Anyhow, probably just rambling my now,
Thanks for your thoughts, though. I think you are right in most cases.
But, I also suspect there are others like me on the list.

Tony


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Dave <dave.eaton at clear.net.nz> wrote:
> in the midst of all this retro, i would point out a couple of things:
>
> 1. those with old cars seem keen to keep them, but haven't had much
> experience of new cars - and every bad story goes viral faster than the next
> one of britney going commando
> 2. those with newer cars seldom want to go back - if they truly remember the
> old days...
>
> go figure :-)