Re: Don't worry, be happy! Was totaled w/minor damages

[R Cohen <rcohen@ameritech.net>]

Mike Arman wrote:

> I have also noticed the tendency to total Audis having only minor damage.
>
> -snip-

> As a comparison, there is absolutely no such thing as a totalled Harley
> Davidson. No matter how nasty, ruined, burned or worn out ANY H-D or part
> thereof may be, someone, somewhere, will give you money for it, and usually
> lots of it, too. I'm not starting a thread that H-D is better than Audi
> because no one ever junks a Harley - I'm just reporting existing market
> conditions which work in OUR favor.
>

-snip-

the reason for H-D never being totalled is the fact that you can take a Harley
that runs like crap, drops parts at the side of the road, and leaves an oil
slick in your garage, shine it up, and it is totally indistinguishable from a
new one.


Rob 'when my bike ran like a Harley, it was broke' Cohen