On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 05:44:50 GMT, Joseph Oberlander
wrote:

George M. Middius wrote:


Frugality is the highest virtue in the Hive. You want luxury? You want
class? Don't look to Obie.

Let's see - used mint condition 1975 3.0CSI lists on manheim gold
for $14,500 in showroom/car show condition.

That's my idea of being frugal. Let's see - Corolla or CSI?
Gosh - what a rough choice.

I agree. For just about any price point, there's an older used car
out there that I'd rather have than a new car, if for no other reason
than that the idea of eating that first-year depreciation really turns
me off.

Before I got my Charger, I had been looking at the old Mercedes-Benz
6.3-liter 300 SEL. A fully-documented, showroom-condition example
sold on eBay for about $19,000.

The only vehicle I've ever bought brand-new was a 2000 Ducati Monster
motorcycle, because that was the first year for the fuel-injected
engine, and that was a feature I really wanted.

Scott Gardner