2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIn 1915, I could buy a Model T for $440 ($10,000 in 2013 dollars),
now, because of "minimum safety standards" "For my own good" like four wheel brakes, "safety glass", seat belts, crashworthiness standards, etc, I have to pay upwards of $30,000 to buy a new car!
Thanks, Obama!
( Inspired by all the posts complaining about the elimination of cheap albeit worthless health insurance policies under Obamacare.)
NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)In your face people living in Canada, Germany, France, UK, etc.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)....you didn't see them any more.....ever...again.
PS Only Car that Consumer Reports said (in words) "A piece of Shit."
yellowcanine
(35,690 posts)A lady called to ask whether she should spend her $2500 on a new Yugo or a used Toyota. They told her to buy the used Toyota.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts),,...and not even making it back home before the damn thing broke down.
Sweet Jesus. talk about getting fucking pissed !
unblock
(51,920 posts)even allowing for the cost of "retrofitting" proper windscreens, seat belts, etc.
why? because roads and signals are now ubiquitous! a model t could be put to far better use than it could have back in 1915.
so many places it could take you, and last longer due to less wear and tear from normal travel.
but, of course, the government paid for those roads and signals and such, so that doesn't count.
or something.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)What did you do in WW I?
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Have you discovered the fountain of youth?
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)And has been dead for many years.
And certainly I have found the Fountain of Youth.
I was led to it by a roadside sign in northern Wisconsin.
The sign said "don't grow up. It's a trap!"
They were right.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)But maybe you're happy with that!
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)That's simply not true. I just looked up a bunch of cars and came up with several under $20,000. If you find you must pay at least $30k, then you're looking at larger and fancier vehicles. You really do have a choice of what you can buy.
Mika
(17,751 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts)Remember the a lot of the used ones were lemons when they where shiney new in the showroom
Evelyn Gordon
(29 posts)Perfectly good car.
Mika
(17,751 posts)struggle4progress
(117,949 posts)If you found and wanted to buy a very-low mileage 1909 Model T ready to drive-away, unrestored, and in unweathered mint condition, I suspect you wouldn't get it for anything below that