<VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious

[henry kaczmarek]

I had the original sales receipt from one of my 60 4dr Parts cars---she put 
500.00 down, and had 24 payments. Can't remember the amount of the payments 
but If I had to guess is was about 70.00/mo. In the 60's my father worked in 
a steel mill and got about 100.00/wk take-home.

When I bought my 05 F-150 the payments (72 mos) was 369.00  and I was making 
about 450/wk at the time.

A decent rule of thumb would be that a car payment is about 1week's income.

I love my vair but wouldn't want to have to change coolant every 6 months, 
tune up every 12K miles, etc etc like the average water pumper did back 
then.

Hank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious


> Every four years is the number I have in mind from over sixty years ago.
> You must've from a more affluent area.
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
> To: <jvhroberts at aol.com>; <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 10:07 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious
>
>
>> One rough rule of thumb 'back then', was you bought a new car every three
>> years. I think the idea was, most car loans were 36 months (3 years), and
>> most cars were getting long in the tooth by then.
>> This way, since you were used to making monthly car payments, you never
>> stopped; but got a new car.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of jvhroberts at aol.com
>> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 12:47 PM
>> To: tony.underwood at cox.net
>> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious
>>
>>
>> Well, Tony, there are some other factors as well. Today, we have standard
>> features on cars that weren't even available on the Corvair! Power
>> windows,
>> power door locks, power mirrors, standard A/C power steering, power
>> brakes,
>> fuel injection, air bags, ABS, 100,000 mile tuneup intervals,
>> distributorless ignition, the list goes on and on! Also, cars today have 
>> a
>> MUCH longer projected lifespan, well over twice as long as back in the
>> day,
>> meaning you don't need to buy a new car anywhere near as often. Remember,
>> most Corvairs are LOOONG gone...
>>
>>
>>
>> John Roberts
>>
>>
>>
>>
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