<VV> now age of vehicles

[shortle]

That is more than .002 cents Bob. As far as a "$100 per hour parts replacer" you may look for a different guy. In my shop we charge $90/hour and if we put a part on your newer type car and your car is not fixed we will take that part back off the shop and put it back on the shelf. Most of my inventory for customers cars is just that but there is a small amount that is used for diagnosis purposes. For those people on fixed incomes remember I didn't fix your income just your newer type car. Since I only work on 1 kind of car (VOLVO) it is easier to stock/repair/diagnose than a shop that wants to work on every kind of car. Oh I also just renewed my subscription to the Volvo on line service system for 1 year for a little over $7,000.00. Yeah yeah I know: that is my problem. My suggestion to the poor broke motoring public is DON'T DRIVE A CAR.
Timothy Shortle in (cold) Durango Colorado 81301
 


-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Gilbert <bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca>
>Sent: Dec 13, 2013 12:34 PM
>To: corvairduval at cox.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> now age of vehicles
>
>Just to add my .02...
>
>Part of the reason for "throwing them away" before their time is that so few
>people are capable of maintaining the modern cars. So when things start to
>go wrong, it's either pay $100 an hour for a parts replacer at which rate
>you get to a $1,000 pretty quickly or you start to think about replacing the
>car. I Have 66 Corsa and a 68 UltraVan, they are in good shape but I won't
>kid myself that they are 50 plus year old vehicles and things will go wrong
>and I have to have one "newish" reliable, non-Corvair vehicle. 
>
>I'm an OK shade tree mechanic and a reasonably good Corvair mechanic but
>there's no way I will touch my 2010 Subaru, other than for minor fluid
>replacement.  One result is a recent service call that ran to $1,100 that
>included  some parts that had to be replaced.  That was a big "ouch" on my
>pension! I wasn't ripped off, the charges for the parts and the labour were
>all reasonable but it all adds up.
>
>A bill like that has been by far the exception but time goes on and if I
>start to get a 2 or 3 of those in a year then $300 a month for a new leased,
>throw away - but trouble free - vehicle looks starts to look like a viable,
>reliable economic option.
>
>Years ago I wouldn't go near a dealership for service but now for my OGV
>(One Good Vehicle)I have no real choice. So probably 5-10 years from now my
>Subaru with maybe 200,000 miles will be in relatively good condition but may
>simply be too expensive to maintain and a few years after that it will
>probably end up in the junk yard.
>
>Ok, that was more like .04...
>
>Regards,
>Bob
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of corvairduval at cox.net
>Sent: December-13-13 10:48 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> now age of vehicles
>
>I don't even own anything that new!
>
>I do not purchase depreciating assets, not a good use of capital for me. 
>
>Let other people take the heavy depriciation and let me drive for small
>money.
>
>Hey, That's how I got into Corvairs in the 70's!
>
>Harry, I spent a few hours out west in wrecking yards, and their age seemed
>the same. What a sight seeing rust free bodies thrown away of recent
>vintage.
>
>But, when I was in yards back in the 70's, most of the cars were from the
>60's, so even then cars would end up disposed by 6 to 8 years of age, so
>they are on the road longer now than then.  Average age of vehicles in
>service is now over 11 years, way longer than ever before.
>
>Frank DuVal
>
>Original email:
>-----------------
>From: Harry Yarnell \(Verizon\) harryyarnell at verizon.net
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:25:44 -0500
>To: hmlinc at sbcglobal.net, Shelrockbored at aol.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> '63 Spyder Convertible on
>
>
>I frequent a local salvage yard and I notice incoming inventory. The peak
>for junking a car at this yard (and I'm sure is similar at other eastcoast
>yards) is 11-12 year old cars.
>
>
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