"Mys Terry" wrote in message
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On 3 May 2006 06:23:44 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote:


The Tribeca is a safer car, and you indicated that safety was very
important to you when you first got it. The Prius isn't awful but it's
not one of the top rated cars in it's class for side impact. Ordering
the optional side air bags helps, but it's still not a "top pick" by
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, who also rated it
"marginal" for it's seat and head restraint design.



Safety is no longer a factor. It's a moving target. If you haven't figured
it out, RB uses whatever outstanding feature a car (boat, stereo, etc) as
his justification of owning a vehicle.

He claims he drives 20K miles a year and also claims the Tribeca got 25 mpg.
That's 800 gallons/year, let's say $4.00/gallon or $3200/year. If he would
own a car long enough to drop collision insurance it would almost pay for
the gas alone. He's never owned a car for 100,000 miles or 200,000 miles or
300,000 miles. He's paying new car upfront costs every two years plus he's
constantly insuring a new car.

If the Tribeca really gets 17 mpg (as other owners report) then we're
looking at $4700/year in gas expense.

Safety is no longer a consideration when you have to pay for it.

Getting to the hospital in blizzards, tornadoes, floods, sleet storms is no
longer a consideration when you have to pay for.

He just doesn't see the cost in flipping cars so often.

As RB says, "you are what you drive".

Amen!

What hilarious is that an incremental cost gain of 33% in the cost of gas
would make him sell the car. The no headroom in his planing.

Glory!