<VV> Fans / 1960 habits

[Frank DuVal]

I'm with Bill,

Maybe it is the east coast salt, but in the 60s it was common for middle 
class families to change cars every few years. Maybe not every two, but 
the average age of cars was WAY less than the current 9 years.

We were the odd family in that dad kept a car 6 to 8 years. Planned 
Obsolescence styling didn't affect him!

Frank DuVal

Matt Nall wrote:

> What  comic book did you read that in?     Only the RICH  could afford 
> to swap cars   bi -annually, etc.....
>
> The rest kept the cars 10-40 years....
>
> Only at the bottom end.... USED  cars did cars  change 
> rapidly.....prices dropped at a much higher  percentage rate than they 
> do nowadaZe!!
>
> but, then few were fiananced!
>
>
> Matt Nall
> All Vairs!
> http://members.aol.com/patiomatt
> Lots of Corvair Technical info!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell at umich.edu>
>
> > Also, consider that most folk back then only kept a car for a few 
> years, so they
>
>> weren't making them for longevity either.
>
>
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