<VV> Modern rubbish vs. older quality (was: thermostat fail); Only oblique Corvair content (i.e. Vairs are better than modern Chevs!)

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

I wrote:

> I thought all those reasons were also why we are driving
> around in 40 year-old cars, as well.

The same comment applies to other consumer durables - they just can't be 
built to the same standards as older ones any more, largely because the cost 
base has gone up (labour and materials were cheap in real terms back then).

Have a look at this, which I made an unfortunately too-low offer on:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEBOFFX:IT&item=160322739681

And don't forget that this was made in a war-ravaged country that just 5 
years earlier had been virtually flattened (especially Bielefeld, where this 
was made - one of my friends' dads helped do the flattening!).

Cheers

Alan