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

[Ron]

Any dealer charging 40K for a Prius is a thief!  The dealer I go to will 
sell one for 23 to 24 K.  It's a nice car for the money.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rodney Spooner" <rodneyspooner at corvairgarage.com>
To: "'Jim Houston'" <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious


> Can you say "Yugo?" ""Hundai?" "Kia?" America can make a cheap car but not
> an inexpensive one so long as the labor costs are at least $30-$40 PER 
> HOUR
> (PLUS BENEFITS) more than foreign(?) competitors building here in America.
>
> But $40,000 for a Prius? $40,000 MSRP for the Chevy Volt? I can buy a
> Corvair and truck load of fuel for that much without the mortgage payments
> thank you very much...
>
> I'm thinking I could even make an Electrovair III for less. But then my
> electric bill would go up...
>
> Rodney
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Jim Houston
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:27 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious
>
> One of the reasons for high costs are taxes...  if Congress would enact
> the Fair Tax, everything in the country would be cheaper!!
>
> Jim Houston
>
> On 12/26/2010 2:01 AM, Tony Underwood wrote:
>> At 01:59 PM 12/25/2010, Harry Yarnell wrote:
>>> Yea, blue collar Baltimore..
>>> Just seemed that way back in the 50's-60's...
>>> Seems loans today are more 5-7 year.
>>> GM is offering three year loans (GMAC) at 0%
>>
>>
>> This was something I brought up earlier...
>>
>>
>> WTF is a car doing costing so much money you need to finance it for
>> SIX YEARS?   New cars still cost too much today, considerably more
>> than they used to cost.    And NO I don't mean dollars, I mean as
>> percentages of income.   What's more, the cost is NOT justified by
>> those extras that cars today seem to offer as standard (meaning you
>> pay for them whether you want them or not).
>>
>>
>> This is one of the reasons I prefer to drive older vehicles.   I'm
>> not interested in providing any more of MY income to any car
>> manufacturer for a car that I don't actually honestly like.   And,
>> frankly I don't really like much of what I see available today.
>>
>>
>>
>> tony..
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