In a message dated 3/22/04 7:24:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
steven@EPOCHDESIGN.COM writes:

> She doesn't understand the difference or similarities of the cost of
> maintaining a used vehicle vs. making payments on a new one. The average car
> costs what, $150-250/mo+ to buy new, depending on how many thousands you put
> down. Yet try to justify spending $1000 per year to maintain a Vanagon. Once
> you stop making payments on that new car, it's a long time out of Warranty
> and you'll be spending bucks on it too. I think, if anyone applied
>

think of your insurance savings too..  its alot cheaper to insure a 15 year
old vanagon, than a brand new '04 model.

chris