Tank you Malcom for that.... refreshing post! if my English was better, i
could write a 50 page thesis on this subject...

Always a pleasure to read your stuff

Regards, Ben
ps.: a few e-mail sent to you in p-mail where return to me?

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It may be that the smiles on our faces are more important than the money. It
might be more about "utility theory" and not so much about the money. Having
$30/$44/$65,000 says NOTHING about the "opportunity cost" in adventure and
smiles. I'd rather have 10 years worth of adventure and smiles than $65,000
in 10 years. I've had my vans in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, I drove my van from
Cairo to Amsterdam, and several trips through England and Western Europe.
I've driven across Canada a few times and across the northern US. And I'm
just getting warmed up!

As for "In general, car addicted people are not good money people." ...... I
have a Pd.D. in Finance from a big school :-) and I am an Associate
Professor of Finance at my local U, and I can tell you with ABSOLUTE
authority! that "it's not about the money" The investment is in my life!,
Not in my van. "economic sense" is subjugated to lifestyle and adventure.
:-) Malcolm Stebbins