--=-WQ7MoTG5n7aJ5AlbGAr6 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ouch, that hurts. I liked living under my rock and thinking the car was more expensive. You just HAD to take away my rock and tell me it was a pebble. On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 15:58, Jay wrote: > On 4 Mar 2003, Bryce C wrote: >=20 > > But then one must adjust for depreciation of the car which I have no > > idea of. Probably ~$7000 now. >=20 >=20 > Maybe if that was pesos. :) According to blue book (www.kbb.com), a 1985 > Honda Civic Wagon, in fair condition, is worth $905 for a private-party > sale. If you were to trade it in, the value would be significantly less. >=20 > That being said, I would guess that a 1985 TV would be worth a lot less > than that. :) >=20 > ~Jay >=20 >=20 >=20 > > > > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:58, Kyle Faber wrote: > > > On Monday 03 March 2003 8:59 pm, Bryce C wrote: > > > > * Am I the only one who thinks 15 grand is too much for a tv and th= at > > > > for that money, you might as well get a nice little car (too small = for > > > > the TV though) as you'll probably get more use out of the car than = the > > > > TV. That is to say the car'll last longer than the TV. My mom's '85 > > > > Civic wagon has been running fine since it was bought new in '85 fo= r > > > > ~$9000 i think. > > > > > > > Adjusted for inflation here: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateCPI.h= tml > > > > > > Your mother's 9K in '85 is worth almost $14000 now, so if you could t= rade it > > > for a great TV, you'd be breaking even. > > --=20 Bryce C CoBryce Communications --=-WQ7MoTG5n7aJ5AlbGAr6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA+ZTHQ/wbq/C6yyPcRAqb/AKCf781wDFYNb0C3wAVTtkYHvO5V1gCcCBts Dx8xlWk1HGRVv1otyeiC2Kw= =Uoh7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-WQ7MoTG5n7aJ5AlbGAr6--