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On Wed, 12 May 2021 18:53:37 -0600, rbowman
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On 05/12/2021 06:03 PM, wrote:

When I bought my first brand new pickup bare bones 1980 F100
- it was priced at $ 5800. I drove it for 13 years and wished
that I'd bought 2 of them ! .. to get another vehicle that would
cost less than $ 1000 per year ...

Here's a used 2020 Chevy that I would need to drive for
about 40 years to get my money's worth .. :-)

https://tinyurl.com/hre8974e

ps : Canuck Loonie money


I bought a F150 in '86 for around 10K. While it's semi-retired it still
is road worthy and goes for a drive every now and then. I bought the
Sportster in '97; that's way less than $1000 / yr.


My arbitrary $ 1000. per year criteria 1980's - 90's
was for an everyday 4 season daily driver in Canada
where road salt plays a considerable factor.
My new 2015 Kia cost me ~ $ 23. grand and has a major
engine-problem-recall that makes it worth about
$ 6. grand today ... ~ $ 3 k per year - IF -
I can squeeze another 3 years out of it ...
... I probably will not ever buy another Korean car.

Never had even one warranty claim or failure since with my
Hyundai and its now 13 years old and I am only considering
replacing it because it has no cruise control at all.