Monday, June 1, 2009

UnAmerican Savings

I drove up to Buellton last week to buy a table saw, and took Robin's Pathfinder to haul it back. A few miles on the return trip, it broke down (or as Robin says, I broke it). It's a fried clutch. A cool $1,000 for a new one. I'd wince, except that repairing Robin's 1993 car reminds me how little, comparatively, I've spent on cars in my life. I added up the purchase prices since 1977: six cars, $21,000. My brother says in that period he's spent in the neighborhood of $200,000. That difference represents years of salary working just for a car. I'll take the years.

3 comments:

Chryss said...

Absolutely! Though the temptation is sooooo strong...

Is it fixed yet?

George said...

And so it's your fault Detroit is failing. How un-American.

Kristin Anderson said...

That's a great way of rationalizing the $1,000. I like your way of thinking!

 
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