[Pipe_Dream]

I like the way the author thinks! *We own 3 cars, two of them daily drivers. *The newest one is 10 years old and has 138K on the clock. *I refuse to buy into the BS that Americans have been sold, that if you want reliable transportation you have to stay in a "newer" car. *But here's where they "get" the average American:
The author clearly is a saver -- he had the $ in the bank to buy the car and do it up right. *Most of the blue collar guys I work with have no savings. *But the dealers are all too happy to finance a new car for them, or better yet a used car with an obscene interest rate.
Ours is a throwaway society. *Trade in and buy the latest and greatest. *The good news is that this means there are good deals out there for the rest of us! ;)