[ExI] robin hood steals from the poor protects the rich?

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 29 18:18:18 UTC 2021


I have never bought a lemon.  I did get cheated on a Toyota that had 60K
miles, or so I thought.  It was in great shape.  My mechanic said that it
was probably 160K.

It's been some decades since I bought off a lot.  When I did, I got a 30
day warranty or I did not buy the car.  I buy from individuals and get it
checked out by a mechanic.  Latest buy:  2002 Town Car, 32K, not one thing
you could see wrong with it.  Looked new.  Little old lady
owner, literally, and garaged.  Had to replace tires.  $7000.

I am truly a picky person but with a professor's income and pension, I
cannot afford to be really picky.

As for lemons, there are new cars that are lemons too.  A used car owner
has usually found out before I buy the car what lemony things went wrong
and fixed them (or tried to sell it to me without fixing them, which my
mechanic catches).

The only real problem I have ever had, aside from the car with the
'adjusted' mileage, was a Town Car that kept not wanting to crank.  (Twice
I had it towed in and then it refused to NOT crank.  aAArrrgggghhhh!!!).  I
replaced two computers on it, which did not fix it, and sold it and lost
money on the deal.  Not a bad track record for buying cars since 1968.

I don't have any figures, but my guess is that a car that has 20 or 30 K
miles is a more reliable car than a new one because it has had its kinks
worked out, if any.  But I pity the person who is rather naive' about cars
and their salesmen, and is buying a used car.  Never mind the car itself-
most people do not know how to negotiate.

Oh bring back home finances, and home economics in schools and teach people
something they can use their whole lives and save beaucoups of money.  bill
w

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:10 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 6:29 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Adrian might know the real story.
>>
>
> Nope, sorry.  I heard something like that, but I haven't been tracking
> Tesla closely until recently.
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 7:04 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I am willing to put up with a couple of dings here and there and maybe
>> replace the floor mats.
>>
>
> You are.  Some aren't.  They can pay more for a new car, to compensate for
> their more picky tastes.
>
> There's also reputation: they think new cars are more reliable than used.
> "Used car salesman" - someone who pushes lemons and tries to hide the lemon
> nature - is a stereotype for a reason, though it gets exaggerated
> (especially in states that enforce lemon laws).
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