RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] computer and car prices (was Re: [MLUG])

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Do you know if the rig noticed?

> Nope, my bro ran into it doing 45 when it had slowed to 20 or so. He
> doesn't do anything half-way. :-)  Dave did, I think, have to get
> out of the back, but did so under his own power and without serious
> injury.  His friend in the other front seat rebroke his freshly
> broken arm, or at least so disrupted the cast that they had to reset
> it.

Actually, the more modern cars would be more bent than a 70's car, due to
"Crumple" technology, designed to let the car fall appart rather than the
driver take the impact.

> Now, a heavier car would have almost certainly looked better after
> the impact, but the frame on any 70s era model would have been just
> as bent.  I know, since I was the one who totalled the Fury by
> hitting a telephone pole at about 20 mph.  As a '72 model, it didn't
> have bumpers of any usefulness whatever, and the whole front end
> wrapped around the pole pretty nicely.
> 
> And you are correct about the Corolla being able to last forever; I
> swear that they backed off a bit in the quality in the 80s because
> longevity of some of their earlier models was affecting their sales.  
> A colleague in the department has an '85 Corolla with an unknown
> (over 200K I think) number of miles on it.

The new ones claim to last as long, is that not true?

> But here's a fun quote about the 1980 Chrysler LeBaron I found at
> a random net location:
> 
>      1980 Chrysler Lebaron. Owned by my grandfather. 19K orig mi. No 
>      rust, was garaged. Several lg dents in drs and front fender due 
>      to grandpa`s 1920`s style driving. Runs as good as the day it 
>      was new, which is to say pathetic. This is the Chrysler that 
>      made Toyota so popular. 
>                  --Newspaper classified ad

Interesting. Mom loved her fathers Lebaron.  I've never ridden in it, but it
still looks good.  Mom can recognize it on sight, and sees the new owner
driving it around town still.  Granted, he got the fully featured version.
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