Re: O.T. Sticker Shock

Posted by Matt from CT on August 27, 2006 at 17:23:22 from (24.177.7.213):

In Reply to: O.T. Sticker Shock posted by JOHN HARMON on August 27, 2006 at 16:44:41:

As I understand it...(and I might not very well :) )

A lot of the mid-life vehicles...and that's what 80 - 150,000 is today -- 300,000 ain't just for Toyotas anymore...end up being shipped to 3rd world countries.

Since planned obsolence is no longer the business model (and yes, I'm old enough to remember the rusting of 70s era steel, and when 30,000, not 100,000 miles, was the standard maintenance cycle on much of the components...) what to do?

Well, I understand a lot of the vehicles go overseas. To countries where the drivers put a lot fewer miles on them, and/or to 3rd world where affording them new is out of the question.

Exporting the good, middle aged vehicles help to keep the market for the New and the 30,000 mile just-off-lease vehicles strong.

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