From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vqg3on$3pkap$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 3/7/2025 5:19 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > As I understand it, a cheap new car can't compete on price with a nicer   
   > model used car.   
   >   
   That MAY be true, but it there is no chance in hell of an expensive new   
   car competing with a used car.  My first new truck was a GMC Sonoma, and   
   my second was an Chevy S-10.   
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   That depends. I bought and fixed up old cars until I could afford new, then   
   I bought the Helms factory shop manuals and kept them in good condition as   
   long as rust let me. Thanks to MIG I still drive the 1991 Ranger and 2000   
   CRV. Styling overcame substance on the newer CRVs so I'm waiting for the   
   2026 Passport which reverts to the old Land-Rover-inspired practicality with   
   squared space replacing swoop, a full sized spare tire and built-in folding   
   picnic table like my mine.   
      
   The table is a useful workbench for construction projects at the club's   
   shooting ranges, it keeps us old guys from having to pick tools up off the   
   ground. I bought a spare as a "cargo space floor" from LKQ for $12.   
      
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