The used car market is full of luxury cars getting dumped onto the market because of the increase in gas prices.

If a new Hyundai cost $13,000 and a 5 year old Range Rover cost $4500, how many years before you break even on lifetime cost including gas?

However long, that would be a long time with leather seats, satnav and a multiple speaker stereo system. :)
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The used car market is full of luxury cars getting dumped onto the market KW>because of the increase in gas prices.

If a new Hyundai cost $13,000 and a 5 year old Range Rover cost $4500, how m KW>years before you break even on lifetime cost including gas?

However long, that would be a long time with leather seats, satnav and a KW>multiple speaker stereo system. :)

You can say that again, $3200 buys a lot of gas.
Right now in San Diego Calif that is 2130 Gallons.
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Kurt Weiske wrote to All:

The used car market is full of luxury cars getting dumped onto the
market because of the increase in gas prices.

If a new Hyundai cost $13,000 and a 5 year old Range Rover cost
$4500, how many years before you break even on lifetime cost
including gas?

You never do. Most of the time you take it in the shorts when buying a
car.

However long, that would be a long time with leather seats, satnav
and a multiple speaker stereo system. :)

As with everything else man-made in this world, it doesn't last very long
and wears out rather quickly. Leather seats can get comfortable with age
but begin to crack from use rather soon, satnav systems are obsolete
within months after you buy them and speakers are prone to moisture damage after a while.


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Roy Witt wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

As with everything else man-made in this world, it doesn't last very
long and wears out rather quickly. Leather seats can get comfortable
with age but begin to crack from use rather soon, satnav systems are obsolete within months after you buy them and speakers are prone to moisture damage after a while.

I'm overly happy with my 2002 Camry V-6; it's been great for 170,000 miles. The leather is in good shape and the speakers still blare loud enough to
make me want to turn it down.

My only misgivings are the mileage (I'm getting combined 22 mpg, 25 when driving on the highway) and wishing the CD changer could play MP3 CDs.


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I'm overly happy with my 2002 Camry V-6; it's been great for 170,000 miles. KW>The leather is in good shape and the speakers still blare loud enough to KW>make me want to turn it down.

My only misgivings are the mileage (I'm getting combined 22 mpg, 25 when KW>driving on the highway) and wishing the CD changer could play MP3 CDs.

the Ability to play MP3's is a great one. And it it is a smart MP#
player and can rembeber where it left off it is an even greater.
Teh Wifes 2010 Subaru has a smart CD player and I made a custom Music CD
for her from my collection of MP3's that runs almost 3 hours.
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Kurt Weiske wrote to Roy Witt:

Roy Witt wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

As with everything else man-made in this world, it doesn't last very
long and wears out rather quickly. Leather seats can get comfortable
with age but begin to crack from use rather soon, satnav systems are
obsolete within months after you buy them and speakers are prone to
moisture damage after a while.

I'm overly happy with my 2002 Camry V-6; it's been great for 170,000 miles. The leather is in good shape and the speakers still blare loud enough to make me want to turn it down.

My 1998 Camaro does the same thing...It has a CD player, but I seldom use
it because I'd rather listen to talk radio, even PBS is acceptable at
times.

My only misgivings are the mileage (I'm getting combined 22 mpg, 25
when driving on the highway)

8^) My 1998 Z28 gets the same mileage...

and wishing the CD changer could play MP3 CDs.

My 2002 Silverado doesn't have a CD player, so I improvise when I need
music. I have a small stereo transmitter that plugs into an MP3 player and
it will broadcast an FM Stereo signal to the vehicle's radio. I forget
where I bought that little transmitter, but it was cheap enough.


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Re: Re: Car Algebra

the Ability to play MP3's is a great one. And it it is a smart MP#
player and can rembeber where it left off it is an even greater.
Teh Wifes 2010 Subaru has a smart CD player and I made a custom Music CD
for her from my collection of MP3's that runs almost 3 hours.

I have a 2006 Subaru Outback that I WISH could play MP3s. The worse part is, those units are practically part of the car. Can't replace them easily like
you could in the olden days...

Eric, K7ELH

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the Ability to play MP3's is a great one. And it it is a smart MP#
player and can rembeber where it left off it is an even greater.
Teh Wifes 2010 Subaru has a smart CD player and I made a custom Music CD EH>> for her from my collection of MP3's that runs almost 3 hours.

I have a 2006 Subaru Outback that I WISH could play MP3s. The worse part is, EH>those units are practically part of the car. Can't replace them easily like EH>you could in the olden days...

Crutchfield at www.crutchfield.com has an excellent replacement model
guide.
As an example the JVC KD-330 will fit the 2006 Subaru Outback with
Manual Heater controls
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TOM WALKER wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

the Ability to play MP3's is a great one. And it it is a smart MP#
player and can rembeber where it left off it is an even greater.

I've been looking for those iPhone interconnect cables - they charge the iPhone and play through the stereo, with some tie-in to the car stereo; I can't tell for sure if it'll work with my stereo, and I've been too busy to tear it out and look at the back.

They definitely work with the head units that can control a trunk CD
changer, but my car has a 6-CD changer built-in.



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I'm overly happy with my 2002 Camry V-6; it's been great for 170,000
miles.
The leather is in good shape and the speakers still blare loud enough to make me want to turn it down.

My only misgivings are the mileage (I'm getting combined 22 mpg, 25 when driving on the highway) and wishing the CD changer could play MP3 CDs.

What size is the V-6 in your Camry? I thought they got better gas mileage than

that. My 2002 Monte Carlo averages 28mpg, which is better than my new 2012 Charger. The Charger averages around 26mpg.

- Mark

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