Yep...I get it...
Here's what I have already:
I have a car that's 100% paid for...the only thing I need to provide ANY OUTLAY FOR is some maintenance...
HOWEVER...If I'm drawn in by the Sirens' Songs of the Government Waste Machine...I can get the following...
1. - A new car, where if the rebate is matched, it MIGHT just about cover the depreciation I get when I stick the key in the ignition, turn it and drive off the dealers' lot...
2. - A new car, that now requires a higher insurance premium...my older unit didn't need to carry all of that other crap...but hey...I'm now sticking money that I could have used for other items into some insurance monkey's pocket...Oh! Joy!
3. - A new car, that despite its newness, will still require the same type and amount of REGULAR maintenance...and since I've always been a little skeptical of maintenance intervals in the newer models...I'll still stick to the same tried and true methods that have allowed me to keep my current stock of vehicles long after everyone else has trashed theirs...
4. - And I also get to watch a carefully maintained, wonderful piece of road-worthy history get unceremoniously raped and destroyed by earthers that couldn't care less about quality, let alone appreciate anything but their short-sighted and ill-gotten gains.
Yah...I get it...If I "buy" into the Government's plan of removing "junkers/clunkers" from our highways...I'm getting it alright...right up the ol' Hershey Highway...Shift column, shift column boot and transmission too.
Short-term thinking for short-term solutions...and the bankers still get money stuck into their pockets...
Remember the term
NEW CAR PAYMENTS????
Somebody wake the bus driver up...there's a chance we might crash. Oh! Wait! Never mind...I'll just get off this lemmings' express...