We bought a Killed In Action for $48K three years ago, and I
wonder how much an equivalent new car will cost in another three
years. But it's no surprise, whoever controls the number of COEs
released should have acted years ago to reduce the vehicle
population growth rate.
Most of the new cars are designed to be destroyed in a
controlled manner in a crash to dissipate some of the energy, but
not like the biscuit tins from PRC.
the truck's shiny chrome bumper simply dropped onto the road in
one piece, parts of the front crumpled up ....
I tried to look for any damage to my battered 1989 plymouth but
found none ....
I think in the later years detroit tried to do what the japanese
were doing, thinner and thinner aluminum bodies and lighter and
lighter weight chasis to drive fuel efficiency ...
you would never know it in the tropics, but most japanese sedans
are built too light for winter conditions ... where you'd want a
heavier weight on the wheels for better traction and to swing the
car out of ice troughs on the roads ....
I sold the plymouth for $300 to the gf of one of my fishing
buddies and I think it's still going strong ...
