I don’t get it

[grampahol]

I still remember thinking, for the price of a new car, especially one of the high end, expensive brands I could buy 100 used junkers and have them parked all over town. When one stopped running just leave it and use the other one parked a block away. That's of course assuming you want to walk around with 100 keys every time you leave the house..
Example..For the price of a new $50,000 car I could get 100 $500 cars and I've owned a lot of decent running $500 cars in my life. What does a $50,000 car do that a $500 car doesn't do other than look prettier and probably last longer, but not $45,500 times prettier or $45,500 longer. 
Keep in mind this was back when you could still buy decent running cars for $500 or less. My favorite cheap car I ever owned was a 74 Toyota Celica. I drove the wheels off that car and finally sold it to some guy who just wanted the engine, the 18RC to put in his old Toyota pickup.. That was back when you could still use the same engine in several different models.. That was also back when I was ridiculed for owning a "rice burner" and I also won a lot of bets when guys thought their old Bonneville's could outrun my little rice burner..lol