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Tuesday, 21 December 2004
Careful what you wish for ::
As my employer’s stock soared with the temperatures this past summer, it seemed that a crop of new cars gradually popped up in the parking lot. I wondered why anyone would spend $40,000 on a car. I was more or less happy with my 1991 Toyota Corolla for which I’d paid $3500 cash 4 years ago. Never mind that the interior door handles are all broken, the driver’s window doesn’t quite close properly, that little ding in the windshield has grown to a crack, the right front fender is dented, and it needs a paint job. Secretly I was a little jealous and thinking about how to rationalize buying a newer car. ...