Derek Ruddock wrote:
All very pertinent observations Mark, but I couldn't let this one go :)
Although gliders are expensive, the recent climb of the Australian Peso
vs the Euro have made gliders affordable again: We have bought 2 gliders
recently, and neither was within cooee of the price of a house
(Where do you live????)
Adelaide.
A new ASW28-18E is in the circa-$150,000 range. Call it $170,000 if you
want a trailer to go with it.
A 2-bedroom house and land package in an outer-suburban housing development
could be had for about $200,000 - $225,000 in Adelaide a year ago.
So they're not exactly equivalent, but they're close enough for the points
I was trying to get across in my email message. The difference between the
cost of a glider and the cost of a house is a multiplication factor less
than 2 (and quite close to 1). The difference between the cost of a glider
and the cost of a house is a multiplication factor closer to 5 or 6.
Let's face it, when you can pay around $80k for a Holden or Ford,
gliders seem cheap
Egad. $80k is what you'd pay for a 3-year old Porsche, or a brand new
SAAB, or two entire brand-new Hiluxes. I can't imagine who'd pay that
kind of cash for a Holden or Ford. What would you be getting for your
money? A Commode with leather seats? Yukko!
- mark
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