pfarrell;490938 Wrote: 
> Howard Passman wrote:
> > The auto industry should be interesting in the next few years, but
> > there are federal laws in the U.S. regarding how long parts
> availability
> > must be. 
> 
> The parts were available. It was just that the car was only worth
> about
> $5K and so paying $2K for the headlights made no sense.
> 
> The Feds can say you must offer the part for sale, but they can't say
> that a person driving a 10 year old car will decide it makes sense to
> buy it.
> 
> -- 
> Pat Farrell
> http://www.pfarrell.com/


It's actually amzaing how many new cars can be totalled by the firing
of the airbags.  If I had to have bought a $300 key for my 69 Volvo back
in the day, that would have totalled it for me.  Or for that matter the
new run flat tires.  How many folks really want to pay to replace those
monsters...


-- 
Howard Passman

Can I go home now?
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