Right, but you could justify the cost of a computer based on productivity. --- On Thu, 7/29/10, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Stephen Russell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Time to buy your $41,000 Chevy Volt > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 9:35 AM > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:39 AM, > Michael Madigan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Here's another calculation taken off the Hot Air > website > > > > Lets do some math: > > > > Chevy Volt: $41,000 (True Cost) > > Honda Civic: $20,000 (Average build) > > Difference: $21,000 > > > > Gas: $2.45/gal (in Oklahoma City) > > > > The difference in price would buy 8,571.43 > gallons of gas. The Civic gets an average of 29 miles to the > gallon. That’s 248,581.47 miles on the price difference. > > > > Assuming the average driver drives 12,000 miles a > year, AND you only drive the Volt on the 40 mile range of > it’s battery, using no gas, you’d have to own the Volt > for 20.7 years to justify the price difference in gas > savings. How long’s that warranty again? > ----------------------- > > The first people to buy these cars will do so for > ego. I am seen in > this new car. People will ask ME about MY car. > As sales volume picks > up the parts costs will come down giving the price in 2,3,4 > years out > much easier for regular people to afford. > > Computers were the same way. We paid between two > thousand dollars + > for XT, AT, 286, 386,.. computers. Today they are > 400-1500. > > > -- > Stephen Russell > > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > CIMSgts > > 901.246-0159 cell > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
