Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-16 Thread Terry Blanton
Jed Rothwell wrote: Terry explained to me that they can sell cars for more than the list price. I did not know that. It shows how little I know about cars. I suppose these high prices are caused by a shortage. They are planning to increase production, which should bring the price back down to

Re: Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-15 Thread Terry Blanton
From: Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] And social security, which is, what -- 7.5%? Don't forget that. Social security is 15.5% as any self-employed person knows. Corporations are required to pay half of their employees SS tax.

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: And please note that Jed's income numbers stopped at $116,666. If you look at larger incomes . . . No, that is the average for the top 20% of the U.S. That's everyone, including Bill Gates. This data was from several years ago (not sure when). The amounts for all 5

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-15 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Terry Blanton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $27k to $32k depending on location and political preference. :-) http://tinyurl.com/63t3m Bleah. I don't make enough to even begin to afford that. Most people out there drive used cars because they cannot afford a new one. Much less something like

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: $27k to $32k depending on location and political preference. :-) http://tinyurl.com/63t3m What do you mean $27,000? It says the base price is $21,000 or $19,000. (What does MSRP mean?) Plus you should get airbags for another $560. All the other stuff in packages 2

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry explained to me that they can sell cars for more than the list price. I did not know that. It shows how little I know about cars. I suppose these high prices are caused by a shortage. They are planning to increase production, which should bring the price back down to the list price.

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-14 Thread Horace Heffner
At 10:41 AM 4/14/5, Jed Rothwell wrote: These percentages are much too high. I should not try to quote these things off the top of my head. Here are the corrected figures as reported in the New York Times a few years ago. Income group, Average pretax income, Total government tax receipts, As a

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-14 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip glamourous description of Europe Then move there. My employers are German. They came here because it is increasingly hard to make a decent living there. I see them 5 days a week and they tell me all about it, whether I want to hear it or

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-14 Thread Terry Blanton
Kyle Mcallister wrote: Not to mention that most people cannot afford a Prius in any case. They are not cheap. $27k to $32k depending on location and political preference. :-) http://tinyurl.com/63t3m

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-14 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Horace Heffner wrote: At 10:41 AM 4/14/5, Jed Rothwell wrote: These percentages are much too high. I should not try to quote these things off the top of my head. Here are the corrected figures as reported in the New York Times a few years ago. Income group, Average pretax income, Total

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-13 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jed Rothwell wrote: See: http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/11/Autos/used_prius/index.htm QUOTES: Used Prius prices like new High gas prices, long waits bring used Prius prices above list price of a new model, study says. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Demand for the gas-electric hybrid Prius is so great

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-13 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fabulous! I've been saying for years (mostly to my long-suffering family) that the biggest thing wrong with the way our petroleum policy is run in this country is that there should be a federal gasoline tax which keeps the price per

RE: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-13 Thread Keith Nagel
Mcallister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:32 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium --- Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fabulous! I've been saying for years (mostly to my long-suffering family) that the biggest thing

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-13 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Kyle Mcallister wrote: --- Stephen A. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fabulous! I've been saying for years (mostly to my long-suffering family) that the biggest thing wrong with the way our petroleum policy is run in this country is that there should be a federal gasoline tax which keeps

Re: Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Kyle Mcallister writes: price per gallon in the $3 to $5 range, at a minimum. This is the stupidest thing I have heard in a while. Force the gas prices to be that high? How much do you make a year? Have any idea how this will affect the masses out there who make very little a year (while

Prius hybrids selling at a premium

2005-04-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/11/Autos/used_prius/index.htm QUOTES: Used Prius prices like new High gas prices, long waits bring used Prius prices above list price of a new model, study says. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Demand for the gas-electric hybrid Prius is so great that some used Priuses