Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Pickup trucks for city boys Date: 30 Aug 2025 05:02:23 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <1081cin$3kivt$1@dont-email.me> <2W2pQ.10557$uCGc.6020@fx14.iad> <108428t$7mtq$4@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net sBgTN5BcISNbf/kVdHJlLAtbrH3WIsJ7Df2tm+P91QHuP3BfO2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kH+vFOALbHLDAQ/tksG2VpJWWag= sha256:L1YHn2ACLuS1WIp87ZHofjRPO60XfbgSo2WDS2hU8KU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72704 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23333 On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:51:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-08-29, rbowman wrote: > >> When we were first married we bought an Audi on time in a misguided >> attempt to beef up our credit score. Went home, figured out how badly >> we were getting screwed, and paid it off in full. That's when we found >> out about the Rule of 78s. > > We bought our Honda CR-V on a lease-to-own plan. Looking back on it we > realized we had been screwed. After the Audi I only bought one car on time, a 1980 Camaro. I was riding by the dealership on my bicycle and saw a sign '$99 Down 0% Financing' through GMAC. I approached it like petting a rattlesnake but concluded it would work for me. The important word above is '1980'. The wheels were starting to come off the wagon and both the dealer and GM had an interest in disappearing 1980 vehicles before the 1981 model year. Good car but when the 3rd gen Firebird came out with a hatchback in '82 I was sold.