Text 4695, 55 rader
Skriven 2005-01-09 08:54:06 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
   Kommentar till text 4685 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Motorcycles
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Robert Bashe -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> Both of my BMW motorcycles cost me more than I paid for my Toyota.
 DD>> They were new at purchase, the Toyota wasn't.

 RB> _Both_? Do you need one for each leg, or have you bolted them together
 RB> to have four wheels ;-)

Neither. Sometimes I ride one, other times I ride the other. The 750 is
designed more for touring (heavier bike, panniers, top box etc) while the 1100
is more sports bike, light weight and all go.

 DD>> My 1100 BM cost Au$18,000 when I bought it. Although one can buy a car
 DD>> for that, or less, they're rather low end models (Korean junk?).

 RB> Au$18,000 used to be worth the equivalent of around EUR 9,000 nowadays
 RB> (the DM was roughly equivalent to the Au$ as I remember), so that's a
 RB> heap of money...

It's only money Bob - it's worth nothing until negotiated. You can't take it
with you and it's devaluing all of the time, it's best to spend it ASAP.

BM are a little dearer than an equivalent Japanese bike, but heaps cheaper than
a Harley.

 RB> as for the cars, the market where you are may be better
 RB> for sellers than for buyers. Here in Germany, I can still get a small
 RB> car (like a Toyota Starlet) used, with not too many kms on it (up to
 RB> around 50,000) for less than that.

I'm sure used cars can be had cheaper here too, I was speaking of new ones.
Used bikes can be had for cheaper than new ones too.

 RB> The only Korean cars I know about are the KIAs, which are also sold here
 RB> but not in large numbers. Toyota is the major foreign brand in Germany,
 RB> and also has an excellent quality image - better than the German
companies.

Hyundai are very common here, as well as Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi and
Kia. Daewoo were being made in Australia under license by GM but they dropped
that last year. GM are sticking to Holden now it seems. There is the "local"
Ford range too.

We also see plenty of BMW and Mercedes, and quite a few Porsche 4WDs. SAAB and
Volvo are also plentiful.

The only US cars I tend to see are Jeep.

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Regards
David

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