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Date:         Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:18:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wilder's Law
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <908847.1110621298180.JavaMail.gbourne@brunch.mit.edu>
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Joy,

I think your second point runs afoul of 'pot odds' (If I can mix a poker term into Vanagon content), I mean, dropping $2000 dollars more in to a $2500 van is a big outlay... but if you are already into your van for $10000 (in purchase, repairs, upgrades and cushy modifications), you may be willing to go $2000 more (since you've already got that ten grand "in the pot").

Which, I guess, leads me back to my original point... is it a law about vanagons, or about people.

Sorry for the post-Friday philosophical rant, but I'm waiting for my other computer to finish a virus scan, and mentally prepping for a poker game tonight, and one thought just lead to another.

PS - None of the numbers quoted reflect the reality of my own '85 westie, or any required repairs thereto. I *very* carefully avoid adding up my total cost of ownership, because denial is a valuable, often underrated survival tool. :-)

Tim

At 04:54 AM 3/12/2005 -0500, Joy Hecht wrote: >Second, one would expect that the more the van costs to start, the less >the repairs should be after that, since presumably the cheap vans are >those that need more investment. So there would be some midpoint value >where the cost of the van and cost of initial repairs should be the same, >but for cheaper vans repairs should be higher, and for expensive vans they >should be lower.


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