Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well you were rich!

I really shouldn't have said there were no "affordable" ones but more like they are just as affordable now as back then. If you adjust for inflation that affordable 1990 Miata costs about $1,000 less than one today. For that $1,000 more for the newest you get a whole pile more car.
Sure the lower prices look great but the wages were at about the same level so in the long run it is a wash.
Great to sit here and say "Oh those cars were half what they cost now" when the average income was only 40% of what it is now. You know what I mean better than many.

Shush, keep that yourself, or nobody will read any more of my "poor farm boy" back-in-the-day stories.

Oh yes, I remember working at hard labor for $1.00 per hour, cigarettes were $.25 a pack, cokes were .05 cents a bottle, gas was .24 cents a gallon. My real first full time job paid a base pay of $216 per month.

DAMN - that made me tired - it's past time fer ma nap.

[ichitaka05]

Anyone know where I can buy mini-b cable? More specific, I need 8ft left angle mini-b to mini-b cable. I’m trying to look high & low, but my google-fu sucks today

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Anyone know where I can buy mini-b cable? More specific, I need 8ft left angle mini-b to mini-b cable. I’m trying to look high & low, but my google-fu sucks today

monoprice?

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by soundman98

monoprice?

My friend said the same. I looked and no luck... so my wife said fuck it and she just shoved like 10ft of cable into rear passenger C pillar

She’s def more manlier than me lol

[soundman98]

i'm not exactly sure which mini-b cable type you're referring to...

[weederr33]

I'm hooked on this guy's videos lol

[Ultramaroon]

Granddaughter's birthday dinner. Taught all the kids the helium trick with leftover balloons. Good times.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by weederr33

I'm hooked on this guy's videos lol

Ya they are fun.

[Sapphireho]

Stomach is finally feeling a bit better, so time to get to that sushi!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I happened to have looked up the 1985 MR2 out of curiousity.

Average car in 1985 was $11,496.
Base MR2 was $10,999 but there really were no "base models" sold at least in the US. They were closer to $12,000.

Miata was eight and some change on Guam when they first came out.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Miata was eight and some change on Guam when they first came out.

In the bay area dealers were marking them up 40 to 50% when they first came out, and idiots were buying them at that price.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

According to the old Google:
The average full size sedan in 1990 was $9,000. Compact $6000. Miata $13,000
The average full size sedan in 1999 was $16,000. Compact car $12,500. Miata $20,000.

Cheap compared to the big name sports cars maybe but not cheap compared to the average.

Average price of full size car in 2019: $35,250
Cost of 2019 Miata: $26,500

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

In the bay area dealers were marking them up 40 to 50% when they first came out, and idiots were buying them at that price.

I remember soon after I tried to sit in one, discovering how much mainland dealers were marking them up. Insult to injury. I have never been more disgusted at being too tall than I was at that very moment.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Granddaughter's birthday dinner. Taught all the kids the helium trick with leftover balloons. Good times.

HB to your granddaughter -

What is the helium trick?