Paul, I really think (and you have a point in the previous paragraph - but fact is, people often don't make common-sense deals when it comes to buying and selling cars; the same people will go out of their way to save 7 cents per gallon of gas, tho. Explain THAT!

But I really think the difficulty and expense of maintaining the car has a lot to do with it. I've seen (and I know you have) oh, so many people get frustrated and say, "I'v got to sell this car, it's just costing too much (in headaches and money) to keep it running." Now, no one in the North Georgia area that's part of our little group will say that, here the guys are doing my brakes while I'm working on sound systems in other cars: