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ronn · 03-26-2017, 05:14 PM

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first off we have a big difference in your personal economy. Today the relative cost of a car to you living expenses is much higher. With the abundance of loans cars, houses, education have all increased in their cost.

absolutely true!

but in what you got............. model A's did not have A/C, roadsters and phaetons, pretty much no glass, no air shocks, no safety features- you were buying so much less. would a model A engine run you 300k miles in it's lifetime? not wo many rebuilds.
so my point, comparing apples and oranges.

can make the same comparison on housing................. how many people in 1930 had a 4 bdrm house, with 3 baths, 2 fireplaces, A/C and a 3 car garage?
what many consider the norm today................

03-26-2017, 05:14 PM	#6
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 7,647	Re: what was it like to buy a new model a? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) first off we have a big difference in your personal economy. Today the relative cost of a car to you living expenses is much higher. With the abundance of loans cars, houses, education have all increased in their cost. absolutely true! but in what you got............. model A's did not have A/C, roadsters and phaetons, pretty much no glass, no air shocks, no safety features- you were buying so much less. would a model A engine run you 300k miles in it's lifetime? not wo many rebuilds. so my point, comparing apples and oranges. can make the same comparison on housing................. how many people in 1930 had a 4 bdrm house, with 3 baths, 2 fireplaces, A/C and a 3 car garage? what many consider the norm today................