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**ziggy29** · 05-15-2008, 08:48 AM

I think a lot of people are missing the point, or at least part of it. Yes, on the cutting edge the "payoff" approaches "never" for a lot of people. You could buy a $5000 old guzzling beater and you'd still come out ahead after 10 years, maybe 20.

But as future development costs come down, we may start seeing economies of scale making these things actually competitive if not a compelling buy. Yeah, they don't make much sense to buy now for most people, but it's worth keeping an eye on, since you don't know what the cost will be in a few years when it's time to buy a new car.

05-15-2008, 08:48 AM	#12
ziggy29 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 7,253	I think a lot of people are missing the point, or at least part of it. Yes, on the cutting edge the "payoff" approaches "never" for a lot of people. You could buy a $5000 old guzzling beater and you'd still come out ahead after 10 years, maybe 20. But as future development costs come down, we may start seeing economies of scale making these things actually competitive if not a compelling buy. Yeah, they don't make much sense to buy now for most people, but it's worth keeping an eye on, since you don't know what the cost will be in a few years when it's time to buy a new car. __________________ "Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)