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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 12:49pm | IP Logged | 1
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> Cost: about 3 times the present market value of the car. < ....!!??!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | 2
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I paid a pretty penny for the Jag, but over thirty years it has unavoidably dropped in market value. Presently the make and model lists for about 5% of what it originally cost me. (Before the accident, I could probably have asked more, if I had decided to sell it, due to its like-new condition and low mileage.)
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 1:13pm | IP Logged | 3
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Oh, okay... but, still... hmph!
You don't tool around much, eh? Little old man from Pasadena mileage?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 1:20pm | IP Logged | 4
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Working from home, and with the Jag mostly my “special occasions” car, over the three decades I’ve owned it I have racked up less than 50,000 miles!
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | 5
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4.5 miles driving per day on average over thirty years?
I walk 4-5 miles every day!
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John Byrne
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The milage is about the same on the PT Cruiser, which I drive more, but is a “newer” !
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | 7
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Received annual property tax bill for the Jag. $12.16!
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Paul Greer
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 5:27pm | IP Logged | 8
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Sorry to hear about the car troubles. I can
relate. Both the wife's and my car recently
took a dump at the same time. Not fun. I am
glad to know you weren't hurt in the
accident.
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Vinny Valenti
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For a moment I wondered "Property Tax on cars? Have I been dodging a tax all this time?" But just looked and saw that it's a Connecticut thing - NY and NJ don't collect property tax on vehicles.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 6:27pm | IP Logged | 10
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When I moved to CT in 1985 there was no sales tax. Then they took the tolls off Interstate-95, and the next thing we knew….
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Evan S. Kurtz
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| Posted: 28 June 2026 at 9:16pm | IP Logged | 11
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Incidentally, I’ve been driving for 30 years - since I was 16! - and I was never involved in so much as a fender bender until I bought my Tesla in 2018, at which point I was struck no fewer than three times in the span of two years. Twice rear-ended, and once my driver-side door got crushed by an illegally modded e-bike after my wife had left it slightly ajar and the biker clipped it with his foot rest.
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