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James Dean crash on TV now!
On the National Geographic channel.
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02-25-2006, 09:06 PM
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good stuff. thanks
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'Caught the last half. Thanks.
Never heard of the question as to who was actually driving. I always did wonder if it was a matter of not being able to see a low silver car floating along on asphalt heat waves on a hot sunny day. A good report. My older sister bawled her eyes out when she heard. . $7k for that Spyder in '55...what would that figure be today's dollars? . Repeat: . http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/daily/20060225.html
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 No doubt. I was just asking about what '55 $7k would be now.
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Found it - normally I'm not this lazy.
'Figured you money guys could pop it off the top 'o yer heads.  . $7k in 1955 = $51,794.78 in 2006 dollars.  Sheese, no wonder we're concerned about money, eh? . For anyone's curiosity: . http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
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Don, you got me thinking about how Porsche values have corresponded with Inflation over years..so I went to this link:
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ and came up with this comparison between a purchase of a Carrera S in 2005 vs. 911 Turbo (there was no Carrera S in 1980)... pretty close actually....: "What cost $97000 in 2005 would cost $38194.11 in 1980. Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 1980 and 2005, they would cost you $97000 and $246346.91 respectively." For 2005 Turbo to 1980 Turbo: "What cost $115000 in 2005 would cost $45281.67 in 1980. Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 1980 and 2005, they would cost you $115000 and $292060.77 respectively." What did a 911 Turbo cost in 1980? I know that the 928 was about $40K (cause I saw Scarface and also Risky Business  "say hello to my little friend" 
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