I don't think anything at all because that's too damned vague. It's almost as useless as "the price of a college education" which could mean anything from community college through a PhD at a private university. OK, it probably means a BS, but there's still the range of resident tuition at a state school through ivy league.
When I say/hear that something costs the price of a "foo", I figure since it's a comparison I will assume the price of a new car and not a decked-out luxury car or a beater, though of course you can buy cars anywhere in that range of prices.
My bucket is probably centered around $20K too, and it is a useful metric kind of like "the price of a refrigerator" or "the price of a house" are. is it bigger than a breadbox? does it cost as much as a car?
Mind you, *I* wouldn't pay that much for a car, unless it were the only way to get a reliable efficient hybrid. But I have the impression that most new cars are in that range.
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forgotten_aria) wrote2009-06-30 04:15 pm
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My bucket is probably centered around $20K too, and it is a useful metric kind of like "the price of a refrigerator" or "the price of a house" are. is it bigger than a breadbox? does it cost as much as a car?
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I know a few people who could easily say 'the price of a car' and mean 60k
And a few who wouldn't dream that a car could ever cost that.
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Which works out to a few K up to maybe $30K. I tend to center on $10K if pressed.
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