1967 vs. 2007

[427TJ]

1967: Johnny returns from his first tour of duty in Vietnam and buys a new '68 Hemi Road Runner with some of the money he saved while away.

2007: Johnny returns from his third consecutive back-to-back Iraq tour with hopes of buying a '08 Shelby Mustang. He learns that they have been speculated/hyped into the upper 50K's and decides he'd better just buy a Mustang GT and use the rest to pay the insurance premiums and the $3.90/gallon gas.

(Sorry if that edged toward the political.)