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04-29-2018, 02:01 PM | #57 |
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SMH at the ongoing vehicle arms race. Makes me sick. Fuck insecure ignorant bitches of either gender driving SUVs because "safety."
Grrr!... That is all.
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You mean like how gas prices have been climbing through April? Regular in Pa. is at $3 a gallon or just a little over that. Heard a clip from a podcast and they say it's because the economy is stronger now and more people are out and about, highest demand for gas in April since April 2014 and that crude prices are also on the rise.
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04-29-2018, 05:39 PM | #59 | |
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We saw this in the US after the "cash for clunkers" deal. it killed the used car supply causing folks to move to new. Eventually it swung back the other way. You also see it when there is a huge lease fleet come on the market. This happened recently in Atlanta when all the Nissan Leafs that were basically free for a two year lease with "green" incentives. Now, they can't give the used ones away there are so many back off-lease. Last summer we bought my soon a 2 year old off-lease Ford Focus for just at 50% off the original sticker price, still with 10,000 miles left on the warranty. It would have been very hard to have justified buying a new one given that.
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Let's not forget the Gulf Coast has like the lion's share of petroleum refining capability in the US, a good hurricane + a random conflict involving one of the Persian Gulf states can easily make oil spike sky high. |
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Well, toyota and honda is still there.
Did you guys see the new avalon? Man that's a good car. Ford and us brand offering is so far behind comepare to the german/japanese auto makers on sedans.... I don't know what ford is smoking but the new camry is still the best selling car in the first quater of 2018 in US. Last edited by chaoskaze; 05-01-2018 at 07:03 AM. |
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Ford will stop selling cars by 2022...
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That's not because the Camry is a good car. It's because, generally, people who buy Camrys don't know any better because they've never had anything else. It's a car for people who want an appliance. just like my clothesdryer is an appliance to me. It does the job, but I don't care beyond that. They don't care. They just want a car. It's much easier to go to the Toyota dealer you've always gone to and trade it in for the same drink of beige than it is to go cross shopping. That takes effort. |
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Long thread!
The sedans probably went to fleets a lot and can be supplanted with CUVs and SUVs. With so many gears or CVT they are more efficient than ever. And high COG designs will be less so when fitted with varying degrees of electrification.
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Same thing with cars. Yes, you can buy a car that will get better mileage than your current car, but you'll almost assuredly spend more purchasing a newer car than any savings you realize in gas expenditure. Saving money is NEVER a reason to buy a newer car.
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My wife buys new cars because she sees a colour she like better than what she has! At least the last time I convinced her to dump the gas guzzling SUV for something a little more thrifty.
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This technology HAS to exist... right?
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