Posted on 11/23/2005 11:03:55 AM PST by Flavius
I'm still waiting, the prices are falling.
My guess is Terry Jackson is trying to sell his SUV! :~)
Not.. That much of a shocker. Ford and GM couldn't get rid of the proliferate gas guzzlers fast enough, for cheap with zero interest, to some fool that probably can't afford to pay for the gas. And yes it hits women and minorities worse. Who could resist a great deal on an H-2?
Me, too. But Don't wait too long, the good ones will be scarfed up and the lemons will be left..........
Let's make a deal. I'm game if the people who don't drive them would stop their arrogant gleefulness when gas prices go up and they start PMS'ing about the people who drive those gas guzzlin monstrosities.
I have a three-year old Expedition and am looking at trading up to a new one, for exactly this reason.
Now brand new SUVs are going for less than I was seeing three years ago.
I thought about trading my 01 Durango in for an 04 and would have taken a big hit on the trade in.
Home run, dude.
Not interested...even if gas goes down to $1.30 a gallon.
It's only going to be a temporary low.
Nope. No SUV for me..unless it's a hybrid.
Considering the profit margins for the manufacturer, it'll never be an SUV for me, even a hybrid :)
Dudette. Thanks. Doesn't that get annoying? I love my Mountaineer!
At the same time, those trade-in SUVs and trucks are worth much less and I would expect many people to be upside down on the value. The reason seems to be that the car manufacturers gave large discounts on the news vehicles which drove used vehicle prices into the gutter.
I've been looking for a year for a Toyota Sequoia to replace our 4-Runner. My wife is a stay-at-home mom and drives about 7,000-9,000 miles a year. At $3 a gallon gas the prices were still kind of high. I've just noticed the prices of used ones coming down within the last couple of weeks.
Dudette it is then.
Yes, I've had driven many vehicles over the years and my 4Runner is by far my favorite.
I'd never buy. Four figures of my money to the manufacturer for the privilege of driving their vehicle? Nope. I've just got things I'd rather do with my money. Plus the insurance and repair costs are also a turn-off. If I actually needed to off-road and/or haul a payload, that would be different. But to just go from point A to point B safely and inexpensively, it's a fuel-efficient stripper for me :)
Gas has been up and down for the past 35 years that I've been driving.
If you are so good at foreseeing the future, you should start playing the futures market.
Unless your one of those people who always acts like they know everything and really know nothing.
If you need the space, for work or family, and do some towing, there's really no substitute, and so there is going to be a market for them. I recently rented a Ford Expedition to take my and my sister's family, plus two elderly aunts (five adults, two seniors and one toddler), up to the Blue Ridge Parkway for fall color, and the mileage was better than I expected ... around 20 mpg on the interstate, so they're not as profligate as people make them out to be. Plenty of power and room, so I can see why people want them, but I'd hate to have to dock that big barge in a parking lot every single workday. The mirrors alone seemed two feet wide, lol.
But, if you're a soccer mom (or dad) who's just too embarassed to drive a minvan, well, it doesn't make economic sense. These are the people who will be trading into a more economical "crossover" like the Ford Freestyle.
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