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Interesting article
Haven't seen this posted before.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...01/153497.html
Sort of sums up my thoughts.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...01/153497.html
Sort of sums up my thoughts.
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Why do people think it is advantageous to raise your car payment $100 or more per month in order to save $50 per month in gas costs? Unless your vehicle is used daily to drive a long distance to work, you'll never make up the difference in payments. Of course, I agree with high mileage vehicles for kids going off to college, and trying to stretch a dollar as much as possible, but in my family the college students are going to get a secondhand car. Forget the new 60 mpg vehicle. They can use a Ford Escort, get 30 mpg and not have a car payment!!
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who ever can afford brand new suv's and trucks (like my dad) can also afford the gas in them. makes no diifernce to them, $1, $5 or $10 a gallon.
for me, no one has ever asked me, when they sell a truck, its not like i have the option of the "power" model or the "mpg" model.
lets get 2 f250's out there, one with a high mpg engine and one with a powerful engine, equally priced and lets see then which will sell more.
until then, all anyone is comparing is suv/truck sales to car sales for if people want high mpg cars or not. i don't care how high mpg a little box gets, i won't drive it, sits to low and is to small.
for me, no one has ever asked me, when they sell a truck, its not like i have the option of the "power" model or the "mpg" model.
lets get 2 f250's out there, one with a high mpg engine and one with a powerful engine, equally priced and lets see then which will sell more.
until then, all anyone is comparing is suv/truck sales to car sales for if people want high mpg cars or not. i don't care how high mpg a little box gets, i won't drive it, sits to low and is to small.
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People don't care about the cost of gas. I drive on the SF Bay area's busiest freeways, and I keep it around 70 mph. I'm the slowest vehicle, except for big trucks. I get passed by virtually everyone. If they cared about gas, they'd slow down.
So I do not believe that Americans care about the price of gas. And that's why it keeps going up.
So I do not believe that Americans care about the price of gas. And that's why it keeps going up.
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You guys all have pretty good points. I think what they mean is that the people who want small econoboxes have to buy something other than Ford or GM, even though both Ford and GM sell just exactly that sort of car everywhere else. People who want or need trucks and SUVs are going to keep buying them, but there are people who really do buy small cheap cars new (I'm one of them). Actually there's a lot of them. Most of those small cars are not only less expensive to run but usually also to buy (Ford Fiesta and Courier both sell new in Mexico for what would be about $10K here).
But, yeah, I'll agree--people sure don't drive like they're worried about gas prices.
But, yeah, I'll agree--people sure don't drive like they're worried about gas prices.
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I think there are plenty of people looking for fuel efficient cars, and they end up buying Japanese models most of the time. Not everyone wants or needs a big SUV, but I agree that it makes no sense to lose your shirt to dump the gas hog and end up not saving that much overall.
I've always had older, less fuel efficient cars for my kids to drive. I can buy a lot of gas for what I save on car payments and insurance for those cars.
I've always had older, less fuel efficient cars for my kids to drive. I can buy a lot of gas for what I save on car payments and insurance for those cars.
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I agree to. I drive a 2003 Ranger 2.3 and was going to trade it in for a 4.0 last December but my insurance was going to go up $50. I'm glad I didn't do it since gas has jumped up so high. Plus I just paid of my 2.3. So now I'm going to drive it till the wheels fall off and put monthly payments that I would have paid on that 4.0 into savings and go on one hell of a vacation next year.