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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:08 PM Original message |
Dealers see SUV glut as drivers trade in gas guzzlers |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good news, retire the gas guzzlers and WE ALL are better off |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The same thing will happen now that happened in the 70s |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I think there is one thing that changes that dynamic |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And now the cars own the people................. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Many is not most |
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4waterfalls (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. At least it is a start |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Welcome to DU |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. I don't know a single person who leases a car |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Hopefully this time ... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Deja vu. |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Nah, they would just stick with the running out of oil theme and... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm keeping mine, I owe more than it's worth as a trade-in and I don't |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Many people are upside-down. You're not alone. |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Please consolidate your trips |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. MountainMan already said he drives it very little |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Mountain Man is a good man then |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was way ahead of this trend |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. My wife and I were talking about this a few weeks ago. |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Never owned one, never saw a need to. While our children were growing up, |
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PghTiny (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Nowadays, the only wagons you see come from Europe |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. dodge magnum |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Station wagons are now called "Crossovers". Same vehicle type, new name. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Me neither. I have about the oldest car in town - my 1988 Accord. |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think I'd ever buy an SUV. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Should get themselves Jeep Patriots |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Called the Jeep Compass in the US and only started to be sold in 2007 |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. No - not that wimpy looking effort |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. MId-sized pick up truck |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. One of the comments on the SFGate article .... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. More UAW layoffs comming soon. Those union jobs won't be comming back. nt |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Umm...I dunno...almost big enough to live in... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yep my friend bought a Landrover which got 6mpg on highway |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. 6 mpg? Fully loaded tractor-trailers get that for mileage n/t |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. And I thought my friend's parents were insane with their 8 mpg Hummer. nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Lacking SUVs, what will the penis challenged male use now to compensate? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. i suspect they might start bragging about who spends the most money |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Great! Maybe everyone can get one cheap to LIVE in!!!!11!1 nt |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Hah hah! |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
34. Didn't see this coming 7 years ago while the Bush Administration begged ... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. ..but Iraqi oil was going to pay for the war.....we pay at the pump |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
38. Trade your Corvette for a fuel-efficient...Suburban! |
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