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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 04:43 PM Original message |
As fuel prices plunge, car supply surges |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why does no one ever mention the money people are saving by not buying a new car |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Good point. Cars are made well enough these days, that unless you drive 80K a year, |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. i drove my 1997 toyotal corrolla |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My two vehicles each have over 180,000 and my wife's has around 140,000 |
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oldnslo (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. My 2001 Toyota Sienna has 123k on it |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. One of mine is foreign one is North American. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. yes. we do. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. The question is, are Americans stupid enough to now go back to gas-guzzling SUVs? I betcha they are |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They are, it is hard to convince the lemmings that everything is temporary |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Are they dumb enough to set up their lives so they rely on gas-powered vehicles in the first place? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. BOING BOING BOING |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. So what are reasonable transportation choices? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I have no clue what decisions you make, nice bait and switch. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I live close enough to places I need to go so a car is optional |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I and most people like myself don't have that option |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It is hard to convince the lemmings that everything is temporary |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. (sigh) Whatever. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. .. . and ever, amen |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. ........................... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-16-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Despite your indifference the question remains |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. What's wrong with SUV's or pick-ups? You don't like theml, don't buy one |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Global warming? Oil wars? Giving money to people that want to destroy us? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. This is DU, you must conform to the god TOYHONNIS or be excluded |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. There are just TOO MANY new cars produced.. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-15-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, they still buy new cars every few years |
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