Re: SUV's and pickups worthless?

Bailey B wrote:
> Just saw a network news story stating that many dealers will no longer
> accept SUV's as trade in.   Their mileage is so poor no one wants them.
> One dealer accepted one SUV a month ago. In that month no one has even
> asked to test drive it.  
> 
> For many the fuel costs exceed your SUV car payments.   Based on this
> news re****t, It appears that your SUV or full size pickup is either
> worth nothing now as a trade in or you will get almost nothing for it
> selling it yourself.  Maybe you can sell it to a scrap iron dealer.
> 

Sure.  Good luck moving a fridge in your Prius.  I won't pay $50k or 
whatever idiotic prices they want for a new truck, but I ain't getting 
rid of my old one either just because gas is expensive.  When I need to 
go to Home Depot or the dump or the junkyard or helping someone move, I 
take the ugly old truck.  When I commute to work... I don't usually.

The interesting side of that is my old truck costs a lot less to insure 
than a car - about 1/2 of what the Beretta does, so even at 1/2 the 
mileage, it's still about the same overall net cost.  I just prefer 
driving a car vs a longbox pickup with lousy brakes and a lousy stereo 
in rush hour ...

Ray