On May 13, 12:17=A0am, ray <rollingviolat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Bailey B wrote:
> > Just saw a network news story stating that many dealers will no longer
> > accept SUV's as trade in. =A0 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. =A0
>
> > For many the fuel costs exceed your SUV car payments. =A0 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. =A0Maybe you can sell it to a scrap iron dealer.
>
> Sure. =A0Good luck moving a fridge in your Prius. =A0I 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. =A0When I need
to
> go to Home Depot or the dump or the junkyard or helping someone move, I
> take the ugly old truck. =A0When 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. =A0I just prefer
> driving a car vs a longbox pickup with lousy brakes and a lousy stereo
> in rush hour ...
>
> Ray
The lousy stereo is easily fixed, but you also forgot "that POS twin I-
beam suspension" unless unlike apparently 90% of the pickup buyers in
my area, you didn't buy a Ford.
Having occasionally driven the Ugly Truck in semi-urban traffic,
however, I agree that I can't understand why someone would actively
choose to do that every day. Sure, you *can,* just like you can drink
cheap beer, but what are you really gaining from the exercise?
What I really don't understand is why the half-ton truck is the de
facto standard pickup truck. For everything for which I actually need
my truck, I find myself wi****ng that I'd been able to find a cheap
used 3/4 ton so I didn't feel like I was overworking the one that I
have.
nate
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