SUV listings on AutoTrader.com up 40-50% from last year

[Roland99]

Over 1 million SUVs now listed on autotrader.com


Just saw that reported on NBC Nightly News.

[achtung_circus]

1. Any indication of what prices are doing? (can you say plummet?) nt

[Ready4Change]

3. Maybe not yet, but they will.

These are the fairly early ditchers. They're hoping to get a good price before the real stampede starts. It's right at the cusp right now, so maybe they will, maybe they wont.

But, at this point, I'll be fairly shocked to see sub $2 gas again. And I'll be surprised to NOT see $3 by years end. Expect dropping prices from a few months from now until, well, until you can get them for free.

[Squatch]

2. Nevermind...misread the OP.

My bad.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

4. Do you remember the tax credit for large SUV's

I don't know the tonnage. It encouraged a lot of business owners to buy them and what 2 years later gas prices go up 150%.

I feel bad for the poor middle class who got suckered into thinking they NEED SUV's for a whole assortment of reasons and now can't afford the gas. They are the one's who are truly losing, the auto makers made their money, the gas companies make their money and the middle class loses their money.

The timing of this is so incredible one has to wonder.

[Roland99]

6. I believe that was the plan all along

Pressure Greenspan and O'Neill for concessions to get the tax cuts through and then sit down in closed-door meetings with KennyBoy to find out how to raise oil/gas prices on a subtle but climbing level to start boosting oil company profits at the expense of Americans.

[Ian David]

5. Post an ad that says, "Hummer H2 for sale, $200. Not a misprint."

"I own a big gas-guzzling, global warming, Hummer H2 and I just want to get rid of the damn thing. It's yours for $200. First come, first served, no haggling."


* The H2 is the ultimate poseur vehicle. It has the chassis of a Chevy Tahoe and a body that looks like the original Hummer; i.e. it's a Chevy Tahoe in disguise.

* The H2 is a gas guzzler. Because it has a gross vehicle weight rating over 8500 lbs, the US government does not require it to meet federal fuel efficiency regulations. Hummer isn't even required to publish its fuel economy (owners indicate that they get around 10 mpg for normal use). So while our brothers and sisters are off in the Middle East risking their lives to secure America's fossil fuel future, H2 drivers are pissing away our "spoils of victory" during each trip to the grocery store.



* The H2 is a polluter. Based on G.M.'s optimistic claim that it gets13 mpg, an H2 will produce 3.4 metric tons of carbon emissions in a typical year, nearly double that of G.M.'s Chevrolet Malibu sedan.

* The H2 is a death machine. You'd better hope that you don't collide with an H2 in your economy car. You can kiss your ass goodbye thanks to the H2's massive weight and raised bumpers. Too bad you couldn't afford an urban assault vehicle of your own. Or could you...?

* The H2 is a tax loophole. Under Bush's new tax plan, business owners can deduct the entire cost of their $55,000 H2. If you are in the highest tax bracket, that's a tax savings of nearly $20,000! The government rewards you more savings for buying an H2 than you'd get for buying an electric car.

More:
http://www.fuh2.com/

[I_Make_Mistakes]

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