I don’t like SUVs. I tend to like smaller, sporty cars that handle better. I hate the handling of trucks and SUVs and their ride is often inferior to cars as well. But if I did love SUVs I would have LEAPT at the bargains being offered during the oil crisis. They were selling SUVs for $12,000 and $15,000 below MSRP on the bigger loaded models. What a bargain. Get $12,000 off regular price and the gas hit is only $8,000 over the lifetime of the vehicle compared to a gas miser at $4/gallon. Instant saving of $4,000 to drive a safer, more comfortable vehicle. When gas drops back to $3/gallon the savings will be more like $7,000.
For a while there I REALLY wished I was the SUV type. Oh well...
We have an oil bubble and what do we do. We layoff tens
of thousand of workers.We destroy the only part of the U.S.
auto industry that was profitable.Also,we further destroyed
the aviation industry,if that’s even possible.
I am the SUV type and have been grinning ear to ear. I understand the economics of getting cheap used Suburbans from Clinton voting soccer moms panicked by Henny Penny types only to watch the bubble burst and not only pay pennies on the dollar for the truck, but enjoy the benefits of lower fuel at the same time.