The future of car buying: Don't supersize me

Yahoo Finance ^ | 09-10-09 | Tom Krisher,

[KYGrandma]

What kind of car can you fit three or four car seats? My daughter has three kids, 5, 2, 4 mo. She drives an Expedition because of it.

[shredderman]

What the heck is that?!? Looks like something I would scrape off the grill of my Ford Windstar, or my Aunt’s White/Volvo Semi-truck.........

[DustyMoment]

Big cars and trucks are out.

Uh-huh. The death of "big cars and trucks" has been announced many, many times in my lifetime and, yet, despite EVERYTHING that the enviroweenies do, "big cars and trucks" are still with us.

We need MORE big cars and trucks and FEWER enviroweenies and their leftist travellers.

[shooter223]

A politically correct street cleaner perhaps?

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I don't agree with the article's analysis at all. if you have kids to haul around you need a big car or truck. If you are just a young married couple or a really old geezer or geezeret you can do with a small car (assuming you don't mind taking a chance with a truck or bus in an accident.)

The other factor is that one has to haul things around on occasion, go on vacation, stuff several suitcases in the car + the dog which require a large vehicle or a light truck.

A large car is inherently more comfortable on a long trip also. This is a big country not a small European one which one can drive across in 7 or 8 hours.

[TxAg1981]

Big, Smelly DIESEL!!!

Those are my vehicles.

Obviously, the author wasn't talking about Texas, where the dealers STILL cannot keep enough pickups on the lot.
Besides, the older I get, the more weight I gain. Soon, even my Cummins-powered diesel pickup will strain under my weight...hahahaha
Oh, one more thing. My Dodge 2500 diesel regularly gets 22+mpg on my 72 mile commute through downtown Dallas.
So, you can get good mpg and have a towing monster pickup.

[willgolfforfood]

Looks like that 18-wheeler is going to be out the cost of a new headlight, too.

[jimt]

Yup. Sure describes my car.

[reagan_fanatic]

You shouldn’t throw lit cigarettes in your back seat.

[Fraxinus]

Despite what some of the idiots on this thread say, there will always be a market for small cars in this country. Rambler anyone?

Despite what libtards and envirowienies wish, there will always be a market for land yachts.

[Woebama]

9’ flyrod? Really?

[Manic_Episode]

I drive a 12 passenger 1 ton van to the mailbox.

[Darren McCarty]

The trend is strongest among baby boomers, who are 44 to 63 years old

Who have kids leaving the house or kids that have their own vehicles. My dad was 45 when I was 16 and 49 when I was out of the house for good and no longer a part-timer there. My mom still has the SUV to deal with the weather, but many may not want one with the kids gone.

[equaviator]

Yep. For you, 40 must be the new 75.

[sticker]

Yes really, a 9’ flyrod. I have one of the rod holders that hook onto the two sets of garment hooks(or what ever they call them)and the rod is out of the way and ready when we change locations.

[jimt]

Funny you should mention that !

30 or so years ago I was in the habit of tossing butts out the window, and one blew right back in and landed on the back seat. Didn’t start a fire or smoke, but it sure made me pull off the road in a hurry.

Now, fortunately, I’m not quite so stupid. I use the ashtray, always.

The place where I pulled that stunt now has a $1000 fine for that stupidity. Entirely appropriately, and a law I support.

[Woebama]

Towing requires power. But just having power to pull on and off the highway (when a 4 cylinder does fine for that) . . . or to collect speeding tickets . . . what’s the point? And my little 4 cylinder Camry runs rock steady at 95 mph.

[equaviator]

Oh-KAYY!...YOU CAN HAVE IT!

[Yardstick]

You gotta admit that thing is kind of cute.