In you're new Obamobile..
Posted on 04/19/2009 3:55:41 PM PDT by Son House
I’ll buy a new vehicle from GM when I get the receipt showing that as a taxpayer, I am also a shareholder in their company. In other words....never again.
he's going to make us all grab the third rail (of fascist socialism).
I don't know. They are still running around in 1950's cars in Cuba.
I've decided to stockpile old Suburbans to drag me over the finish line.
There is a big Dealership that is closing down lots of it’s branches
Yes. I had to replace one that was only 19 years old. And the 13 year old car is probably only good for another 2 or 3 years. If you like nice looking cars in good shape, you probably should put your car on the used market after 15 years or so, no matter how well it is running.
Maybe not forever, but I've been driving the same Ford F150 since 1995 and I'm planing on another decade.
Cheap tags and insurance also :-)
I think Houston has too many of them. You can’t go down the freeway without seeing one.
As a side note, this truck has the 300 CI straight 6 and it gets 20-22 MPG on the Hwy. That was the last year they made that great engine. Love my truck.
it’s also darkest.. when it’s pitch black
IMHO, “storm” may be a mild term.
Everyone’s a wise guy.
You must be an engineer.
LOL.
touche.
Boy, everyone is on a roll tonight.
An 0bamabile with ALL the accessories as shown would be fine for approximately 15 years.
They do if one is unemployed or retired and has nowhere to drive. I have an uncle who retired years ago with a 1984 Pontiac. It's always garaged, and it goes to the grocery store once a week.
Since I retired, I buy gas maybe once a month, and see no reason why the present car will not last ten more years. I had a co-worker whose old Dodge hit 248,000 miles a couple of years ago. It has been repainted, and had a timing chain replaced, but it's still in daily use. 248,000 miles is the approximate distance to the Moon, for a sense of proportion.
I suspect people are realizing that we never NEEDED a new car. We WANTED one. We THOUGHT it was an essential. But present engines and power trains rarely fail any more, and with E-Coated frames, they do not even rust out. If the car I am driving is crushed by a big meteor or something, I'll just replace it for a dime a pound. If Chrysler goes down, those cute PT Cruisers will be real bargains.
Dark humor
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