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Replying to: dieselone (Apr 11, 2008 8:28 am) No the large trucks are not going to disappear off the face of the earth because there is a real basic need for a certain number of them. But the 'image buyers' will no longer buy just because 'I gotta have a truck'. What is equally likely IMO is that those that have a real but limited need for a truck will keep the current one for purely truck duties and purchase something more efficient as a daily driver. There will no auto-re-upping from truck to truck to truck. The net result will be one less truck sale for the 6 main truck makers. Repeat 100,000 times until that hardcore nugget of truck-only buyers is reached. It's like peeling away and peeling away the fruit off a peach until the hard center is found. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Apr 11, 2008 10:23 am) |
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Fewer people already are buying pickups. In 2004, Ford sold 900,000+ F-150s. Last year, they sold about 500,000.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Apr 11, 2008 9:48 am) Well a 4.6 powered f-150 probably is far from the most capable pickup. The power to weight ratio of that truck is probably close to that of your Silverado. I don't think a 4.6 powered F150 is rated to tow much more than 5,000-6,000lbs, probably inline with your '85 Silverado. |
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Replying to: 1stpik (Apr 11, 2008 6:01 pm) You'd have to look at the whole market. Lots of reasons truck sales are down, fuel prices is just one reason. The housing slow down etc, is another.
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Replying to: dieselone (Apr 11, 2008 6:10 pm) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Apr 11, 2008 10:23 am) I'd say gas would have to hit $6-7 today for me to consider a different or additional fuel efficient vehicle. We do a pretty good job of living below our means, so energy prices have had very little effect on our finances. We're fortunate that my wife has a company car, so we don't have to pay for her gas for her commute and her personal use fees are minimal. I bought the Suburban used with fairly low mileage, put 1/2 down and paid it off in less than 3 years. When I buy another, I'll buy it used too. No way will I give Ford or GM $50k of my money. I'll find a one or two year old model used for 1/2 that amount and pay cash or find a low interest loan for a few years. That way I can have a solid tow vehicle and still comfortably afford our summer hobbies of camping and boating. |
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Replying to: ny540i6 (Apr 09, 2008 7:59 pm) I believe I said from walking out my front door in the morning to walking back in in the evening was 9 hours. Its a little less than an half hour round trip. |
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Replying to: bumpy (Apr 11, 2008 11:21 am) I just came back from running errands. First to the bank, which is about 4 miles away, and then to the AAA office, which is about 7 miles away, but in the opposite direction. Total trip was 22.5 miles, which cost me $3.89 just in fuel. I could've renewed my AAA membership online, saving 14 miles. However, I had a $50 rebate voucher that I could only use if I went to the office. I could probably coax 12 mpg out of my '85 Silverado on that same run. However, it has a preference for high octane, and would come out to about 30 cents per mile. Or about 3.3 miles per dollar. That same errand would've cost about $6.75 if I used the truck! Now I know these dollar amounts are fairly petty in the overall scheme of things. But they do add up. I remember back in the days before I bought my Intrepid, when paying more than $1.25 per gallon was rare, running around in something like my '68 Dart only came out to 9-10 cents per mile. Back in those days, it just didn't seem like all that much money, even accounting for inflation. Hmm, "those days". This was just back in the 90's! I must be getting old...
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