Gas Prices making a dent ... finally!

Actually, he may be right about some GM/Ford/Dodge truck buyers, but he has no idea why he's right. Some people require cargo accessories that may not exist yet for the Tundra, for carrying stuff like ladders, etc. And, what's the arrangement with 4 wheels in the back called? Not available on Tundra.

But, these people are not the majority.

You draw some rather bizarre conclusions from your observations. If a single guy gets married and has a kid, and then trades in his Toyota pickup, do you suppose it's because he didn't like the truck? Or, could there be another reason? Read sentence #2 several times if the answer eludes you.

If it still eludes you, then you are a living example of why the No Child Left Behind idea is a good one.

Thank you for supporting what I have been saying all along. Toyota makes good dependable vehicles but so do most other manufactures today. Your last paragraph says it all. The premium that one must pay to buy ANY of Toyota products, compared to what is available on the market, does not justify any perceived advantage they may offer the average new car buyer. One of the buff mags came to the same conclusion when they did head to head tests of a V6 Camry and five other comparable midsized vehicles. They rated the Camry SIXTH because of the $7,000 premium it cost was not worth any advantage it may have had over the others. Four of the others outperformed the Camry in their test. That is the reason I personally no longer buy Lexus V8s. I have bought other luxury cars that have proven to me to be just as dependable, for thousands of dollars less to own annually, than when I was buying Toyota products. In fact when I first switch from Lexus to a domestic I saved enough money to cover nearly the total cost of a second vehicle that I bought from the dealership. To me the total costs of ownership are only the acquisition cost, insurance, scheduled maintenance, fuel and replacement vehicle cost, I haven't needed to repaired any car domestic or foreign for many years

You can believe whatever you wish but in all my years in retail I can affirm that the last question a customer will ask before signing on the bottom line is 'How much is my monthly payment?' ;).

mike hunt

"dh" wrote in message news:1128574967.c01a6f598ab8095605b8755b9afe29ad@teranews...

I see you sniped the bulk of my post when your replied, did the facts get in the way? As to your suggestion the guy may have needed a larger truck, one can only wonder why did he not buy a larger Toyota truck? ;)

mike hunt

I don't own a truck and the Hemi' is not really a hemi head engine. But it does have bigger balls than a Tundra and for less money. ;)

mike hunt

Mike Hunt

---------------- Mike H. I always take your reasoning with a grain of salt. After all you are the same guy who said he drives big RWD vehicles because they are safer compared to FWD cars. And in the next breath, said you rode motorcycles up until you were in your 70's ???

It costs DC the $AME to make the hemi as it does the regular engine they put in their vehicles. So basically they're selling suckers (not unlike yourself) a ($10,000) set of those rubber testicles Natalie was talking about.

The Hemi (pure profit) is the ONLY reason DC is not in the same crying game as Ford and GM right now. But given time, people will figure out they've been had (hemi-ed). And DC will be right back with the other 2 'mericans. Sweeet..!

CP

You are assuming he wanted a truck as his next car. You can assume absolutely NOTHING about a car you see in a used car lot.

And, it's "snipped", not "sniped".

Seems like you may be spending too much time on the net LOL

mike hunt

Beats me I always buy new. Why would anyone want to buy anything that someone else did not want? ;)

mike hunt

As others have suggested, I think it's time for you to start backing up your wild claims with facts from organizations whose job it is to provide useful data. Powers & Associates would be one. Magazines are useless unless they get their data from a source that's skilled at collecting it. And, what you've said about your service business - pointless, too. You only saw the broken cars, so you have no data on the ones you did NOT see.

Ya think?

Natalie

I'm NOT - they're little black sacks shaped like testicles

Like I said - sad

Natalie

Actually, if I were shopping for a big, wasteful vehicle, I'd go domestic - nobody does that better - not even the Japanese

Natalie

Where's "around here"?

They're lined up like fat soldiers at all the dealerships around here - the morons have finally noticed that their Escalades and Navigators really, honestly do NOT get 25 mpg as they hoped they would, and that the 12 mpg figures on the window stickers were not invented by tree hugging vegetarian East Coast commie elitist scientists. :-)

"Doug Kanter" >

North Carolina...need I say more?

Natalie

LOL - some don't mind paying a fortune for gas, when they can strut their genital inadequacies around for all to see. My hubby drives a sub-compact; no issues there ;-)

In Phoenix, I saw one of those 6-tire monstrosities, with the vanity plate "NTBGENF" No kidding, micro-man

Natalie