People and cars are funny, it sometime goes against the what we think. I have a 94 Ford Aerostar and it has run very well with few problems. My daughter has a 06 Ford and it has had one problem have another.
I have friends who after this summer of high gas prices traded in a Honda for another SUV for the wife to do stop and go driving around town. Crash safety being an issue for them. I have a Prius which they liked, but my first Prius was totaled after a 25 mph front end collision with a Chevy Blazer.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Auto Bailouts
We have nobody to blame but ourselves.
Was it 77 or 78 when we had the gas shortage. Carter declared war, and many laughed. The auto makers made some fuel efficient cars and we never bought them (remember the change in the Firebird). Then there was the rise of trucks and SUV's, it seem to me they were giving us what we wanted, or was it the advertising. There wasn't really any need until now to have all those fuel efficient cars, they were making money and stock prices were high. Retooling cost money and the they weren't seeing any demand that wasn't already being met and the SUV's where still selling well. So was the business model bad, not quick to change, or is the issue with the UAW, or are the consumer to be faulted for not caring about fuel savings until now. Then if sales drop off a cliff and credit stops you really have no were to go.
Was it 77 or 78 when we had the gas shortage. Carter declared war, and many laughed. The auto makers made some fuel efficient cars and we never bought them (remember the change in the Firebird). Then there was the rise of trucks and SUV's, it seem to me they were giving us what we wanted, or was it the advertising. There wasn't really any need until now to have all those fuel efficient cars, they were making money and stock prices were high. Retooling cost money and the they weren't seeing any demand that wasn't already being met and the SUV's where still selling well. So was the business model bad, not quick to change, or is the issue with the UAW, or are the consumer to be faulted for not caring about fuel savings until now. Then if sales drop off a cliff and credit stops you really have no were to go.
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