SUV (Simply Unsellable Vehicle) BLUES

"With their 16-year-old son learning to drive and family trips to Tennessee costing $75 with every fill-up, the time became right to sell. Expecting it to be snapped up quickly — SUV sales surged 11 percent in the first quarter of 2004 — the couple bought a classified ad that practically gushed: Eddie Bauer, 4WD, 137K, one owner, 3rd rear seat A/C VG condition $8,500."

"But in the last month, the response has been underwhelming. The Curnicks have had just two lousy phone calls — one from a nosey reporter."

"When SUVs do sell, they're forced to settle for less money than the vehicle category fetched last year, said Alex Rosten, manager of pricing and market analysis for automotive Web site Edmunds."

LOVE IT

:applause:

:nopity:

Serves them right. Now try selling it at $6.00 / gallon.

No sympathy for these chumps.

You know, I hate them as much as the next guy (SUVs), but this broadbrushing is insane.

No, not really. :eyes:

Lots of luck selling that sadiron on wheels, boneheads!

The gass guzzling spoiled hogs deserve it!

Heck, any handyman equipped with a skilsaw and a couple rolls of duck tape could make the conversion in an hour or two. Just back that sucker right up to the house and let loose. :)

but no one wants to buy it! Why don't you want our crap?"

Ooh, an Eddie Bauer edition -- very studly (I can park it next to my Orvis Jeep Grand Cherokee).

mikey_the_rat

bought a car in a while, but that seems insane to me. I'm assuming that's an Explorer, but I guess it could be an Expidition, also, right?

Even if it weren't a gas hog, for an american car that's usually well into the range of iffy reliablity.

and dry up and quit urging us to buy what we never needed to begin with.

to have two cars paid off that are not SUVs and function very well for my family's needs.
Sorry; just had to be thankful for a moment. return........

You'll probably have to do the old "bugmenot.com" trick to bypass the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's inane registration policy, but it's worth it for the giggle. For example:



http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/0905/01suvwoes.html

Great investment, wasn't it?

Bwahahahahahahahaha.

No. Make that $75 if he leaves the "W" sticker on it.

About f'n time!

The really big cars with V8s in them. But hey, by the 2020's, they might be sold as classics, right?

I know that's ugly, but that's the way I feel right now.

Except for SMBOLISNCH, every one of you should (edited to keep from being deleted). You've got exactly the same attitude as anyone of those freeper idiots which puts every one of you on the same level.

Me, I'm superior. Me, I'm good as God. You made a different decision so you are shit.

Makes me embarrassed.

Any of you superior lifeforms stop to consider that your precious, ecologically correct tiny 1.8L won't do what some people need to do on a daily basis?

I know it's warm and dark in there, but pull your head out and look around.

I submit that most people who drive these big, dumb vehicles DON'T need to haul lots of stuff on a daily basis. OK, some people have businesses, and need them for that, and there's no problem there. But I'll bet that 90% of this "Oh, I have to carry all this and all that, and we live 20 miles up a dirt road where it snows all the time, and ... blah, blah....." is just crap.

In the transportation mix for the future: If you need to haul something, rent a truck. If you need to haul it every day, you're in business. Get a taxpayer ID#.

kids and a dog. Suppose you're still married like most of us blues are. That's five seats minimum, possibly one with a child seat.

Your options are a full size SUV or a mini van.

Ya' know what? The mpg difference between an anemic 2.2L mini and a full sized SUV is almost naught.

Why?

Both are classified as "light trucks". Light trucks have a different CAFE standard than "cars".

A v8 in a full sized car gets 29 hwy. In an PU truck it gets 17. Same weight vehicle, same horsepower, less performance 0-60 in the truck. Mini Van with 2.2L may get 19 mpg.

Why?

Car meets CAFE for passenger cars and has about $50 more in electronics to make the engine economical. For instance, the truck fires the injectors in banks of four. Half the fuel puddles in the intake, half arrives too late for peak firing. The car fires each cylinder independently at peak timing.

Save $50 a vehicle times 1.5 million vehicles and you're talking real money. The guy in charge of the 1997 T bird design team was fired because it came in $50 over budget. $50 on a $20,000 vehicle.

Just lighten up on people who for whatever reason drive what they drive.

Okay, ready for the first one to cast a stone . . .

> Mini Van with 2.2L may get 19 mpg.

SUV defenders *ROUTINELY* understate the mileage that minivans get.

My 10 year old, 3.8L, *CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS* Dodge Grand Caravan
routinely gets 25 highway.

And I once had a 1.44L sub-compact that towed a boat (a Hobie 16)
very happily.

Tesha

Admit it, you're only driving one for the POWER, dammit, the AWESOME HEADRUSH of POWER, and NO-ONE's gonna take that away from me!

Yes, I can look down on the puny mortals in their pathetic tin cans and LAUGH, Ha-Ha!

Try getting caught behind one...or working for a dumbass who bought one to deliver skids of printing.

DUH!

Enjoy the $4 a gallon gas, sport.

shit it is over used already

suv, moped what ever...its too many miles

the dopes that bought these things might have a place to live when they lose their houses in the coming depression.