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    Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    Well, I hope those folks enjoy their huge trucks when gas goes back up to $4 a gallon and they're faced with the choice of filling up or feeding their family.


    The sob story doesn't sound quite as convincing when it's coming out of the mouth of somebody commuting 40 miles each way in a shiny new 12 MPG 2-ton triple-cab ultra Super-Duty Quadruple-Ram-Hemi-Ironman-Truckmax Off-Road Ultimate Steer-master Rancholo Gold-edition pickup.


    You'll be sorrrrrrrrrrrrry!

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    Image of BMRFILE BMRFILE
    11/25/08

    @☠GяяяRRR!: Yup. To those too stupid to realize...Fuck them. They whined about $4/gal gas and now we have a slight drop and they think the good ol days are back. Wait until gas goes up to $6 and it takes $200 to fill the trucks again. I'll feel the pinch, but it won't be devastating to me. The idiots who drive around in their Chevy Silverdildos and Dodge AssRams will not be smiling when they pull up to the pump of death.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/25/08

    @BMRFILE: Ahhh... Silverdildos. I'm glad I read that one.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    Stupid America.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    The graphics only shows that intelligent people are not buying cars now.
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    Image of dontknoa dontknoa
    11/24/08

    @sos10: Or maybe somehow the people you think are 'dumb' for some reason have enough money (read more than you) to not have to worry about gas prices and all the other bs scare tactics and buy the car or truck that they want to drive. It's not you and it's not your choice. It is however a free country. So until they run you over or something, you have no input in this matter. (not picking on you specifically, just everyone who shares your view)
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    11/24/08

    @dontknoa: Ok, that's it, we're shutting the Internet down now, everything that has already been said has been said.


    Thanks for playing, fellow Interweb smartasses!

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/25/08

    @dontknoa: Enough ranting. check your punctuation.


    And realize that whether someone (thinks) that they can afford gasoline is not the problem. Plenty of wealthy Chinese can afford ground up tiger's teeth and rhinoceros horn for potency, but that does NOT make it a good idea.

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    Image of KenyonKliker KenyonKliker
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    @Cognitive_Friction:
    Since these are comparing October last year versus October this year, seasonal effects would be eliminated.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    11/24/08

    @KenyonKliker: Even if the sales surge EVERY YEAR in October??
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    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    I'm wondering if there is a seasonal effect involving fleet sales here.


    Any small business owner in the snow belt who needs a new pickup is going to buy in the fall, so their old truck doesn't have to survive another winter...could that be enough to cause a temporary surge in sales?

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    Ten Gallon hats and chewing tobacco for all!
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    Image of muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    With fuel prices back down there is no need to drive a tin pot econobox when you can enjoy driving your monster truck...

    the days of the econobox are dead again!

    long live the monster trux!

    the king is dead, long live the king (aka the hummer H1)
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    Image of Eric Merrill Eric Merrill
    11/24/08

    @muhnkee_2: I want to grab myself by the foot and swing myself against a wall. Repeatedly.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/25/08

    @Eric Merrill: Word.


    Besides, what exactly IS the enjoyment of driving a big big truck? I have driven them, and in my opinion it feels horrible. Add lightness!

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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    There is only one correct response to this tidbit of news:


    YEEEE-HAW!


    *fires sixguns in the air*

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    stupid americans! buy a tahoe not a silverado!
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    Wait a minute, the Impala and the Crapolla/Matrix are for kids both have higher sales in October '08 than in the same month '07? WTF? Are they being bought here and shipped to Dubai? Are they made out of Government cheese and are being given to the impoverished?


    Geez, and I'd hate to be an Accord right now, that's a 36% drop year over year. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    Who buys the impala?!?!
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/24/08

    @philibuster: My mom's leasing one. She likes it, too.


    ...for some reason.

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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    11/24/08

    @philibuster: Indeed, fleets. Drove one of Hertz's 2008 Impala LTs cross country in August and I have to say it was a pretty damn good car overall. That 3.5 liter V6 had no problems getting 32+ mpg on the flatlands and had plenty of grunt for passing/merging and blasting over mountain ranges.


    Inside was quiet and comfortable, except for some weird aerodynamics that required a bit of juggling with the rear windows when driving with the front windows down, in order to avoid a deafening buffeting resonance inside the cabin. But I seem to remember a lot of other sedans having similar quirks.


    While not a fan of FWD, I'd like to try an SS with the 5.3 liter V8, as the same motor propels my 500lb heavier Silverado with authority. Would be a fun car for road trips I bet.

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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    That, or the fact that sometimes towing that load, or carrying large items can't be facilitated by a frigging Honda Fit.
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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    11/24/08

    @timtoolman: What are you talking about, everyone should be forced to drive econoboxes. Federal regulation should be put in place to force people's buying habits...


    :p

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    Image of cabjf cabjf
    11/24/08

    @timtoolman: Except that renting a pickup for those few times the vast majority of people actually need to haul something winds up being much less expensive than driving a pickup full time.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    11/24/08

    @cabjf: I can't vouch for a rental pickup, because it will cost you in the end. I rented a base GMC from U-Haul, with the promise of $19.99 a day (plus mileage). That rental, 2 days later ended up costing over $380.00 when the mileage was factored in. I went to pick up my LeMons heap, and here's the proof:
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/24/08

    In reply to Pickup Trucks Overtake Econoboxes, Return To Top Sales Spot In October
    This make an interesting point, and reminds me of a poignant quote I read once...I think it was from an econ professor at the Ludwig von Mises Institute: Evil will always triumph over Good, because Good is dumb.


    Something like that.

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    11/24/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: You've made a lot of Spaceballs jokes lately, and it makes me giggle every time. By giggle, I mean chortle. Like a man.


    Anyway, I believe you are correct, sir, Good is dumb.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/24/08

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: The sad part is I saw Spaceballs the other day and it wasn't nearly as funny as I remember it. The sum of the parts are greater than the whole.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    11/24/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: I see your pickup truck is as big as mine.
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