I’ve seen a lot of press lately on people trying desperately to sell their SUVs. But I can’t for the life of me figure out why so many SUV owners are all trying to sell at the same time. Is it just some crazy coincidence?
Everybody knows that the only reason folks buy huge 4-wheel drive SUVs is because they need one and could not possibly get by with a smaller vehicle. Just ask any SUV owner and they will assure you that is the case.
I have real sympathy for this poor guy. Biking is a very expensive sport–not only do you have to buy a good bike and all the accessories, but you also need to purchase a vehicle big enough to carry the bike without disassembling it.
It’s a lot like skiing–another expensive sport where SUVs (really loooooooong SUVs) are required so that skis can be transported to the slopes. And it’s even worse for canoe aficionados. For them, even a SUV won’t suffice because even they aren’t big enough! Anybody who wants to take a canoe on a trip must purchase a passenger bus and store the canoe in the aisle.
As I said–I have great sympathy for these folks who never, ever, ever would have bought expensive SUVs, buses, 747s and cruise ships if they hadn’t absolutely, positively needed them. But the question is, how can these people possibly get by without them? I mean, I know gas is really expensive now but if you need something then you need it. You can’t make that need just go away!
So why are so many SUVs suddenly appearing on the used car market? What happened to these people’s absolutely unavoidable needs that required ownership of SUV’s with no other option imaginable? Did they stop biking and skiing? How can they continue life without those essentials? Did they stop taking their kids to soccer games; to school? How can they do those thingswithout a SUV?
I’m very worried about these kids not getting to school and soccer practice if their parents sell the SUVs. But, in a cruel sort of way maybe it’s justice. Maybe these former SUV owners will now see how the other half lives: no school or soccer possible for their kids, no way to get to an office to earn a decent living (they are now forced into substanence farming just to survive-- like the rest of us) and of course, no more biking, skiing or canoing.
Perhaps we can put the poor, sick, and elderly–who are such a drag on insurance premiums–to work by converting their bodies into petroleum via oil-producing bacteria so the price of gas will drop and SUV owners can experience some relief. Consider it just a modest proposal.
oh yes… on review, Thanks for all the props on the sarcasm, but if I had being going for sarcasm I would have filed the thread under General Questions.
(kidding… well, a little bit anyway.)
Well done.
I just want to say that my mother has a van that gets sucky milage and she lives 20 miles from her job nannying my niece and nephew. During the day when they’re at school she drives all over hell running her own personal errands. Then she complains bitterly about the sucky milage she gets and how it’s costing her so much for all that driving around she “has” to do. :rolleyes:
But when anyone suggests that maybe she doesn’t need the van and would be better off with a car that gets great gas milage, she whines about how she needs the van for those THREE times a year when she voluntarily picks up half a dozen neighborhood kids from school and drives them the 3-4 blocks home in the rain. Yup, she needs a big monstrous beast because on very rare occasion, she feels some strange compulsion to pick up her daughter’s neighbors kids at the same time she’s picking up her grandkids.
We have local commercials on radio that say 8000 or more rebate for whatever SUV. Some sound so desperate that I think that they were implying fellatio.
Right. Because there can be no possibility that the SUV is actually very handy and a big improvement to someone’s life, but still can’t be justified or afforded economically when gas doubles in price, so people have to put up with much less convenience. It’s either-or; you either need something, in which case you should die before you let go of it, or you don’t, in which case you are a flaming asshole for purchasing it in the first place.
This sounds like the standard explanation for a SUV I’ve always heard. I guess they’ll just have to euthanize the kids so they can live their lifestyle. They may wish to keep it as a home when they lose the one they live in.
We just got a new car to replace our minivan, figuring the higher payment would be negated by the cheaper gas, and we can take two cars on the occasions we need to carry more than the four of us. But now I’m having a hell of a time selling my van. It’s been on craigslist and in the paper for a week now - $5250 OBO. Not a single call. I took it to CarMax this morning to get it appraised. They offered $3500. I owe about $5,000 on it, but I might just have to eat the difference.
It seems that these people need their Sport Utility Vehicles when they are an inconvenience and danger to others. But when the SUV is an inconvenience to the owner, then suddenly they don’t need them so much anymore.
Wow, thanks, Captain Obvious! I’m sure the point would have been lost on the myriad dullards that mill around the boards, it’s sure great to have the cleanup crew on the ball! Good job!
** Sam ** I respect your opinion and agree with it 99% of the time. This is why I hardly posts in GD. But I can’t tell if that was sarcasm or general disdain.
It is simply economics anyway. I went to fill up the mini van the other day…63.67 ouch. Lifestyle changes have already happened for me. The ripple effect has only just begun.