Who Said We Would Learn a Lesson From the Summer’s Gas Spike?

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 11:48 am

This is a couple of days old, but worth a mention: With gas prices dropping ever further in recent months, the country’s fetish for big, gas-guzzling vehicles has returned. According to numbers released last week by Edmunds.com, an automotive analysis Website, trucks and SUVs will outsell cars in December for the first time in nine months.

“Despite all the public discussion of fuel efficiency, SUVs and trucks are the industry’s biggest sellers right now as a remarkable number of buyers seem to be compelled by three factors: great deals, low gas prices and winter weather,” said Michelle Krebs, Senior Editor of Edmunds‘ AutoObserver.com.

Is anyone else thinking “Scarface” right now? As in: I have this big pile of coke on my desk and I just can’t keep my face out of it.

(Who said gas tax?)

Comments

4 Comments

Colin Waters
Comment posted December 23, 2008 @ 9:52 am

Again…this just goes to show you how Americans never seem to learn.


asl
Comment posted December 23, 2008 @ 11:14 am

Indeed, who said that? People love beef. But if the price doubled, they'd cut back. Sink below the price that was doubled, they'd buy it right back despite health concerns. Because people love beef.


Colin Waters
Comment posted December 23, 2008 @ 5:52 pm

Again…this just goes to show you how Americans never seem to learn.


asl
Comment posted December 23, 2008 @ 7:14 pm

Indeed, who said that? People love beef. But if the price doubled, they'd cut back. Sink below the price that was doubled, they'd buy it right back despite health concerns. Because people love beef.


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