The Washington Independent » consumer recidivism http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Thu, 10 May 2012 20:13:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Who Said We Would Learn a Lesson From the Summer’s Gas Spike? http://washingtonindependent.com/22920/who-said-we-would-learn-a-lesson-from-the-summers-gas-spike http://washingtonindependent.com/22920/who-said-we-would-learn-a-lesson-from-the-summers-gas-spike#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:48:07 +0000 Mike Lillis http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=22920 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 More...

]]> 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?)

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