eric76 wrote:
One thing that I've noticed in my area in the last few days is that cars don't seem to retain their value as much as SUVs and pickups.
But then I started paying attention on the streets and the vast majority of the vehicles I see are either SUVs or pickups. Stand in the front of my office looking out on Main Street and you'll easily see 3 or 4 times as many SUVs and pickups drive by as you will cars. The number of new $50,000 to $80,000 pickups and SUVs is amazing.
Then when I looked at ages, it seems like ownership of cars is largely in two populations: the older folks (about 70 and older) and the Mexican families. SUV's and pickups seem to be more popular among everyone else.
I think that in most cases when couples have two vehicles, it is a pickup for the husband and an SUV for the wife.
Among people at my office, I'm the only one here who drives a car. One other person has a car (a Mazda Miata) but hasn't driven it in several years -- he drives his full-size crew cab pickup instead. The youngest employee also drives a full-sized crew cab pickup. Everyone else drives SUVs.
It's the versatility of pickups and SUV's. If practicality were not a factor, I'd rather have a Mustang GT or a Challenger R/T but it's limited as to what I can do with them.
I can put more stuff in my 4runner if I need to. I can put it in 4WD if necessary. It's probably more dependable than almost anything Ford or Chrysler makes. There's plenty of room in the back for my dog. He's too big to be comfortable for very long in bucket seats.
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03 Feb 2016, 2:29 pm
