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K_OS,Jan 5 2006, 12:48 PM Wrote:

D-Dub,Jan 4 2006, 11: Wrote:The world has changed...............except in North America. Truck = king.......damn when are we gonna realize that trucks are for companies not for going to the corner store with.
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Last summer when gas was $1.30 a litre was a good wake up call when people see that price all the time they will start thinking "maybe we should start thinking about buying a smaller more fuel efficient car".

Laterz :)
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yeah you'd think so eh but after the gas hit 1.30 and is now in the 85-95 range people are ok again. I don't see any less SUVs on the road you see them driving off the lot everyday. It boils down to saftey. You are safer is a bigger vehicle than a small one and that is a price people are willing to pay.

I agree with that mentality but if everyone had small cars then we wouldn't be thinking that. Also who is the biggest hog for trucks and SUVs? you can thank americans for loving the bigger i s better way of life.

Also I am not sure they changed this loop hole or not but in the states you can pretty much buy a truck that is over a certain weight and get a rebate and in most cases get the truck for next to nothing. This incentive was created to help out farmers and the like not to help soccer moms. Funny thing is I think the weight is 6500lbs and at that weight those suvs/trucks can't drive on a lot of side roads cause they exceed weight restrictions and the car companies know this so they purposely make the truck weight that much. Mind you I haven't researched this but you might notice most american bound trucks weighting pretty much the same.