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A down payment for a Focus.
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<blockquote data-quote="flyn high again" data-source="post: 424344" data-attributes="member: 9555"><p>Alright , now you're asking for it.</p><p></p><p>I will take my $28,000 dollar minivan [purchased for $21,400] over a 50,000 SUV [20,000 overpriced]. </p><p></p><p>When the C.A.F.E. standards toughened up back in the late 80s early 90s[not sure exactly when it started] the manufacturers discovered a loophole in C.A.F.E.. It was only for automobiles. So what did they do? They took cheapo truck frames and tacked some creature comforts into them and created the....tah dah!...SUV. Then they cranked up the advertising and convinced people that they were the new cool thing to drive. This took off unbelievably. The manufacturers just kept adding more carlike features and kept raising the prices. And with all the ads pushing SUVs, people bought more and more and the manufacturers pocketed more and more. Granted they have improved the looks and comforts to the point that they are similar to cars, but they were born in a mixture of manufacturer savvy, greed, and advertising. </p><p></p><p>Our minivan is totally useful. It drives well and handles great. We can fit our kids plus groceries or large purchases. I don't care what others think of our basic transportation and my wife loves it. So we will keep our '97 minivan with no payments. In three years when my oldest turns 16, maybe we will let her drive it and buy a pickup or [gasp] SUV.Probably a 1 year old one to let some one else take the huge depreciation hit.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyn high again, post: 424344, member: 9555"] Alright , now you're asking for it. I will take my $28,000 dollar minivan [purchased for $21,400] over a 50,000 SUV [20,000 overpriced]. When the C.A.F.E. standards toughened up back in the late 80s early 90s[not sure exactly when it started] the manufacturers discovered a loophole in C.A.F.E.. It was only for automobiles. So what did they do? They took cheapo truck frames and tacked some creature comforts into them and created the....tah dah!...SUV. Then they cranked up the advertising and convinced people that they were the new cool thing to drive. This took off unbelievably. The manufacturers just kept adding more carlike features and kept raising the prices. And with all the ads pushing SUVs, people bought more and more and the manufacturers pocketed more and more. Granted they have improved the looks and comforts to the point that they are similar to cars, but they were born in a mixture of manufacturer savvy, greed, and advertising. Our minivan is totally useful. It drives well and handles great. We can fit our kids plus groceries or large purchases. I don't care what others think of our basic transportation and my wife loves it. So we will keep our '97 minivan with no payments. In three years when my oldest turns 16, maybe we will let her drive it and buy a pickup or [gasp] SUV.Probably a 1 year old one to let some one else take the huge depreciation hit.:) [/QUOTE]
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