Idiot SUV owners have trouble selling

[Coronita]

FLU,

Where you getting Honda info? See below.

BTW, that Honda at 90mph+, where did you get that info? I heard they were drunk and there were racing decal on the card. Ban those honda now for males<30 if you care about them.

By Associated Press Monday, May 05, 2008 – 03:17 PM

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — American Honda said today its April U.S. auto sales rose as higher demand for the automaker's small cars offset a drop in sales of light trucks.

Honda sold 135,180 vehicles in April, up 6.9 percent from 126,419 in April 2007.

Car sales jumped 16 percent as demand for the Accord rose 19.7 percent and sales of the Civic rose 17.2 percent.

Sales of light trucks fell 4.8 percent as demand for the Alabama-built Pilot dropped 30.9 percent and sales of the Element fell 14.9 percent.

So far this year, Honda sales are up 1.5 percent from the same period of 2007.

Honda's U.S. shares fell 13 cents to $32.97 in midday trading.

 

Sorry, i should have clarified. I was speaking in context to the $30-40k car market, as was the approximate range of buyers who spend this much on "luxury" cars and/or SUVs.  Honda's Acura brand is deeply in trouble. There is no competitive story here. RL is a disaster, TSX sales are in trouble and the new release is lukewarm, and TL sales aren't doing so great either. Sales down 16% from 1 yr. That's bad for a luxury brand, because if the image doesn't shape up, it's going to get a lot worse. 

They are better off closing that brand imho or going upscale.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/01/by-the-numbers-march-2008/

 

Regarding the accident involving the red civic in Torrey Highland. What happened was actually two events

1) Red civic riceboy was trying to "drift" the car and was traveling excessive speed down Torrey Santa Fe Roadclose to 90mph while entering an apex to initiate the drift. Idiot riceboy (sorry, this guy was an idiot), obviously loses control of his car and "drifts" into an oncoming car (Lexus).

2)Minutes later, a driver DUI driving I believe a toyota camry plows into the existing wreckage.

That's how it happened. And I (had) pictures of the aftermath.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/15663161/detail.html

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[DWCAP]

golfgal,

What you miss is that those smaller bodied v8’s have much better handeling. They are most likey sports cars that while smaller, turn faster/smoother, stop quicker, and often have better fields of view than your tank on wheels. In some situtations like a head on collision it is better to be in a SUV. On the otherhand, if you have to stop because someone caused an accident infront of you, or some other reason something is infront of you, a smaller car is better as you may not hit it at all.
A friend of mine was in a car accident not too long ago. A drunk turned infront of her. She had some time to react, but couldnt stop/swerve fast enough. Problem was he was driving a F250, and her SUV was smaller. She took the worst of it by far, but the car right behind her was able to stop with plenty of room to spare. (poor old woman thought my blonde haired blue eyed friend crawling out of the windshield in all white clothes was a ghost 🙂 I am serious. The amblance had to treat her too! )
My point is you feel safer in a CUV as you call it, but in MANY MANY situtations you are not safer, regardless of who is at fault.

[DWCAP]

golfgal,

What you miss is that those smaller bodied v8’s have much better handeling. They are most likey sports cars that while smaller, turn faster/smoother, stop quicker, and often have better fields of view than your tank on wheels. In some situtations like a head on collision it is better to be in a SUV. On the otherhand, if you have to stop because someone caused an accident infront of you, or some other reason something is infront of you, a smaller car is better as you may not hit it at all.
A friend of mine was in a car accident not too long ago. A drunk turned infront of her. She had some time to react, but couldnt stop/swerve fast enough. Problem was he was driving a F250, and her SUV was smaller. She took the worst of it by far, but the car right behind her was able to stop with plenty of room to spare. (poor old woman thought my blonde haired blue eyed friend crawling out of the windshield in all white clothes was a ghost 🙂 I am serious. The amblance had to treat her too! )
My point is you feel safer in a CUV as you call it, but in MANY MANY situtations you are not safer, regardless of who is at fault.

[DWCAP]

golfgal,

What you miss is that those smaller bodied v8’s have much better handeling. They are most likey sports cars that while smaller, turn faster/smoother, stop quicker, and often have better fields of view than your tank on wheels. In some situtations like a head on collision it is better to be in a SUV. On the otherhand, if you have to stop because someone caused an accident infront of you, or some other reason something is infront of you, a smaller car is better as you may not hit it at all.
A friend of mine was in a car accident not too long ago. A drunk turned infront of her. She had some time to react, but couldnt stop/swerve fast enough. Problem was he was driving a F250, and her SUV was smaller. She took the worst of it by far, but the car right behind her was able to stop with plenty of room to spare. (poor old woman thought my blonde haired blue eyed friend crawling out of the windshield in all white clothes was a ghost 🙂 I am serious. The amblance had to treat her too! )
My point is you feel safer in a CUV as you call it, but in MANY MANY situtations you are not safer, regardless of who is at fault.

[DWCAP]

golfgal,

What you miss is that those smaller bodied v8’s have much better handeling. They are most likey sports cars that while smaller, turn faster/smoother, stop quicker, and often have better fields of view than your tank on wheels. In some situtations like a head on collision it is better to be in a SUV. On the otherhand, if you have to stop because someone caused an accident infront of you, or some other reason something is infront of you, a smaller car is better as you may not hit it at all.
A friend of mine was in a car accident not too long ago. A drunk turned infront of her. She had some time to react, but couldnt stop/swerve fast enough. Problem was he was driving a F250, and her SUV was smaller. She took the worst of it by far, but the car right behind her was able to stop with plenty of room to spare. (poor old woman thought my blonde haired blue eyed friend crawling out of the windshield in all white clothes was a ghost 🙂 I am serious. The amblance had to treat her too! )
My point is you feel safer in a CUV as you call it, but in MANY MANY situtations you are not safer, regardless of who is at fault.

[DWCAP]

golfgal,

What you miss is that those smaller bodied v8’s have much better handeling. They are most likey sports cars that while smaller, turn faster/smoother, stop quicker, and often have better fields of view than your tank on wheels. In some situtations like a head on collision it is better to be in a SUV. On the otherhand, if you have to stop because someone caused an accident infront of you, or some other reason something is infront of you, a smaller car is better as you may not hit it at all.
A friend of mine was in a car accident not too long ago. A drunk turned infront of her. She had some time to react, but couldnt stop/swerve fast enough. Problem was he was driving a F250, and her SUV was smaller. She took the worst of it by far, but the car right behind her was able to stop with plenty of room to spare. (poor old woman thought my blonde haired blue eyed friend crawling out of the windshield in all white clothes was a ghost 🙂 I am serious. The amblance had to treat her too! )
My point is you feel safer in a CUV as you call it, but in MANY MANY situtations you are not safer, regardless of who is at fault.

[luchabee]

At least with respect to highway fatalities, these examinations of larger vehicles are interesting with respect to stopping distance, etc. but they don’t reveal much in the way of hard statistics. SUVs, generally speaking, are much safer for the driver and passengers than smaller cars.

Moreover, as I believe DWCAP may have touched on, the statistics for larger vehicles being safter is probably understated since many young men drive large trucks/SUVs and they are responsible for a great number of accidents from reckless driving. So, many deaths come from the type of young drivers who drive these trucks and SUVs and not really the features of the vehicle. Although left out, this notable fact was highlighted in the edmunds.com article.

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

[luchabee]

At least with respect to highway fatalities, these examinations of larger vehicles are interesting with respect to stopping distance, etc. but they don’t reveal much in the way of hard statistics. SUVs, generally speaking, are much safer for the driver and passengers than smaller cars.

Moreover, as I believe DWCAP may have touched on, the statistics for larger vehicles being safter is probably understated since many young men drive large trucks/SUVs and they are responsible for a great number of accidents from reckless driving. So, many deaths come from the type of young drivers who drive these trucks and SUVs and not really the features of the vehicle. Although left out, this notable fact was highlighted in the edmunds.com article.

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

[luchabee]

At least with respect to highway fatalities, these examinations of larger vehicles are interesting with respect to stopping distance, etc. but they don’t reveal much in the way of hard statistics. SUVs, generally speaking, are much safer for the driver and passengers than smaller cars.

Moreover, as I believe DWCAP may have touched on, the statistics for larger vehicles being safter is probably understated since many young men drive large trucks/SUVs and they are responsible for a great number of accidents from reckless driving. So, many deaths come from the type of young drivers who drive these trucks and SUVs and not really the features of the vehicle. Although left out, this notable fact was highlighted in the edmunds.com article.

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

[luchabee]

At least with respect to highway fatalities, these examinations of larger vehicles are interesting with respect to stopping distance, etc. but they don’t reveal much in the way of hard statistics. SUVs, generally speaking, are much safer for the driver and passengers than smaller cars.

Moreover, as I believe DWCAP may have touched on, the statistics for larger vehicles being safter is probably understated since many young men drive large trucks/SUVs and they are responsible for a great number of accidents from reckless driving. So, many deaths come from the type of young drivers who drive these trucks and SUVs and not really the features of the vehicle. Although left out, this notable fact was highlighted in the edmunds.com article.

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

[luchabee]

At least with respect to highway fatalities, these examinations of larger vehicles are interesting with respect to stopping distance, etc. but they don’t reveal much in the way of hard statistics. SUVs, generally speaking, are much safer for the driver and passengers than smaller cars.

Moreover, as I believe DWCAP may have touched on, the statistics for larger vehicles being safter is probably understated since many young men drive large trucks/SUVs and they are responsible for a great number of accidents from reckless driving. So, many deaths come from the type of young drivers who drive these trucks and SUVs and not really the features of the vehicle. Although left out, this notable fact was highlighted in the edmunds.com article.

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

[surveyor]

🙂 🙂 🙂

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

It can’t beat the posts about Marion’s love life… 🙂

[surveyor]

🙂 🙂 🙂

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

It can’t beat the posts about Marion’s love life… 🙂

[surveyor]

🙂 🙂 🙂

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

It can’t beat the posts about Marion’s love life… 🙂

[surveyor]

🙂 🙂 🙂

How many pages do you think can we get this thread to go to? : )

It can’t beat the posts about Marion’s love life… 🙂

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