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January 22, 2009 at 7:42 PM #334245January 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM #333796
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Participant[quote=esmith][quote=svelte]I didn’t say every pic was of the UK…sorry if you felt that was implied.[/quote]
Did you see a write-up at CR about new vehicle sales yesterday?
Current rate of new vehicle sales in the United States corresponds to an unsustainable turnover ratio of 23.9 years.
There’s a lot of fear and panic out there.[/quote]
It isnt just fear and panic. People are making due with what they have. Look, 24 years is an over reaction in the market place, duh, but alot of people I knew had alot of cars. His car, her car, toy car, truck for hauling on weekends, maybe the kids cars. They are downsizing the toy car or the truck or the kids will just have to share. Add in the gas shock of this summer and the worry about their jobs and people are gun shy. This is rational behavior after a time of heavy consumption.
January 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM #334128Participant[quote=esmith][quote=svelte]I didn’t say every pic was of the UK…sorry if you felt that was implied.[/quote]
Did you see a write-up at CR about new vehicle sales yesterday?
Current rate of new vehicle sales in the United States corresponds to an unsustainable turnover ratio of 23.9 years.
There’s a lot of fear and panic out there.[/quote]
It isnt just fear and panic. People are making due with what they have. Look, 24 years is an over reaction in the market place, duh, but alot of people I knew had alot of cars. His car, her car, toy car, truck for hauling on weekends, maybe the kids cars. They are downsizing the toy car or the truck or the kids will just have to share. Add in the gas shock of this summer and the worry about their jobs and people are gun shy. This is rational behavior after a time of heavy consumption.
January 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM #334212Participant[quote=esmith][quote=svelte]I didn’t say every pic was of the UK…sorry if you felt that was implied.[/quote]
Did you see a write-up at CR about new vehicle sales yesterday?
Current rate of new vehicle sales in the United States corresponds to an unsustainable turnover ratio of 23.9 years.
There’s a lot of fear and panic out there.[/quote]
It isnt just fear and panic. People are making due with what they have. Look, 24 years is an over reaction in the market place, duh, but alot of people I knew had alot of cars. His car, her car, toy car, truck for hauling on weekends, maybe the kids cars. They are downsizing the toy car or the truck or the kids will just have to share. Add in the gas shock of this summer and the worry about their jobs and people are gun shy. This is rational behavior after a time of heavy consumption.
January 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM #334239Participant[quote=esmith][quote=svelte]I didn’t say every pic was of the UK…sorry if you felt that was implied.[/quote]
Did you see a write-up at CR about new vehicle sales yesterday?
Current rate of new vehicle sales in the United States corresponds to an unsustainable turnover ratio of 23.9 years.
There’s a lot of fear and panic out there.[/quote]
It isnt just fear and panic. People are making due with what they have. Look, 24 years is an over reaction in the market place, duh, but alot of people I knew had alot of cars. His car, her car, toy car, truck for hauling on weekends, maybe the kids cars. They are downsizing the toy car or the truck or the kids will just have to share. Add in the gas shock of this summer and the worry about their jobs and people are gun shy. This is rational behavior after a time of heavy consumption.
January 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM #334325Participant[quote=esmith][quote=svelte]I didn’t say every pic was of the UK…sorry if you felt that was implied.[/quote]
Did you see a write-up at CR about new vehicle sales yesterday?
Current rate of new vehicle sales in the United States corresponds to an unsustainable turnover ratio of 23.9 years.
There’s a lot of fear and panic out there.[/quote]
It isnt just fear and panic. People are making due with what they have. Look, 24 years is an over reaction in the market place, duh, but alot of people I knew had alot of cars. His car, her car, toy car, truck for hauling on weekends, maybe the kids cars. They are downsizing the toy car or the truck or the kids will just have to share. Add in the gas shock of this summer and the worry about their jobs and people are gun shy. This is rational behavior after a time of heavy consumption.
January 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM #334666
svelteParticipantI don’t know if anybody has noticed, but a lot of times what we discuss on piggington turns up in the mass media just a few short days later.
When it happens locally I get suspicious about whether the media reads piggington.
On the international level I don’t think that is true, but it is still interesting – witness this article on the recent steep downturn of the UK economy:
January 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM #334993svelteParticipantI don’t know if anybody has noticed, but a lot of times what we discuss on piggington turns up in the mass media just a few short days later.
When it happens locally I get suspicious about whether the media reads piggington.
On the international level I don’t think that is true, but it is still interesting – witness this article on the recent steep downturn of the UK economy:
January 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM #335080svelteParticipantI don’t know if anybody has noticed, but a lot of times what we discuss on piggington turns up in the mass media just a few short days later.
When it happens locally I get suspicious about whether the media reads piggington.
On the international level I don’t think that is true, but it is still interesting – witness this article on the recent steep downturn of the UK economy:
January 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM #335107svelteParticipantI don’t know if anybody has noticed, but a lot of times what we discuss on piggington turns up in the mass media just a few short days later.
When it happens locally I get suspicious about whether the media reads piggington.
On the international level I don’t think that is true, but it is still interesting – witness this article on the recent steep downturn of the UK economy:
January 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM #335193svelteParticipantI don’t know if anybody has noticed, but a lot of times what we discuss on piggington turns up in the mass media just a few short days later.
When it happens locally I get suspicious about whether the media reads piggington.
On the international level I don’t think that is true, but it is still interesting – witness this article on the recent steep downturn of the UK economy:
January 24, 2009 at 10:46 AM #334785patientlywaiting
ParticipantI limited my travels to Europe during the boom.
I did take advantage of the good prices and traveled around the world right after 9/11 but in the last few years, I’ve limited my foreign travels.
I’ll be enjoying the low foreign prices again.
One thing I learned is that, like real estate and commodity prices, travel is cyclical. You need to take advantage when prices are low, and boycott when prices are high.
When the dollar is weak, it’s best to travel in America and enjoy our own vast, beautiful country. When the dollar is strong, go see the world. 🙂
January 24, 2009 at 10:46 AM #335116ParticipantI limited my travels to Europe during the boom.
I did take advantage of the good prices and traveled around the world right after 9/11 but in the last few years, I’ve limited my foreign travels.
I’ll be enjoying the low foreign prices again.
One thing I learned is that, like real estate and commodity prices, travel is cyclical. You need to take advantage when prices are low, and boycott when prices are high.
When the dollar is weak, it’s best to travel in America and enjoy our own vast, beautiful country. When the dollar is strong, go see the world. 🙂
January 24, 2009 at 10:46 AM #335200ParticipantI limited my travels to Europe during the boom.
I did take advantage of the good prices and traveled around the world right after 9/11 but in the last few years, I’ve limited my foreign travels.
I’ll be enjoying the low foreign prices again.
One thing I learned is that, like real estate and commodity prices, travel is cyclical. You need to take advantage when prices are low, and boycott when prices are high.
When the dollar is weak, it’s best to travel in America and enjoy our own vast, beautiful country. When the dollar is strong, go see the world. 🙂
January 24, 2009 at 10:46 AM #335229ParticipantI limited my travels to Europe during the boom.
I did take advantage of the good prices and traveled around the world right after 9/11 but in the last few years, I’ve limited my foreign travels.
I’ll be enjoying the low foreign prices again.
One thing I learned is that, like real estate and commodity prices, travel is cyclical. You need to take advantage when prices are low, and boycott when prices are high.
When the dollar is weak, it’s best to travel in America and enjoy our own vast, beautiful country. When the dollar is strong, go see the world. 🙂
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