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Re: Used SAAB owners have virtue too ! Posted by TML [Email] (#2212) [Profile/Gallery] (more from TML) on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:08:44 In Reply to: Used SAAB owners have virtue too !, Mike Johnson, Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:18:40 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
This seems like a no-brainer to me. People buy and drive used cars (of all makes). This is an observed fact. If no one buys or drives used SAABs because we're all supposed to buy new ones, what happens to the used ones? In imaginary land, I guess they get crushed; how exactly does that help the selling of new cars if the prospective buyer knows he can't ever sell it? In the real world someone else will buy them and the re-sale value goes down because the demand is way down, which in turn drives the overall brand value down.
The used car market is part of reality, and your buying choice there does affect the new car market in a very real way. Another reality check is that no one really needs a new car every 2 years, or even every 7 years. Car manufacturers as a whole need a business model wherein people are buying cars less often than they currently do.
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