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Old 03-28-2010, 05:53 PM
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A friend of mine works in a automotive dealership and he was telling me the other day that sales are down seriously.

There is hardly anyone who wants to purchase a new car right now because no one can really afford it!! I know that feeling well.

Most people are looking into used cars from dealerships or even from private sales out of the newspapers and so on.

These cars are a whole lot less expensive than a new one and most of the time they run perfectly or almost perfectly.

Personally I have never owned a new car and probably never will. I agree that they cost way to much and second is the fact that every time you turn around there is a car company tell us that there is something with the car that we own and it has to be repaired before it kills us or someone else.
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Old 04-17-2010, 11:52 PM
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Sales in the auto industry are down everywhere and now is the perfect time to buy one of you can.The car dealers are cutting all kind of cast trying to sell what they have on their lots right now.

Some are offering no money down and some are offering no credit checks.If you search and find the right car you can get a really good deal on it right now and you should really take advantage of this opportunity if you can.
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Old 04-19-2010, 02:08 AM
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This is true, they really are cutting their prices trying to get customers to buy. Though right now there aren't a lot of people who can afford to purchase a new car.

Well this is unless they really start to slash the prices on these cars. Though of course once the economy starts to improve I am guessing that these lower prices are going to also once again start to climb as well.
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Old 04-19-2010, 12:26 PM
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I know I could not afford a new car like most people can not, but when you read reports on car sales they claim sales are up.
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Old 04-23-2010, 01:16 AM
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GM says it has repaid all of its remaining U.S. government loans..

Here is the article.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...bailout-money/
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