SUVs plunge toward 'endangered list'?

**v6dreamer** · May 25th, 2008 05:30 AM

If you could afford to buy those expensive gargantuan SUV, why complaining the price of gas?

Go for it, magsasawa din sila sa katataas nila ng presyo.

**CVT** · May 25th, 2008 07:39 AM

I am quite certain that the SUV dealers will feel a pinch in their sales, because most of the people who are 'interested' in buying one would always ask its rated Km/L....

Normally, and I overhear their typical conversation with delight, the SA would always quote a number that is 2-3Km/L better than what is the generally-known rate of FC of that vehicle....

Talk about 'lying' just to secure a deal....

6110:pepsi:

**DonT** · May 25th, 2008 05:58 PM

I guess this is one of the reasons why the Ford Expeditions and F150 lost a lot of its market value in just a short time.

**ringostarr** · May 25th, 2008 06:23 PM

madami na binebenta suv ngaun sa kalye X-trail, RAV4, Escape, CRV. seems that a lot of people can't stand the pressure

ang ganda nun isa X-trail nakita ko, halos bago pa pormado

**ringostarr** · May 25th, 2008 06:28 PM

we still own an '05 Ford Explorer EB. my dad doesnt usually use it anymore bec. yun na nga kulang pa yun 250 Liter na allowance nya from the company. yun lang occassional trips nya sa golf course around the provinces

pero pag ayaw na nya, I'll get it even to the extent of switching my SF to his Ford Explorer. i have already ran the numbers if ever I drive his car. and the unseen benefits outweigh the mere computation of expenses.

**ghosthunter** · May 25th, 2008 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by ringostarr

we still own an '05 Ford Explorer EB. my dad doesnt usually use it anymore bec. yun na nga kulang pa yun 250 Liter na allowance nya from the company. yun lang occassional trips nya sa golf course around the provinces

pero pag ayaw na nya, I'll get it even to the extent of switching my SF to his Ford Explorer. i have already ran the numbers if ever I drive his car. and the unseen benefits outweigh the mere computation of expenses.

Is that so? ... So I guess you will be driving the Ford Explorer daily since you did say the unseen benefits outweighs the expenses of running it.

**scharnhorst** · May 25th, 2008 08:27 PM

A relative from the U.S. has this vehicle ownership history:

Ford Explorer > Jaguar (sedan) > Mercedes SUV > Ford v6 Escape.

They're feeling the rising oil pump prices over there. But SUVs are far from endangered.

**Jun aka Pekto** · May 25th, 2008 09:20 PM

We never fell for the SUV craze throughout the late 90's and most of this decade because we let needs and practicality dictate what we'll buy. Oh well. It looks like this fad will pass us by too. No regrets.

**ptk675** · May 25th, 2008 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

Unless you are the owners of the few very large companies/corporations that earn tens of thousands of pesos for your personal account every few minutes even as you snore in your bed at night, the price of gasoline & diesel for your vehicles will still hurt you on a personal level.

yung mga "public servants" lang naman natin ang nakaka afford na gumamit ng mga expeds at suburbans araw araw, at may mga convoy pa na 2 or 3 sasakyan. palibhasa di naman nila pera yung ginagastos nila eh.

but i think yung mga big v8 powered SUVs ang endangered. at least dito satin madami yung mga diesel variants na SUVs na mas matipid sa diesel relative to the american v8 powered SUVs.

**empy** · May 26th, 2008 09:05 AM

the falling demand is already here. those explorers and expeditions are actually not status symbols here in their main market - they are well within reach of the lower-middle class, especially if you dip into the used car market. so these are definitely people who will feel a terrible pinch as prices go up. add to that the fact that the average commute for Americans is getting longer and longer (and traffic in places like the RP gets worse and worse).

i keep my SUV because we are homeowners and are very active in our personal life...so we are constantly hauling around supplies, tools, appliances, and sports equipment...i don't know what we would do without it. but we try to drive my bmw into work, and are currently in the market for a more fuel efficient vehicle.