Behind the Scenes @ Chrysler Dealers

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Papaver,

True to a point. Culturally we are very different than the Europeans or the Asians.

We are society of never satisfied. Not satisfied/not big enough. MacMansion is not being big enough. For a family of four, do you need a 5 or 6 bedroom house with 3 bathrooms or more? And does it have to have over 6,000(557sq meter)-10,000 sq. feet(929sq meter) house?

Not big enough with Big SUVs. Cadillac Escalade (6,800 pounds/almost 3100kilos), Chevy Tahoe (6,500pounds) Ford Expedition (5800pound/2600kilos). Three guys at my office are driving around in Ford F350 4wd, Chevy 3500, and another is driving a F250 4WD. They live in the city. And they don't care about the gas milage being 6-8MPG. (about 2.4km/liter). When the boys get a new truck or high end sports car, they all have to go out and lust over it. and compare against their own truck or car. Yup another set drives a modified Audi R4 (his blown his engine like two or three times already). Another two drives a corvette, My new boss who took over control of this division drives a Bentley continental GT. And in the same building where we lease out part of the building to another business, guys there are driving Merceds AMG looks very fast. And yet another Bentley continental GT. Even a tech who can't afford an expensive car is driving around in a Hummer H2. Didn't say a word to the guy. What is the point???

They do complain about the gas price but the way they drive you would neve know. Hard acceleration. sporty group likes to hit 60MPH in around 4 seconds from standing still. Truck group is not much better. And hard braking too. They don't think they are driving all that hard.

Culturally, we Americans never have enough of anything.Sad And we also have a very short memory and attension span. Hybrid car sales I heard was down 87% since the peak of last year. I think this number is not corrected for the overall downturn of the economy. Still, our economy hasn't dropped that much. It just goes to show you that we may talk about conservation and saving gas... but our action says something else.

Speaking of which, gas price is climbing again. It's almost $3.00 gallon for the 87 octane (regular) here in California. And bike theft in my area is way up I keep my bikes in my bedroom.