Talking to this guy at LKQ today he says his nephew (who is also A parts puller
there) bought a 2010 E430 (I think that was it) from a guy who brought it in to
sell as the air shocks (which I guess the car has) were collapsed and he didn’t
want to pay for new ones so he was going to sell it to
It was a perfect storm, generated by the brains of those who lobby
congress... The great crash of 2008 left people out of work, broke, and
underwater on their house mortgages. They were not able to buy a new car
when the garage they would keep it in was in foreclosure.
Then, CFC program came out
Yes CFC really screwed up the used car business even to this day.
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> On Oct 23, 2021, at 8:02 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> On 2021-10-23 08:53, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
>> Got this from the monthly Rock Auto newsletter:
>> "Why is it harder to buy
On 2021-10-23 08:53, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
Got this from the monthly Rock Auto newsletter:
"Why is it harder to buy (newer) used cars built between 2009 and 2011
than it is to buy (older) used cars built between 2005 and 2007?"
"About 25% fewer new cars were sold from 2009-2011
Got this from the monthly Rock Auto newsletter:
"Why is it harder to buy (newer) used cars built between 2009 and 2011 than it
is to buy (older) used cars built between 2005 and 2007?"
"About 25% fewer new cars were sold from 2009-2011 compared to 2005-2007. Fewer
new cars sold back then means
