RE: Dodge predicts brisk sales for Challenger
In all seriousness, I think the longevity of the Challenger now rests entirely on gasoline prices. I get off work about 1 a.m. and fairly often, my wife and I go to the one 24-hour Starbucks in our part of town. The past three weeks or so, the amount of traffic at that time of night has declined SIGNIFICANTLY -- and this corresponds exactly with gasoline going over $3.15 a gallon. In fact, on our 6.4-mile round trip, it's to the point that now, we sometimes see ONLY one or two police cars -- NO OTHER traffic at all. Mind you, we live in San Antonio, Texas, where private vehicles are king. In the almost 26 years I've lived here, I've NEVER seen it like this -- and that includes living through a couple of oil recessions (a major deal in Texas). Usually, even in the worst of times, you'd never know it from the amount of traffic on S.A.'s streets. Has anyone else noticed anything like this?