I didn’t know you were into buying and selling cars for profit down there! How come you didn’t tell me that before?

Anyway, is your new parabolic board going to have a parabolic outline (like a snowboard) or is that other “parabolic” thing I see where I have no idea why they are calling them parabolic? I guess its something to do with the stringer. Lemme know dude.

Steve

P.S. Yes I will join you in the lineup for some perfect warm uncrowded tubes soon. It IS the thing that keeps me going. Seriously.

Most of my profits come from used vehicles (surfboards) as well–The surfboard industry has a lot of similar trends to the auto industry. I have to agree with Rico’s statement “There are many factors involved with selling Used autos instead of new”. Like the recycle factor; I hate to see good used stuff go to waste. Here in P-land supply and demand is a major factor. There isn’t a large inventory of new vehicles here and the number of cheep ass surfers who seem to only have enough money for beer and wax tend to buy up my reconditioned clunkers. As soon as I sell some more clunkers, I am running over to Hot Lava to pick up my NEW 5-8 parabolic round nose fish quad, 7-4 pintail,9-0HP longboard,and 12-0SUP.

See you in the lineup someday soon Steve, and maybe even your old clunkers will get recycled here in P-land where my business depends on used vehicles.

Brent

Pavones, Costa Rica

There are many factors involved with selling Used autos instead of new. I would guess you hear the news with all that is going on with some manufacturers. The remodeling of the business models is a huge shift. The old business model for new autos will no longer prevail, those old business models have hit the wall so to say. Some dealers might be seeing better opportunities with the used autos for factors like it might be that it takes less energy to run a business with used autos than it would be to try and hold onto the franchise type auto program. With a regular service schedule on a used auto, that used auto could operate as a reliable unit into two hundred, three hundred thousand miles or more at a cost to operate that is possibly less than the expense of a new auto. How many fine folks do you know of that can afford to purchase a new auto on current household budgets? I would say less than ever before on a percentage basis. Steve there are other factors that affect all of this, but basically the new car horse trader will have a place in the market, just not as it was previously conducted. Besides that steve, the new auto traders “dealers” need to sell new auto units so the service, parts and mechanics have something to earn a living from, like on a new auto unit, the dealer might put an extra set of sport floor mats on the offer/sticker and that credit usually goes to the parts department folks, so they get a sale of a part “the floor mats”. Steve here is another possible scene with the used auto business models, Steve say all you do is sell and trade for used automobiles, it is possible that the requirements for operating a used automobile company could, depending on your location, be such that the legal structure of the used automobile company, might be a lot different than the legal structure of the new automobile franchise.

Rico
Port of Iowa

Steve

Where will a consistent supply of used cars come from with the ratio of used cars to new car sales being so high now? Same place it has always come from when consumers start buying new cars again. Things will go back to “normal” when the economy gets better. Not too sure about that idiotic Cash For Clunkers program that is looming, but that should boost new car sales…IF the financing loosens up at the same time. I realize 5 to 1 sounds impressive, and it is, but the article stated that the ratio at that particular dealership was an anomaly. No doubt there has always been a much higher ratio of used car sales over new car sales. Stay tuned because maybe I’ll do a blog post about that soon.

As weird as things are now, we can be thankful that the used car business is recession proof, right?

Steve