Think of it this way-
The economy is not too good, so car makers are giving cars away for 0 down, 0 interest, cash back, etc.
The ease of getting a new car right now is making the used car market VERY soft. This affects ALL cars, yes, even the Viper. A used car just doesn't have the financing available right now, so you have to discount the sale of used in order to move the product.
The SRT is coming out soon. Every person who wants one, unless they are pretty rich, will try to get out from under their GTS/RT, and sell it now in preparation to purchase the SRT.
So all of a sudden, and in a great big bunch, you've got a large block of people who are putting their cars up for sale. Motivated sellers! Also- some people may need to sell because of changing fortunes with the economy.
So at this moment, used Viper prices are plummeting artificially low. Its not over yet, and prices will continue to slide probably for months.
If we kick their *** and steal their gazz, oil prices will stabilize, and the economy will have new stolen life breathed into it for a little while, new car incentives will cease, and the used market will go back to "normal". This may take a few months. If we don't go in, our economy will continue to falter, due to the US $ losing seniorage rights to the Euro. Saddam was going to accept Euros for oil, an unpredecented event in the US dollar era. Also, one of the top suppliers of oil to the USA is Venezuela, who has petitioned the UN to accept Euros for oil. Saddam just said he'd take Euros outright, with any petition.
The trading of oil for USD is what allows us to print money out of thin air for international settlements. THe entire Western world, all the G7 nations need oil for their economies to work, so they must trade their own currency for US dollars, and they lose a bit in the exchange. This is where the Fed makes their money, in the exchange. If OPEC starts accepting Euros for oil, there won't be the great need around the world to buy dollars, and the US dollar house of cards tumbles. Our whole existence and economy is precariously balanced on a PERCEIVED value and usefulness of our currency. Instead of losing in the exchange of local currency to buy oil, Euro Zone nations can just use the Euro. If they don't have the pressing need to use dollars for oil, the USD will lose its privelidged status as the defacto heavy-weight reserve currency of the world. Our shaky financial structure will topple, unless we stop the advance of the Euro. Can you say "derivatives"?
Watch the news, for what happens in Iraq is laying the course.
Kick their ***, steal their gazz. If we don't stop the Euro from being accepted worldwide for oil, trillions and trillions of US dollars will be dumped around the world, and they will flow back to our shores in huge waves. Can you say "Weimar Republic"?
If nothing else, you can see that the used Viper market will be soft for some time to come, probably until after we kick Iraq's but . And we will. US and British planes just launched an attack on an oil company in Basra, that oversaw oil for food exchanges. We are putting the screws to Saddam at the same time as we ostensibly look for weapons. After the trouncing, then its party time again, at least for a while.
Oh, yeah, and I almost forgot. If we don't go in, then the terrorists win.
Howz that for getting off topic? (Its gotta be a record or something!) Hold your Vipers for a while! Heck, just hold 'em! Why sell such a classic? You'll be kicking yourself if you do!
