[su_maverick]

I see what you are saying but the fact is that overall autos are getting way too big. People keep asking for bigger and bigger and are going to drain their bank accounts. Sure, people think they can afford an extra dollar here or dollar there but it adds up so quickly that you see your bank account drain. Say you are a family that needs to save up for 1 vacation a year and it usually costs somewhere around 2k for the family to go somewhere. If gas prices go up $1 a gallon and you go through 30 gallons per week (for 2 cars) then:
1 x 30 x 52 = $1560 per year which means no more vacation

now take into account that they buy a SUV that gets 15 mpg rather than an econo sedan that gets 25.