New Dodge Nitro Makes "Accidental" Debut

[LiberalHeart]

TOLEDO -- Here's something you don't see every day: a car that's not even in dealer showrooms yet it plows into the back of semi truck on a public street. It happened Friday morning when the driver of a 2007 Dodge Nitro blew through a stop sign and hit a semi near the Jeep plant.

More:
http://wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=4897528

[Floogeldy]

1. I loathe the entire new car industry.

It is based on fashion, status and appeal, rather than practicality and intelligence. Also, playing on the same to encourage people to foolishly go into debt for a product that loses much of it's value immediately.

I hate new cars. And people who buy them are stupid.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. 'a product that loses much of it's value immediately'

Well, that one sure did.

[LiberalHeart]

4. I wondered if it was an experiment...

...to test the car's ability to withstand an impact. Well, okay, not really...

[laheina]

3. I won't buy a new car.

Besides the hassle, they depreciate by almost half when you drive them off of the lot.

So, yes, people who buy them are stupid. :)