Gary we here in this country don't know what hard times are. Things were out of control & in order for capitalism to work every now & then there has to be periods of stabilization. I think the rest of the world is going to be hit harder than us.I just hope the next president doesn't try to over regulate everything & make matters worst. The good news is oil prices are coming back down.Thats what started this whole situation.The oil cartels are now besides themselves wondering what to do.So go buy that Z06 for 0 percent & enjoy them thousands you're sitting on. If you can't pay for it then blame GM for putting you in debt. How can you lose.
Oil prices (as far as crude oil per barrel) have been down for a while, so that does not explain why the gas prices have just started coming down drastically in the last week only. Gas & fuel prices dropping down sharply is only like a band-aid. What worries me is that if anybody knows why the prices are coming down, they who know are not saying. If we don't know what drove the costs back down, we are helpless to prevent them from sharply increasing again. I believe that the biggest factor in driving them up was American CEO's, fuel distributors, & service station owners & managers corporate greed, & speculation on the stock markets. Nobody else had a lot to gain by such a sharp increase. Trust me, the oil cartels know exactly what they are doing, and they are not doing it without reason. The oil cartels began the increase by slowing down production, and American greed & speculation did the rest.
GM is only giving 0% on the remaining '08's, and they are almost all gone except for a few on dealer lots oddly equipped, non-popular colors as far as Z06's go. The best deal locally now is Selman or Corona Chevrolet, a few Z06's left, red, black or yellow only, some 3LZ optioned, none with competition grey wheels, and probably most are / were test mules for prospective Z06 buyers a while back, only $7K off and 3 or 4 year 0% financing depending upon buyers credit rating.
I waited too long on the decision end of it. I actually looked and had opportunity to buy a silver, new in the box, showroom fresh, 2LZ optioned, Nav, basic silver wheels, for about $13.5K off (GM employee discount pricing, another $3.5K off, but no financing available at that time) which would have made it $69.3K out the door on Whittier Blvd. in Whittier. Went back 2 days later and it was gone. My guess is that we may never see as good of a deal on the '09 Z06's as we did on the '08 Z06's. Especially with the GM & Chrysler merger probably happening. Chrysler has money, GM doesn't, if that let's you know who will be in the seat of that operation.
