According to Experian, the average family owns two cars, while 35 percent of American households own three cars or more. Of course, we have a teenage driver (sophomore) in our home who is logging her required hours on a driver's permit. It won't be long before one of our three vehicles will be driven by her to and from high school.
Major automakers reported a more than 30 percent drop in U.S. sales in the second quarter of 2020. With the Coronavirus pandemic impacting our world in such a tragic way, car sales are definitely one area of the economy where the financial impact is being felt. In fact, the U.S. has just experienced the biggest plunge in auto sales since the Great Recession and the auto bankruptcies of 2009.
I've come a long way in 40 years since I purchased my first car, a 1969 VW Bug. Kelley and I believe in purchasing quality vehicles that will go the distance and be reliable. We're fortunate in today's economic climate to be able to have such vehicles. Both of us have maintained working full time in our "essential" jobs and have been weathering this pandemic without much disturbance in our day-to-day lives.
By the way, I've nicknamed the new Ford Focus "The Fly" because of it's compact design and black color.
From Him, Through Him, For Him (Romans 11:36),
Paul J. Staso
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Visit my YouTube channel -- https://www.youtube.com/user/pacetrek
Click on any of the links below to see some of my adventure photos:
- United States in 2006 (3,260 miles solo in 108 days at age 41)
- Montana in 2008 (620 miles solo in 20 days at age 43)
- Alaska in 2009 (500 miles solo in 18 days at age 44)
- Germany in 2010 (500 miles solo in 21 days at age 45)
- The Mojave Desert in 2011 (506 miles solo in 17 days at age 46)
- Various Photos From Mileposts Gone By
- Students Worldwide Who Ran With Me Virtually
- Roadside Sights From My Running Adventures
- Some Cycling Moments From The Past
