# Buying truck **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-truck/30345 "2009-05-12T00:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-truck/30345/21 "2009-05-17T23:47:39Z")
IF you can wait a month or 2 when gas prices peak for the summer, then people will be selling trucks for a song again. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-truck/30345/22 "2009-05-18T00:00:02Z")
“…when gas prices peak for the summer…” They are already up to $2.219/gal at Sam’s Club. Just a month ago it was $1.879/gal. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-truck/30345/23 "2009-05-18T00:35:36Z")
exactly, and by June/July, maybe even August, we’ll probably see $4+/gallon gas again. When people start spending 1/4 to 1/2 their truck payment in gas each month, then they’ll take the financial hit again and go for a less thirsty car. ---
**Author:** ![joethemechanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@joethemechanic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joethemechanic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-truck/30345/24 "2009-05-21T13:08:09Z")
It’s a repo. And when people run out of money, and they know they are losing it, they treat it like crap [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-truck/30345.md?page=1)