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Article: Buy new? Pickup owners say no.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- June 28, 2009
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Byline: Patrik Jonsson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Atlanta -- The other day, Dareem Rashid was selling Carolina-style ribs on Moreland Avenue in Atlanta. That's just one of many locations where he sets up shop. To get his business from place to place, he uses a 1995 Chevy Silverado, pulling his two-pit barbecue kit behind.
Given that his truck is 14 years old, how would he feel about buying a new pickup - one that costs more but gets better mileage under tough new fuel-economy standards?
"I wouldn't buy one of those new trucks for nothing," he says.
Such is the challenge facing the auto industry.
Under the ...