Was wondering if it was a seasonal issue. But you are South of the Equator, so I would suspect a seasonal sell off would have already happened. In the US, we are a bit past 1/2 way through convertible season. I would not put it past some people to take their annual vacations earlier in the season, and try to sell when summer prices are still somewhat strong. Winter prices in theory can take a bit of a hit on soft tops. Prices tend to rise (and inventory tends to evaporate) when weather starts getting better in spring.
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I have one of the few economy focused diesels in the US - My VW used to get a hair under 50mpg before the EPA demanded it get nuetured (now it is low 40's). I was surprised on vacation that the diesel Toyota we used did not get all that great of mileage. I think it barely did 20mpg. Our guide was a bit frustrated with his current diesel prices - they were hitting $8/gallon (after converting from the kilometers per liter, and doing a currency conversion - way too much math for vacation. I don't want to really guess how many hours we drove during the vacation - but it was probably close to 100hrs. We probably averaged over 6hrs a day for almost 2 weeks (abet the vast majority of that was offroad). Definitely the most off roading I have ever done in 10 days (plus 6+ hours of onroading too and from the area we offroaded daily. So 6x12=at least 72hours of truck time.
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I have one of the few economy focused diesels in the US - My VW used to get a hair under 50mpg before the EPA demanded it get nuetured (now it is low 40's). I was surprised on vacation that the diesel Toyota we used did not get all that great of mileage. I think it barely did 20mpg. Our guide was a bit frustrated with his current diesel prices - they were hitting $8/gallon (after converting from the kilometers per liter, and doing a currency conversion - way too much math for vacation. I don't want to really guess how many hours we drove during the vacation - but it was probably close to 100hrs. We probably averaged over 6hrs a day for almost 2 weeks (abet the vast majority of that was offroad). Definitely the most off roading I have ever done in 10 days (plus 6+ hours of onroading too and from the area we offroaded daily. So 6x12=at least 72hours of truck time.
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