Longview and Kelso Washington Bike Sales Are Up
In Cowlitz County the Longview and Kelso Washington bike sales are up due to gas prices being so high with no end in sight. With gas over $4.00 per gallon nationwide and equally as high in Cowlitz County there is no end in sight to our gas dilemma. Gas is going to continue to rise with rumors of a gallon costing over $5.50 per gallon by the end of summer. If another hurricane hits like Katrina and knocks out a offshore well or two it could be worse, over $6.00 per gallon being very realistic.
Bob’s bike sales rose 20% in the last two months, directly coupled to the gas crunch. The longview Wal-Mart reports selling about 10 bikes a day and 40 to 50 bikes on weekends. Nationwide bike sales are up approxamatly 20% so the Longview Kelso area is on par with the rest of the nation. Service is also up, people getting there bikes up to speed, ready to commute to work.
The choices people are making in car buying decisions are changing also. The suburban’s and SUV sales are down greatly. The auto manufactures are shuting down plants that specialize in manufacturing the larger SUV’s and other gas guzzlers. I can only imagine what that is doing to the resale of preowned vehicles. Probably pretty hard to sell the big SUV’s like Cadillacs, Ford’s, Chevrolet’s, and Hummers.
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