Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Still don’t know what I was waitin’ for—David Bowie
When it comes to cars—new and used—and car related events, the pandemic has played havoc with automotive enthusiasts. Car shows have been canceled, postponed and rescheduled but attendance at some Cars & Coffee events remain strong, at least for the time being, New and used car prices have climbed to historic highs, with crazy dealer markups for new cars, especially for popular models, limited editions and high performance cars.
Recently the wholesale price of used cars has been dropping each week but I have yet to see any downward pressure on retail prices, especially here in Colorado. It might be different where you live. Most industry analysts expect used car to bounce back again in the Spring of 2023—not that means anything. What does all this means is that when it comes to finding a replacement for my Mercedes-Benz CLA 250: I have pretty much given up hope of getting any kind of Joe Car in the relatively near future. On the other hand, family car-wise it seems Mary’s Subaru Crosstrek’s days may be numbered…
While this blog is free to access, it’s not free to produce. There are domain and server costs associated with producing it including the software that runs and protects the site. My Webmaster has to be paid for keeping the structural and technical aspects of this and my original photography how-to Blog up and running and free from the inevitable issues that plague all on-line enterprises. I don’t have any personal sponsors as so many manufacturer-paid bloggers have and the few sponsors the blog does have do not cover its cost of operation. The difference comes out of my own pocket.
Because of that and the time pressures of running this site and writing three blog posts a week for it, seven posts a week for my photography how-to Blog, and posts and images for my wildly unsuccessful boudoir photography business, I’ve decided to integrate future automotive photography and car show posts into my main Blog and website. I started doing that occasionally with posts such as this (click) and you can expect to see regular car-related posts on that blog. After this post, I will no longer be writing any new posts for this website but the site will remain active for the foreseeable future so that you have access to the more that 500 posts that will be archived here.
Thanks for your support over the years and I hope that you visit JoeFarace.com from time to time.