that could temper general price gains but high-end manhattan apeea appears to have no limits. >> for more on the manhattan real estate market, log on to our website nbr.com. >>> it's not just the housing market seeing big gains this year. auto sales are also in high gear, and show no sign of letting up. they are on pace for sales of nearly 16 million units. this is the most since 2007. detroit's big three each reported strong gains in sales last month led by smaller fuel carps, pickup trucks, and crossover vehicles. chrysler sales rose 8%. a chevy dealership we've been tracking. we hear so much about demand that's driving sales. everyone says because the average car on the road is so old. but really, how much more demand is left out there? >> quite a bit, susie. i talked to economists looking at numbers. the average age for a vehicle on the road for the united states is under 11 years, and not dropping any time soon there are a lot of people driving old vehicles and think about this, susie, 20%, 20% of the vehicles in the united states are at least 16 years old. so that demand is out