My brother isn’t lazy. He does make very bad decisions all the time. Despite having a support system in place to help him NOT make bad decisions. So without that support system, people are screwed. Most recently, he called me up asking if I knew a place that could put a cam and headers on his truck (that isn’t paid…

I have been poor as dirt and could have easily gotten myself into financial trouble like these folks. The reason why I did not is because I was taught to be financially responsible at a young age. Yes I may have been broke as hell and struggling but I knew that things like this would only make my situation worse.…

You must watch a lot of FoxNews. So scared of the poor welfare queen bogeyman. 

This is a straw man argument akin to the “welfare queen” myth from the 80's. First of all, just because you’re poor doesn’t mean you can’t have things that make life enjoyable. Second of all, what makes you think you know what someone “needs?”

and 85% of Americans think: that means I’ll have to eat me once that big promotion comes/I hit the MegaBall/a long-lost uncle/aunt bequeaths me billions

If anything, being willing to take the dealer’s financing offer may get you a little better price, assuming they are getting a kickback.

Why would the dealer care if you put 50% down in cash? They always get cash, whether it is your cash or a bank’s cash. The bank’s cash is actually less hassle and more profitable for them, as they usually get a kickback on the financing.

I have the cheapest Tacoma in town

$10k and 100k miles are both huge psychological hurdles.

Tom on why your can’t negotiate down used car prices much:

the market needs a dissenting (short interest) opinion, especially when a company’s fundamentals do not support it’s valuation. 

Exactly this. I actually want tesla to succeed / have been saying ‘go private’ for a while, both to relieve the influence of shorts and relieve us of Musk’s grandstanding and cuntbaggery. What an idiot. Stock halted for good reason.

yeah i agree.. Massa is a good, well seasoned and experienced driver.. which is why he so completely out-scored Stroll last year.

/snicker/

“Next into The Tank is an enthusiastic young man from South Africa who has built an electric car. He is looking for a 72 billion dollar investment from the sharks against a valuation of 84 billion dollars”

I’ve never really quite understood his fixation on the Shorts. His massive short burden is not really a “we hate Tesla” thing, but more a symptom of a company that’s fundamentals are out of balance with it’s share price. UBER would have the same issue if it were public.  Day in day out, the number of shorts shouldn’t…

That's fine, but I wasn't complaining about economy class air travel. Just pointing out the bullshit language the CEOs use to justify it. It's not about what people desire. It's about what they can afford. If he had just said basically what you said (People typically opt for the lowest price so we have to cram in as…

They’re mostly short hops so I don’t accumulate a ton of miles.  This year I should be close to hitting the segments for Silver with United, but as I’m Houston based, Silver doesn’t really mean much- everyone in this damn town has it, so you’re better off paying the $500 

Airlines: What do you passengers want?
Passengers: Cheaper flights.

Do you know why it’s gone? All you “enthusiasts” who ask me to bring these to the NA market and then buy a CVT Kia Soul instead because you suddenly remember you’re 39 years old 215lbs, make $65K a year and have a wife, 2 kids and a dog.