“hawking chaw spit out the window“

You are correct. There is no good reason to force a dealership between consumer and manufacturer. In the current market they offer no value to the purchaser or the manufacturer.

If we lived in a sane world dealerships would not be allowed to sell financing. It’s a conflict of interest as the best interests of the finance company, the auto manufacturers and the customers are not aligned.

Plus the 1.8 really really really wants to explode without an absurd maintenance schedule.

Whatever you used to post this has given the “them” all they want.   

Thank you Walmart. Your drone took one for the team and probably saved the life of door knocking Girl Scout or a kid fundraising for the band.

“The metaphor only makes sense if it’s even remotely accurate, which yours is not.”

Perhaps google “metaphor” before flying off the handle?

Any post that gets people talking about depreciation and car costs is good to me. If some car shopper stumbles across this and rethinks their decision to go under water on a car, the post has severed a positive purpose.

Spending on a car that is worth less than the balance halfway through repayment is stupid.

Half pretax?

Where’s TikTok headquartered? 400k can burn really fast in some real estate markets.

I don’t think we are supposed to feel bad for her.  It’s a cautionary tale that we can all apply to our approach to money regardless of our income. 

The buying “hack” of keeping a car for a long time after the finance period works a lot better if you let somebody else eat the first two years of depreciation.

Divorce is the only answer. The guy is not just irresponsible and self absorbed, he’s a sociopath.

“The downside is there is going to be a TON of litigation as to what is and isn’t an official act, especially when you have a sitting President trying to get re-elected by any means possible.”

“I think anyone who thinks the Supremes will go along with Trump anointinghimself emperor has rocks in their heads.”

I’d survive them..But they are not good.

The axle hop is a hard launch issue. If you want a dragster fwd is not for you.  The LSD does a great job of limiting understeer when powering out of a corner.  That’s the reason it’s there.

As someone who doesn’t like overzealous policing or entitled rich people, I found the cognitive dissonance I experienced while reading this to be uncomfortable.