Yea, that is a great point. I also think it is just a hard business to run with a ton of moving parts that can go wrong and a lot of overhead to cover. So, one small mistake or non-payment can really put you behind and you may never catch up. Restaurant business is the same way.

Yea, that makes sense. And with all the work it takes to do some of these, it can’t be very high margin. Once you get someone that flakes on a bill, you are kind of screwed. 

I guess we will see, but it doesn’t look good for them. A no name “brand” selling expensive cars isn’t a recipe for success.

That guy is still alive?

I saw one that I think was even better. The person said that having the pump handle pulled all the way in caused you to get less gas but still make it look like your tank was full. I assume they were talking about the air that gets into the liquid, but as we all know, air doesn’t stay in liquid very long. They…

I know, but it usually starts innocently to some extent. Get stiffed on a resto project then try and make it up on the next but don’t make it all back. Then it starts to snowball. I am sure that is how a lot of fraud starts, not really on purpose, but after some period, it just isn’t reversable. A bit like a gambling…

I guess the problem here is the dollar amounts are usually more significant than some other businesses. Also, with cars, there is so much that can go wrong that leads to losing money on a sale, restoration or parts selling. Maybe it is that I am auto leaning in my job and personal life, but I just seem to see so many…

Yep, that is true.

Yep, and I have a garage that is only for working on stuff, so it wouldn’t be all that terrible. 

I feel like so many of these restoration and tuner companies end up in hot water, it is weird.

I think a lot of it is just posturing and trying to sound good. BUT, there is also the fact that we can’t all have professional jobs in the country and operate. There is also a large amount of people that just can’t do professional type jobs. And I am not being mean here, but when you think about average Itelligence,…

As an ex-miata owner, I have a really weird and irrational soft spot for old brit roadsters. I was once asked about what kind of car I would want and after talking about how terrible owning an old British car would be, my answer was an old British roadster. Maybe I am a sucker for punishment...

Slide 8, with kids, you can NEVER have a moment to just think about driving. It kind of stinks, because they are asking questions, and I like that. But man, it gets hard to focus. And when they are bickering over some random inane thing, ughh, that is way worse.

I only wish I had more time to take my first gen Highlander offroad. You can bet that when I get a chance, I take the most ragged way to my destination. More than a few times my wife has said, “where are you going?” when we turn down a road that is more trail than road.

Always nice to see a company do something they probably didn’t have to do I guess. I do my own oil changes, I guess I would be screwed!

I guess they are doing better, but selling 10k units a month across the entire US is not good. Polestar is like 1k a month so very poor at best.

Gotta go Larry June and his ASC McClaren in “Recaro Seats”. Plus, Larry is cool.

Let’s see you try and play, then we can judge if your take is legitimate. If it is “barely a sport” you should be able to play it pretty well.

I won’t lie, you had me in the first half.

It won’t do well, nothing Polestar has sold or really even Volvo, has done well. And they are losing tons of money selling next to nothing, great business model.