Rec'ing your comment because of the wonderful citations. Comments need more of this.

Bolting the machines and fixtures down seems like it should've had higher precedence. Idk.

I know all recent Airs come with SSDs, but I assumed the Pros had them as well - since this article mentions Pros and Airs.

Your first job makes it very easy to learn this lesson. Retail, food service, and many entry level jobs tend to have a higher turnover rate than most. Most of us will have seen a coworker leave in the first year or two of our first job. However, it's much more rare for any of us to see a single employee leave only to…

Obviously "cus I was doing 55 in a 54."

I'm getting desperate. I found some Miatas up in Round Rock I might go look at this weekend.

Well, at least we're close to places like DD Performance and Houston has some decent shops for the FR-S. Guess I'll just have to wait until summer.

The price point is why I can't buy one right now. I had $20k set aside to buy this car (I don't like making payments), but everywhere I go, I'm being quoted minimum $25k before stupid Texas taxes.

As someone who owned the last TRD supercharger for a 4 cylinder.. it's really not worth it.

As a former TRD supercharger kit owner for a 4 cylinder Toyota vehicle.... no you don't. Go aftermarket.

So what you're saying is guidos from Jersey have the right mindset?

True, and I definitely agree with you. I can't speak from the automotive sales perspective, but having worked in many large tech companies, if you can get decent sales doing it the easy (i.e. - quick & dirty) way, is 20% more sales really worth the extra effort of recruiting that kind of talent?

Even if the guy didn't sell his wife the purse, it would be the same story. I think the focus of the post was in the paragraph describing how the salesman made him and his wife feel as if he were "in his home" and never pressured, only demonstrated why his product was better.

I think being able to sell dealers on it, or at least the dealers with expendable income for such a service, would be a trick all in its own. It reminds me of software/data security consultants. Just look at tech/data companies and all the data breaches they have, despite the availability of consultants that can tell…

I've found that if you go in to negotiations with the intention to not buy that day but rather to just "see the numbers," the salesman will do everything possible to get you to buy that day.

I wish that's what my last experience was like. I need to start going to Subaru dealerships.

Won't...cry...[sob]

This song is ingrained in my DNA.

The anger part is what I can relate to the most. My last position left with a burn that still flares up in my emotions from time to time.

Depends on your field. For technology and programming, it is entirely possible (and becoming more normal) to get a job that definitely is not "crappy" right out of college. Too, companies flock to recent college grads with STEM degrees.