That’s fair, but an unbuckled passenger is a hazard for everyone in the car, not just the person who chooses not to buckle up. I’m the last person to shout “Think of the children!” but...the would-be victims of this negligence do include children, who cannot reliably advocate for themselves around irresponsible…

I had a gold 1996 Buick Roadmaster that my parents gave to me when they got themselves a Cadillac. I loved that car. It was smooth, quiet, and quite a rocketship for its size.

Instant divorce.

Its hard not to feel just a little bit bad for the dad, despite him having exactly the family he deserves

I have a pretty rough one - for my 25th birthday, I was gifted a car of my choosing from a wealthy relative and to this day, I regret going with a brand new B7 A4 instead of a low mileage, CPO E46 M3. 

Is the reliability representing all issues or only like critical drive-ability ones.

Re: the E-Type coupe, it’s ok to admit when you’re wrong.

“Get me dones” get done. 2005-2007 we were able to roll crazy amounts into cars (Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer leases that everyone had 0 money down, $249/mo) Stupid high LTV and we were selling the cars at Friends and Family prices $70k SUVs were $58k and they were still hitting 115-120% LTV.

Yeah, pretty much this. I was in a dealership not too long ago waiting for a part, and a couple came in looking to buy a specific used truck that was on the lot. They got irrationally angry when they learned that the money they owed on the car they wanted to trade in didn’t just get wiped from the books if they got a…

I don’t think the dealership has any financial responsibility, if he doesn’t buy a car here, he’ll buy one next door.

The length of the loan is forever, because the customer is going to do the same thing again long before it’s paid off.

The guy is trying to buy a ~$90k car while being $29k underwater and only has $7500 to put down. Assuming a 6.5% car tax (this is a guess) and a 10% interest rate (no way this guy is in single digits), you hit that $2500 with 60 months of payments.

The only judging he is doing is the monthly amount.  If you gave him a $2500/month payment for 30 years to get a Bentley you know what he would be rolling out of the dealership with.

How shall I judge that monthly payment without knowing the length of the loan?  

This. I want more daylight when I’m done working for the day, not before.

other things I am willing to try include; 4 day work week, 6 hours being full time (with increased wages). oh wow you have a little less light at the golf course whaa whaa, you really think an experiment from the 70s involve the same types of people today?

Good idea, but we should actually make Daylight Standard Time the actual Standard time.

“Starts at” is key here.  I don’t think they are breaking out the laser treatment and dry ice for a base level detail at their shop.

$4K? I guess that’s insignificant compared to the car’s sale value. Must be nice to be in that income bracket.

Guy A gives Guy B $120K worth of drugs. Guy A cannot accept straight cash (cuz his bank and IRS surely wont without a receipt), so he “sells” his car to Guy B for ~$40K and the cost of the drugs to Guy B, and now has a “legit” receipt to show the tax man and banker for all that scratch.