Here's the thing. Yes, those commercials are a bit unintentionally silly and all the parodies have been great, but the MKC is a REALLY nice looking small crossover. Nothing Iv'e read in the reviews has really suggested that it's much more than a gussied up Escape, but the Escape isn't a bad car and there's nothing…

It means the MKC now comes in brown. I have nothing bad to say about that.

I feel old.

I don't set foot on a lot without knowing as much as I can. Then, I pretend I don't know anything, and wait to see how honest the salesman is.

I like the boots. At least, I like the results for Hudson Boots I found on Amazon for that about that price.

I like Range Rovers. I like pickups. I like nothing about this thing.

I can't remember.

Actually, I was there for an oil change and the floor sales guy approached me and got me to test drive a car. I dug it enough that I brought my wife in to check it out. Then, we drove around to other dealers and compared their inventory, finally deciding that the first one we saw was, in fact, the best one available —…

I think of things like TrueCar as just one tool in the negotiating toolbox. I've seen it spit out some pretty awful numbers, and for some brands, finding a participating dealer is all but impossible. In my particular case, it worked out, but I would never recommend anyone solely rely on it.

No. Quite the opposite. He did the normal song and dance, asking the manager, etc. and came back with something like $500 off the sticker. So I responded with "Well, TrueCar gave me THIS number ( a little over $3K off sticker and about $150 under what my research suggested was the dealer invoice number, though that…

When we bought my wife's car, we used True Car, but I didn't mention it until I'd already gotten the salesman's "best" price, just in case it was lower. It wasn't.

Wait, which HIM is she thanking? Health Information Management or that band from Finland?

The car is gross, but for $1200, why not? Nice price.

"The process" means shit. Automotive News probably can't say shit, but I can. Shit shit shit. Poop.

Nobody does inexpensive, but not cheap, quality — and here I mean the look and feel of things, rather than their longevity — better than VW. It seems like every one of their cars feels like it would cost 50% more if made by any other company.

No matter what the payment amount, payment PLUS out-of-pocket repair sucks a lot more than payment alone.

That's a big part of why I would never finance a car beyond its warranty. Even the worst warranties last for three years, which is how long I financed my car for (though I bought a car with a four year warranty). Is everyone else in the world actually choosing those 48, 60 and 72 month finance periods? I thought we…

I'd be curious to see a follow-up list: The 10 Most Reliable Cars You'd Actually Want or some such. Nothing here would be on my personal list, if "willing to be seen in one" were a consideration. Well, maybe the trucks.

The Park Cities are a special kind of hell. Nothing surprising about this story at all.

The iphone 6 is almost certainly my next phone, but not because it brings anything I haven't already had for years with my last two Android phones (the Gs3 and the Moto x), but because it now has the features oh those phones that matter to me, while more modern Android devices have swelled to be entirely too big.