Thanks, Obama..

Dodge Neon: $400 craigslist car, main seal was leaking. Was keeping it alive, until the first car wash (which freed all the crap keeping the oil in). Engine seized up a block from home, then hopped on a flatbed in donation to somewhere.

College bills won’t pay themselves, and grandpa’s inheritance sure would help..

(I don’t think many industries care about our older vehicles..)

To be fair, it ISN’T selling at that price, which is why it can still be bought. But there’s someone out there that won’t mind dropping that kind of coin on a 21 year old compact.

Reset your trip meter when you fill up. Over a few fill-ups you’ll see your MPGs, and if you notice a dip, it could be a sign of needing some maintenance.

Execs going to jail? Haha, oh Patrick..

Only six more years..

I have no idea why vertical videos keep happening either..

With a 401k, the employer normally applies a match to some degree or percentage. To that degree, despite the fees, I hope we can agree that at that point 401ks are good, not bullshit. So you have contributed enough to gain some degree of match from your employer, probably 2-10%, whatever is the minimum to gain the…

Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting that the options are a new car or a 90's car. I was potentially in the market for cheap transport when considering new jobs, and I saw a number of Mini’s around $5k (mileage escapes me, but five figures). I have a lot of difficulty justifying a $12k brand new Versa over a…

I can attest to the firm requirements of a car. Perhaps we can also agree that rewards for behavior are likely going to be unwise financially yet, to a degree, necessary? At any rate, I still think that buying a new car is financially a negative decision, but as you’ve displayed there are smart ways to mitigate loss…

Ah, I like this approach (not sarcasm). Take the low-to-zero percent interest rate, put the extra into an index fund that will gain an average of ~7%. But there are a lot of questions regarding the model and the price of the car. Considering the cliff a new car’s value leaps off of with signature, would it not be…

I sat in a new Miata at the CHI auto show earlier this month. At 6'3, I fit in just fine to my liking, which was exciting. But the ease of that droptop was amazing. I generally prefer hardtop coupes, hardtop convertibles look cool, and my experience with T-Tops allows the added effort of detachable roofware. But that…

Not trying to equate the two. Trying to imply that gun violence is so rampant in this country that a story that would normally garner national attention (a major city police commander being gunned down during lunch time in a heavily populated metropolitan area) is eclipsed by an even more tragic event (17 dead in a…

AR15. How many times have we seen this string of characters in an article when one defends their home.

Top 3 situations in which this is a good car (up to your imagination)?

I would agree with you, except that this is already normal. The shooting at the NSA this morning got little coverage, maybe because no fatalities. I didn’t see anything about the Chicago police commander being shot to death yesterday getting coverage here. While abhorrent, this is also normal..

I’m curious to know what ‘should’ have happened. After the Franken news came out, I thought he should not seek reelection. After the Ansari news came out, I felt it was largely a date gone wrong with a lot of unnecessary publicity. After the Weinstein and Trump and Moore and similar news came out, I was disgusted and…

Ha. I bought a pair of swords from Chinatown along with a friend. We split the pair. I still have mine, some 20 years later. It just sits in a corner of a room, as it always has. I know it’s cheap and shit and barks a lot more than it could ever hope to bite (I refuse to sharpen it, as I’m sure I would kill myself, if…