I own. My parents own. Most of my friends own. You’re dismissed.

Not that I agree with NIMBYism, but your argument has problems.

b-b-but property values....

It’s also possible that, as a result of this, if Democrats return to power they’ll codify more explicit and stricter laws about this stuff. And then the Republicans will use that to be even more obstructionist.

The Republicans would be completely unashamed to say they would treat Clinton differently. And you know why.

It is getting harder and harder to believe that Republicans are merely incompetent, and easier and easier to believe that Republicans are evil.

...except? That’s what I said.

The way it failed before where money winked out of existence and nobody did anything illegal and we bailed them out and they not only learned nothing but made damn sure we didn’t hold them back with preventative regulations?

Forgive my confusion. Is the glut of IIIs, now unsellable, just a big miscalculation by manufacturers of how quickly cars would get sold?

The regulators work?

Depends on how certain the seller is that they’ll get nothing for it later.

There’s generous and then there’s predatory. And consider the percentage of these subprime loans that are not buying a manufactured good but are paying for money. How fucked up is our economy, for the people participating in it, if a large chunk of their money is spent on money?

Something everyone here seems to forget? Did you really think I’d forgotten it? Should I conclude that you’re forgetting that enthusiasts who want a nimble RWD sports car don’t consider a tall AWD sedan equivalent? Or are you casting aspersion on people who want more power by implying they’re fixated on the number of…

So your experience is such an infinitesimally small part of their total usage that calling it anecdotal is generous. You get that’s why I’m making lighthearted fun of your statement, right? Yeah, it’s probably true that most people mostly don’t use the capabilities they say they had to have, but occasionally the…

I’m pretty sure the stupidity of the photos is why she posts them.

That’s likely a bonus for getting Opel into financial shape such that it’s attractive to a buyer.

It’s not funny when you know how much they make selling loans.

The India seems like either poor communication — the government wrote one thing but meant another, and manufacturers truly didn’t know that not only would they be unable to build IIIs beyond April 1, but dealers would be unable to sell them — OR, manufacturers counting on the government blinking, i.e. they knew IIIs…

How do you prevent giving those loans? Even if you could get a law passed that further regulates car loans — say, forbid underwater loans — car dealers would start packaging personal loans for the difference, or push home equity loans.

You can’t count the number of times someone’s asked you for a cheap car and ended up with something expensive because they “needed” room and wanted a sunroof, yet you know there’s never more than one person in it, never any cargo, and 99% of the time the sunroof is closed?