Cue the weekly, and 100% completely incorrect, "money laundering" comments.

And I forgot to add the 15+% in capital gains or income tax that the original Porsche buyer, “Sam” is liable for and that “Bob” would have to cover.

Let’s get this straight. Your contention is that Bob wants to launder his $; he tells Joe to go buy a porsche at auction which ends up costing $66k (yes, your idea works slightly better if you could recruit someone through a private sale and skip this step, but it doesn’t work at auction) and you give him 20% for his…

No, no it’s not. Your fanciful idea that you picked up off of internet comment boards doesn’t work for several reasons. The main reason it doesn't work is that the money used to buy the car is DIRTY MONEY and the transaction is easily verifiable. And just giving money to a “straw buyer” doesn’t help because he’s still…

That’s not how money laundering works. Every time time there’s an article about insane car sales, multiple people post the same “money laundering” comment.

The Jalopnik article failed to mention that the problem began with several jack-knifed tractor trailers blocking all lanes both directions. Snow builds up between the stopped cars, cars are in the breakdown lane and are stuck after the snow, plows cant get around them...

The Jalopnik article failed to mention that the problem began with several jack-knifed tractor trailers blocking all lanes both directions. Snow builds up between the stopped cars, cars are in the breakdown lane, and are stuck after the snow, plows cant get around them...

Never saw the value?

Are these known as “slut buckets” elsewhere, or is it only a local term?

You’re both wrong. It’s neither houndstooth nor herringbone. That pattern is called chevron.

what the hell is coming out of the bumper to the left of the license plate in the lead pic?

Swap Miller Lite for Mich Ultra or hard seltzer and you nailed it.

How do you know the body is clean?  That's one reason I ND'd it.  If the seller has pics prior to paint or you do some investigating in person, who knows what's under that fresh paint (which is different shades on the bed vs cab BTW).  If body checked out and mechanicals were solid, then probably NP, but there's a lot…

These. Understated and integrate perfectly with the car’s lines.

It doesn’t matter what he was doing when he hit Mr. Boever. Read the publicly available results of the investigation which conclude that Boever was walking on the far side of the breakdown lane near the grass and that most or all of Ravnsborg’s car was in the breakdown lane when he struck Boever (despite Ravnsborg…

There are only two possibilities: 1. Ravnsborg wasn’t looking at the road, veered into the breakdown lane, and didn’t see what he hit. 2. Ravnsborg saw what he hit and is lying. Either way, his punishment is light, and if the latter scenario is true, then disgustingly so.

I’m probably late to the Tesla-bashing game, but I witnessed my first Tesla “summon” experience on Saturday evening. Tesla owner walks out of grocery store carrying several bags of groceries (no cart); “summons” his tesla which is parked maybe 40 yards away on this 28 degree night. In the time it took the tesla to get…

Significantly increasing the federal gas tax is a no-brainer: 1. higher gas prices result in fewer miles driven and more fuel efficient vehicles=less traffic and less damage to the environment 2. tax revenues can be used for public transportation and infrastructure

The reason they sell so well is that 75% of truck-owning men would be better of with a van or mini-van or even a wagon but are too insecure to do so. I work in residential construction; guys constantly complain about the poor gas mileage, the insurance, difficulty driving and parking in the city and STILL would never…

Coquito expert here; spent many years in PR and have tried a lot of different coquitos. Not only is coquito delicious, but the simpler the recipe, the better. Too many spices muck up the flavor; expensive dark rums muck up the flavor, as does coconut milk, eggs, etc. 2 cans coconut cream, 1 can sweetened condensed…