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That's entirely reasonable then. Nobody can logically expect a buyer to waste that much gas and time when there are credible shops nearby.

If you're trying to buy a Craigslist car and the seller refuses to do an inspection, you definitely don't want that car. Plain and simple. Unless it's a cheap beater that's clearly shit, always get an inspection

My strategy for getting cheap BMWs:

It doesn't matter what warranties, paint protectors or titles he also financed. Unless he put a big downpayment, he will be underwater automatically. Because the car loses value automatically and he owes every penny still because he had no down payment.

This is why its so easy to get under water. You payment isn't paying down your principle much in the first years.

You should really do a post on present values, interest rates, risk-free rates to show just how much money people are losing when they finance a car at any interest rate. I don´t think they realize how little of their primary payments actually pay down their principle

It´s also massively harder to get underwater on a used car than a new one. Impossible if you buy it in cash, which 99% of the time isn´t possible on a new car

If you're bad with money or rich, yes. The only thing that depreciates faster than a new AMG is a night of strippers and blow. 100x on the "interest bearing debt on rapidly depreciating asset" comment.

My sister had a '97 Gran Marquis she inherited from Grandma. Low mileage and pristine. An F150 backed into it, crumpled the hood, cracked a headlight and punctured the radiator. Could've been drivable for about $50, but it was totaled due to already having such a low value as a used car. If am old, old car was…

I'm significantly more afraid of encountering white trash than any other race. Maybe it's because I'm from the Midwest, but it's the white trash meth heads you see most often doing crazy shit like this. And they're the ones always carrying.

A7, A5 Sportback, TT sportback. When does the A3 sedan sportback?

It's America's most unreliable cars, now managed by Italians.

Then you're obviously not the target for this app. Or valets in general.

I go to Indiana University and we have a huge population of students from China. This is a pretty tame car. R8s and Maseratis are common fare. My friend was roommates with a kid from Shenzhen freshman year (mandatory dorms first year - the great equalizer). This kid had a Quattroporte and every weekend he and his…

My friend and I were flipping cars in high school, bought a $700 e36 325i. Serpentine belt snapped on Highway, so we left it at a gas station in Indy and walked to NAPA (30 mins)

At least they can locate the driver. Good thing it wasn't a cab or metro

so outside of Russia we swallow sinkholes? I don't think the joke fits.

Didn't know this was happening until I stumbled upon it walking home from class. My weekend just got so much more exciting.

No. It has to do with conflicts of interest now that Mercedes is launching a car that could "potentially" compete with the Model S and future smaller Tesla "In some demographics".