The problem is the sales process, in particular financing. It has nothing to do with the car or the facilities. The process is still the same everywhere and it’s awful.

Let’s envision an Apple Car...

Had a bachelor party in Nashville last weekend. 20 dudes taking Ubers everywhere we went. Not one single issue. In that town you can have three Ubers to your door in 2 minutes. 

Do they make you purify yourself in the lake?

Adding to this: Train your sales staff to stop doing all the really annoying sales nonsense. Credit check before test drive? Bad! Dismissing anyone who isn’t buying that day? Bad! “I’ll have to go talk to my manager.” Bad! Trying to add options and accessories on after the deal is pretty much agreed to? Bad! Not…

Notice how you took a moment to consider this obvious outcome?

I’m sure they could control costs in their management and admin staff and software platform, but the real reason they lose money is simply that their fares are too low relative to what they pay the drivers (i.e. their gross margin). Their entire business model is predicated on gaining market share by subsidizing fares…

So I want to get in the car and test drive it, then painlessly negotiate the sale, and then get the hell out of Dodge.

get the hell out of Dodge. Finally, I want the car to be reliable

Funding TechBro living with Ferraris, Mansions, 40yr old Scotch, Escort sex parties, Coke, Wagyu beef, etc.

5th gear: “Is it possible to create a destination that car shoppers want to visit, where they might even find delight in experiencing “the brand?”

Can someone explain to me how Uber loses money when they are the supplier of an App/Service?

First they came for the footballs, and I did not speak out — because I didn’t care about the footballs.

They sell something like 600,000 RAMs a year, it’s the 3rd best selling vehicle in the country.  It makes business sense to invest in them instead of niche vehicles, even if Torch hates the fancy leather. 

I guess it doesn’t help that instead of using my fingerprint to unlock my phone, I use my sack

We only have ourselves to blame.

Well yeah, the labor union should block a turkey plant.  These workers know cars, not poultry.  Duh.  

It is the true Jalop who, when faced with that list of recommendations, winds up with something arguably much worse but more more personality-filled than all of them.

A 1999 Corolla is the answer.

um, used Toyonda Civolla.