If your only way to have a thick wallet is to avoid buying new cars, the problem might be your income source, not your expenses. Also, assuming there are people that cannot truly afford to buy new cars is short sighted and shows your lack of knowledge when it comes to personal finance.

Ugggg, you’re thick, aren’t you?

I manage money just fine, hence why I can afford new cars/motorcycles!

So I’m assuming you live in a trailer, drive a ‘98 Civic and only buy clothes from the Salvo? No, you don’t. Because not doing those things are an expense you are willing to pay. I drive ~24,000 miles a year in a car, plus ~6,000 by motorcycle. Having a new car is an expense that is worth it for me for how much time I…

I guess I’ll be the one that ventures out to ask, why wouldn’t only an idiot buy new?

I work at a plant that has “flexibility” and the workers love it. Wanna know why? Because if orders are low on a specific product line, so they build all the orders by noon, they aren’t getting sent home. They don’t get sent home because we simply move them to another line they are cross-trained on that has orders…

I had a 4-on-the-tree for a while (Saab V4) and it really isn’t bad. Reverse was a bit tricky sometimes, but other than that it was just as easy as any other manual. In spirited corners you could hit the shift lever though, but it’s not like it would pop out of gear unless you really wailed on it.

We should make our own Jalopnik. With Sean McDonald and picture/text quotes.

Since they are becoming the primary Cable TV demographic.

That’s how statistics work... you can’t slap a box on every TV set.

Also, i think 10k is to long to go between oil changes,

Someday in the future...

Greek yogurt? Get the fuck out of here.

Weird, I don’t see a crowd of people nearby. They all must be under the Mustang.

You don’t have to get car insurance just for existing. You have to get car insurance if you wish to drive. Driving isn’t a right mandated by the constitution, it’s a privilege that state governments grant if you agree to play by their rules.

Yeah, MIB3. It’s one of the best looking Suburbans I’ve seen.

‘67-72 was my favorite...

Not with anything I want.

Saab had a pretty diehard cult following (I was one, and am still a bit of a Saab fanboy), but that didn’t save them.

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