Yes, 3 years is the standard length, and most contracts get renewed without much issue. In general, it is bad practice to have contracts that are longer than 3-5 years in almost any industry, as they will benefit the ownership while those on the earning side want regular updates. It allows a lot more flexibility for…

Absolutely. All 3 of those vehicles are probably never cross shopped either, so not particularly comparable. It was more of a comment pointing out that Gladiators are arguably the worst vehicle to use for any type of current market indicator.

Now do that with a prius or sienna. It's still a weird market, these jeep trucks just suck in a widely competitive segment 

Depending on the location, it is pretty shocking how well a train can sneak up on you. I’ve had a number of projects crossing tracks that I had to do some sort of field visit and there were definitely a few times that they passed while I was at a safe distance and didn’t realize it was ever approaching. Going around…

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3 - The UAW (unions in general) has to shoot for moon in hopes of just making progress. The big 3 are using teams of lawyers to put as many poison pills and loopholes in the contracts that they can to negate any real benefit.

I fear you underestimate how much people are willing to buy shitty cars. According to the first Google result, Buick moved an average of almost 60k Encores a year for 10 years. Almost 600k of those stupid little things sold and Buick isn’t a common rental car...

Wonder if there is a way to legislate distracted driving much like how DIUs get a built in breathalyzer. Get caught texting & driving - lose your smart phone. Phones are pretty central to our current economy, so the person instead gets a special locked phone that won’t allow any social media sites (kinda doubles as a…

175,000 of them were probably rental agencies. 

This was exactly my experience when I bought last spring. The price difference in new versus 1-3 year old cars in the group I liked most was maybe $1-2k in the $33k-$45k range. Many 1 year old cars were something like $500 off a new car MSRP (accounting as well as one can online for features). My pre-approval was 2%…

Even if I had FU money, I can’t imagine dropping nearly $80k on a custom-built car that I had no hand in customizing. Anyone who can afford a toy this expensive is just driving a Porsche.

Not to say they can’t tank it through stupid policies, but as I said, that usually takes long enough for it to be the NEXT President’s problem.

Pretty much anyone in the consulting/contractor world understands this. Hourly is nice, in that it guarantees income for work, but rate based is where the big money is. 

Since buying a BEV isn’t something I even need to be tempted by, it’s really easy for me to dismiss Tesla as a brand. However, I also don’t like their interiors for the price, so I was mostly assuming that the Polestar would have the best interior of the listed BEV options, but have not been in one.

I keep reading that and know it how these things should operate, yet we continue waiting for the floor to actually come out on all this. Manufacturers haven’t just been increasing prices, they’ve completely discontinued the cheaper cars. Pricing may hold steady, but the simple existence of new cars under ~$27k has…

Almost their whole list is just basic maintenance that exists on every car. However, the people I’ve met with parents who could gift them a new A4 don’t really care about savings on stuff like that. They may just be better off rolling through leases if they hate maintenance that much.

Just need to make it so the pedals fold away, include some more storage underneath, and add some cupholders to make this a solid stroller. Big wheel strollers are the best. 

With how much manufacturers have been trying to abandon the sub $30k market in general, I’m not sure it is a realistic expectation for some wave of BEVs in that price bracket. The Bolt & Leaf have been there. The Ioniq, Kona, ID.4, & Niro have been very close when accounting for credits. It’s not a lot, but the sub…

We’ve moved on a bit from masks and hammers