well, though that concept is not bound by time, the answer would be either or both - there are legitimate arguments both ways that can be in the shareholder’s best interests.  And Investment strategies are somewhat different than business strategies, and even then not all investment decisions would be long term -…

outright theft? 

lol - I’m an Economist, not a Sociologist. The point being, that it’s not proper to conflate the two issues. Society will shun business that they don’t favor, and support business that they do - this is where ethics and business intersect in the venn diagram of life. Businesses typically behave to the optimized ethic…

explain Carvana then...or Carmax...or Drive Time...why are new cars any different?  current favor is that people DO NOT want to deal with dealers, they want to buy automotive appliances on an iPhone.

the only ethic in business is the fiduciary duty to maximizing profit to the shareholder.  Anything else is simply a social construct to achieve the only ethic in business in the most efficient and effective manner.

1st gear - journalists can ask anything they want to ask - but nobody and no business ‘owes’ them an answer. They’ll announce what they want to announce when they’re ready - and don’t think for a second that the ‘leak’ isn’t a planned telegraph.

this is the truck that they’re putting that little turbo 4 banger in?  it’s gonna look silly when the hood’s popped, which is why NOBODY will buy that configuration.

Dexter owned this when he went all lumberjack in the northwest. ;)

I love this. I would buy this. I would camp the crap out of this. At $5500

David Tracy should be learning from this.

aside from the form factor, they’re essentially the same - but no, you’re not gonna do a swap. Drive them side by side and they’re essentially the same - hell they even used the same shift knob to row the 6 cogs on the Accord and the S2000 - they had the very same weak points and the TSB’s addressed them the same way.…

COTD

how is it possible that nobody is suggesting a non-Miata Mazda?  Literally anything they sell fits this bill. 

it’s the automotive equivalent of a lobotomy, but to be sure, the Prius fits a lot of bills if you get a cheap enough one that’s not wrecked.

you get used to the size issue pretty quickly. but it takes a few weeks to be sure. and you DO notice that parking spaces these days are really really small.

My 04 Town Car was hands down the best vehicle I’ve ever owned, and I’ve owned pretty much everything.  It had 275K miles on it when it got totaled - looked and ran like new, and maintenance was 1: easy and 2: minimal and 3: cheap

the ‘maintenance is worse on old cars’ argument isn’t economically viable either - when pitted against the cost of depreciation and interest expense - or insurance premium difference. 

people put too much weight on gas mileage for the most part. Say you drive typical 15000 miles a year, and say gas is $2.5o / gal. Say you’ve got a typical 26mpg crossover - that’s $1500 a year in fuel. Say you’ve got an 18mpg gas hog - that’s an extra $583 per year.  Say you’ve got a 10mpg 71 caddy - that’s an extra…

Mercury Marauder - or make a hot rod Lincoln out of a Town Car - 

 you need an old Caddy or Lincoln brother