A good exercise to do is pay yourself. Take 6 months, and each month move 800$ to your savings account, (or if you are still paying for a vehicle, put the amount you would to equal the national average) and see if that is too much of a struggle for you. Then adjust it until you are comfortable and that’s what you…

I’ve been wondering this whole time how people are buying “regular person” vehicles like Mavericks, Tellurides, Siennas with $10k markups.

....or rich enough.

HOA’s boggle my mind. I can’t fathom why somebody would voluntarily buy a house with an HOA. They are, thankfully, pretty rare here in Canada.

I am willing to bet this airline is not going to punish you, refund you, or care in any way whatsoever if you book a direct flight and don’t show up for it. They’ll gladly take your money without skipping a beat, and they shouldn’t care here either about a flight that was paid for but not attended.

I think this is God telling us to stay out of Florida.

And keep your shoes on.

I spent thousands of hours flying on planes at a previous job, much of it intentionally in crappy weather, and I’ll just say this - when you’re seated, keep your seatbelt on. Oh, and wear long pants and long sleeve shirts when you’re flying. Those escape slides are not made of soft or smooth material.

I’m guessing the perceived notion that ‘pre-pandemic’ builds are better quality.

I think it depends on the brand and model.

Unless your finances are significantly better than the typical person’s, a $1000 car payment is being bad at money. I get that cars are more expensive now than ever and that even cheap cars aren’t cheap, but it seems like people are just using that as an excuse to completely overextend themselves by taking on a new…

I’m looking at the Acura Integra or Civic Si with MT, the new Prius, maybe the BRZ/GR86, really up in the air right now. I would even consider the Tesla Model 3 if they maintain their promotional pricing, which I suspect they won’t.

Well, that’s already happening, and that alone will not stop dealerships from exercising their rights to sell at a price that the market will pay.

However, this is the problem with the OEM/dealer model.

Tesla, whether you like them or not has a better sales model. Prices go up, prices go down. Much like a stock. You…

Just recently bought a new car and experienced this. Negotiated fair price ahead of time, thankfully had it all in writing for a specific vehicle and vin, get to dealership and they bring me the paperwork with $6k of already installed “accessories” that they said I have to take, like Lojack, the paint protection plasti…

Having seen the classic ‘Knight Rider’ episodes ‘Trust Doesn’t Rust’ and ‘K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.’ I really feel like installing KARR security is a bad move regardless of price.

You mean dealer employee burner accounts?

I’ll patiently wait for the troves of people claiming that dealerships add value to the car buying experience.  

40K + Miles on our 2020 Nissan Leaf. Biggest expense has been tires and daughter dinged two rims on an immense pothole and wiped out a brand new tire.

Is the BMW X1 still the same vehicle as the Mini Countryman?

Got quality issues? Here’s a great idea: cut engineering!