Um, no. Keeping $4500 around in straight cash, even in a safe, is a terrible, terrible idea. You know how easy a freaking home safe is to steal and break open later?

Wow thanks, Google Maps, Uber, Trip Advisor and WhatsApp, never could’ve come up with those by myself without such an insightful article.

Hey, cool!! I’m less than a year out of college and working at a pretty small company so a bit all over the place but most of my work is with Android and C#.NET Windows apps, also getting into a little bit of web development.

Ah yeah, software issues. I’m a software developer by trade and still can’t help you there. Some days the USB audio in my Tacoma works and some days it just don’t. 3.5 mm always works thankfully.

I mean it’s natural, you post to the forums when you have a concern, question or *maybe* to sing some praises if you really love the car. No one makes updates to let everyone know their car is still working how they expected

What was the repair? Lots of cars are plagued by software related infotainment issues but if it’s blowing fuses that sounds like water is getting somewhere that it shouldn’t or something isn’t grounded properly

I do understand loans but some car dealerships make them VERY confusing. I went through a new car buying process recently and had vastly different experiences at the two dealers I got far enough to talking numbers with.

This!! Recently bought a new vehicle, wanted a manual transmission and a transfer case. Tacoma TRD Off-Road listed at 33k and I got it for a bit less. Good luck finding a 4-door Wrangler with a hard top for less. The Tacoma gets you a lot more for your money not even mentioning the longer service life and lower…

It’s probably the least exciting car to come out of the factory with an ‘M’ badge(not counting M editions or packages or whatever that aren’t really M cars) but it’s still a great car, it’s just running with some serious company

True, though I see the argument for autopilot in traffic because your attention can be elsewhere. But really, is driving that painful? Do we really need another 30-120 minutes a day to stare at glowing screens? I don’t mind the forced mental break.

THIS!!!! Never had traffic remotely like LA but I have lived in cities and never understood what’s so bad about a manual in traffic. It’s not like my left leg or right arm have something better to be doing, if anything it provides more entertainment than just sitting there.

“Spartan” these days still usually means a decent stereo and bluetooth.

Fine. I’m still going to maintain that there are a lot of better choices out there. If we go back to your first point, that they’re good for people on a tight budget, if someone really is on a tight budget and needs new decent, reliable family transportation there are lots of good options in the low 20s and high teens…

Some people confuse more toys with added value. Thing is, toys get outdated as soon as new toys come along but quality lasts. Compare a stripper W123 Merc from the 80s with literally any Caddilac from the time. The Caddy got you a lot more shiny shit for your buck in the day but in 2018 a W123 still feels like a…

Yeah I don’t have a whole lot to go off of when ‘smart, adult decision making’ means spending thousands more for an outdated platform because it comes with pointless junk like cooled cup holders but not recognizing the inherent value of a high-quality product, even if it comes with less toys.

I don’t feel like doing the research either but I do know that the Accord starts at around 23k and the Charger starts at 28k. That gives you a lot of room to play with options, even though the Chargers probably see steeper discounts. And anyway, I don’t think you can make a smart money argument over which gets you…

Hey same! I guess I should sell my Tacoma and get a.... I guess a Grand Caravan can do a lot of what I do with my truck? If I can count Ram then I can get something entirely too big for what I use my truck for!

Fine, but sometimes there are alternatives that might’ve met more of a person’s desires as well as their needs if they had done a bit more research. Like if they put some importance on having an American-made family sedan, so they bought a Charger that was made in Ontario by the Italians with an American badge instead…

Please name me one need that’s best met by any Dodge products(the one I’ll give you is ‘Factory Drag Car’ and Hellcat/Demon).

Sorry, I just blew some of my drink out my nose when you called the Dodge lineup a smart engineer’s pick.