Does she have pointed suggestions or is this just general complaint/statistic pumping?

“Most cars roll off the assembly line finished.”

You’re welcome.

TIL, thanks!

It looks ridiculous in the flesh too, at least the preprod camo’d version I saw driving the other day. The track width looks absurd.

I’ve sold twice and it’s been smooth as hell. They pay 10-15% over competitors.

Exactly, spoken like someone who’s never quoted a job at a dealer then tried a private garage and seen the bonkers difference. Pep Boys is a little nauseating, however.

Hell yea. Finally got it.

Hell yea. Finally got it.

Bronco Sport being included in that number makes it actually really sad. 1) it’s not even a competitor to the Wrangler and 2) it still got its ass kicked.

Given Elon dropped out on his PhD in Physics, it shouldn’t be lost on him that any action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Not to mention the scale of payment, easily seized collateral, and there are alternatives for transport. It’s just not the same as the mortgage crisis.

Yea, that’s why days inventories are single digits in a lot of cases (18 days industry average) and profits are maintaining - no one wants to buy new vehicles. You do you, though.

I sold a car to them which was pretty painless, but I had to re-sign (electronically) the PoA for them to transfer the title like 3 months later. They’ve clearly got some janky system for title transfers in place.

Hellkitt-E

I don’t have a problem? I’m just trying to explain 1) how stocks work and why 2) your financial guy is probably performing at the market index. I don’t care at all about what you do or don’t do with your money. I was trying to help explain the “industry” to you. Have at, mon frere.

That guy’s point is we’ve all done well - baseline market growth has been absolutely insane since ~2010. You’ve seen modest gains, my YoY is 48% right now and no one is managing my portfolio (or purely low fee large index funds).

You’ll be tickled to know that actively managed funds (mutual funds) underperform index funds on average. The Efficient Market Hypothesis is a fancier way of saying that the market is smarter and faster than any person (when not nefariously manipulated). All information is known and comprehended instantly.

Excellent.

Lol, the world operates on fiat currency - that exists only because governments say so - aka trust. It’s all made up, friend. Either it all counts or none of it does.