So that’s how the story will end. Blown motor on the race track. CAN’T WAIT!

Because interest rates are really low. Much lower than average market growth. So when you pull it out, you’re losing the market growth on the money, which is the whole reason you’ve put it in an investment in the first place. I would argue that ESPECIALLY if you’re young, you want that money in there growing in…

Credit unions, for sure. Like another commenter said, PenFed will. Otherwise there are banks that will too. We have a local one where I’m at that will do 75 month financing on any year vehicle. Literally....any year. As long as you can prove the value of the car and have good credit you can finance anything you want.

This is still around, some retirement plans encourage it. “That way I’m paying MYSELF back the interest!” they will exclaim. Wow.....

You can get a loan for any kind of car you want to buy.

And it hurts your credit score! Home equity loans do not report on your credit as a mortgage. It counts as revolving debt, which is the same as a credit card. This type of debt reflects poorly on your credit score, especially if you are utilizing more than 50% of the available credit line. So if you have a $30,000…

That actually looks fantastic.

Nitpicking and pointing out how terrible cars are that people absolutely lust over was Clarkson’s thing, and frankly is played out. Do you really expect someone to emulate how he did it, and how would you react if they did? I don’t think that would go over favorably either.

Interesting. So this is the actual answer to the question. Well done!

Same for the guy shooting the video, obviously. Should have backed off rather than focusing on getting the shot. But hey, almost a million views and here we are talking about it so....

damn it!

Can confirm. There’s a school bus dealer in town here, and I recently spoke to the guy that runs it and asked about what they do with the trade-ins. He said they all go to central America. I was surprised to hear this, but it makes sense. They don’t even market them locally.

NP. I honestly think these are one of the ugliest cars ever manufactured. But they are unique, different, even bold. People either love them or hate them. Even though I’m the latter, this one is clearly worth somewhere around the sellers asking price.

This was the first car that came to mind for me too. I mean, I wasn’t expecting a speed demon, but holy hell that thing is slow. I mean like dangerously afraid-to-pull-out-onto-the-highway slow. Just truly horrible. Man did they blow it with that car.

Well done, sir!

When I took my brand new Sierra into a dirt field to do some killer drifting and found out you can only completely disable traction control and skid control under 35MPH.

Nah, I love the buildup to the torque curve in a S2k. It’s like: wait for it...wait for it....wait for it....VVVRRROOOOOOOOOM!!!!

Also watch for addendums to the factory sticker. We have a dealership that we compete with around here that adds $1695 to every new car for their paint and fabric protection. This is an optional package that we sell for $499-$699, and only if you want it. For them it’s mandatory and already included in the price. This…

Actually, that wasn’t the moral to Tom’s story at all.

I thought the same thing, that there were a number of things that should have let the car know that it was occupied. Seat belt clasped, weight sensor in the seat for the airbag, seat belt unclasping. I don’t know that it necessarily has to disable summon if the car is occupied, but it seems like a feature designed to…