Unfortunately, just about every car insurance company looks really, really close at a person’s personal finances the moment that they file an insurance claim on a car fire.

I see a lot of customers come into my dealership who got absolutely shithammered elsewhere and are looking for a way out of their car. I remember one guy who got a brand new Escape S (base, 2wd, nothingmobile) which retails for about $22k. After they stuffed a very expensive (and fugazi) warranty down his throat and…

1. How can you roll $2000-3000 in negative equity on a Tundra PRO and then suddenly be $16000 in negative equity? Those sell for pretty much MSRP, even used - definitely not $13000-14000 under MSRP. Everything seems to indicate this is a recent purchase, so no time to rack up the miles and make it worth less.

Unfortunately, if his debt-to-income ratio is too high (which very well might be the case in this scenario), a bank wouldn’t do a personal loan for another $350/month.

I thought you were trying to get him OUT of a Toyota truck!

Flee to Mexico.

Wow, lots of folks don’t get the joke.

“Cruise control is going to set the engine at one RPM.”

Can’t unsee.

The irony here is so delicious this post could almost be considered Foodspin.

You have an excellent Kinja name. That is all.

As a black man with a traditional African name (which I am proud of, btw!) ...

... I can attest to resenting the lack of keychains or novelty license plates at truck stops.

I told you that Jrue was a girl’s name.

Not surprised to see Penn State have its way with a young OSU team.

Hey this guy gets it. If you hit hard enough there comes a tipping point where the opposition, and the locals around the opposition turn on themselves.
People will fight if they have hope for victory, remove that hope, crush their will, and all they will want is for the shelling to stop, regardless of why and how.

35k canadian?