First gear reminds me of a saying finance professor I had who told the story of losing a bunch of money because he shorted a lot of stocks about 8 months too early for the 2007-2008 crash. “Sometimes the market can afford to remain illogical longer than you can afford to remain solvent”

The problem is one dude owns 99% of the stock, so he’s able to heavily influence the price 

I don’t think there’s anyone here who read 1st gear and thought +/- 15%+ swings every single day was somehow based on the underlying business fundamentals.

This argument is kind of like the people who say you should support local mexican restaurants instead of taco bell when really not many people are actually sitting there deciding between Taco Bell/Grocery store sushi versus going to a real restaurant. 

You could make the same argument about any 20 year gap in vehicle generations.

Did its “go” maybe not live up to the massive hood scoop appearance? Perhaps.

I really hope this trend catches on and we can see something like the 2025 F150 “JD Power & Associates Best In Full Size Truck Initial Quality Edition”

This sure is a stupid article title.

Come on guys, is Collin the only one who actually tried? GT500 is a great call. But the guy wants an impractical midlife crisis car and the other suggestions are 1) Lexus sedan that’s barely visually distinguishable from a base model Lexus IS 2) An agonizingly mundane looking Chevy sedan 3) a 17 year old wagon

This is a 1 of 13 with this interior/exterior color combo built on a Wednesday in October of the 2008 model year, I know what i have!

I believe the biggest differentiator for the GXP is it had an option for a manual whereas the GT did not (but that’s irrelevant in this case since it has the auto) but those manual GXP’s command a pretty penny

I assume the “faster” comment is based on the logic that fewer trims helps streamline assembly. 

Except who talks about how much someone “earns” in terms of a dollar value including the cost of the employer portion of insurance, retirement etc?

I mean, it’s low enough volume and they all got scooped up fast enough that if someone managed to pick it up at MSRP, it wouldn’t be insane for them to think they could go into dealer-mode and re-sell it with some markup.

The auction was up for five days and only within the last 20 hours did the bidding finally reach $30,000. Suffice to say that whoever this seller is likely lost money.

Presumably there’s some level of human involvement/review here, at minimum in assessing the appeals. So some people out there are going to have the fun task of explaining to their family that their job is watching videos of teenagers cursing and teabagging playing fortnite...

So you’re going to go the whole article without actually saying how it’s possible to get the titular 170K a year and instead list out some hourly rates that equate to 40-80k per year?

BlueCruise activation for Ford customers costs $2,100 for three years at time of order or vehicle purchase. If a customer chooses not to activate upfront, after their complimentary trial they can choose an annual plan for $800 or a monthly plan for $75.

Except 1mm isn’t the total wear, it’s the difference in wear between front and back so a little more significant.

It’s a stupid lifestyle car if you’re not using it offroad!