That is not even REMOTELY what I said.

Even $50K would have been fine for the nice styling and interior vs. the plastic-fantastic Volt. But what where they smoking to price it at $75K??? Utter madness.

Bad dealers are bad. There are ~18K new car dealerships in the US. The vast majority of them are perfectly fine.

There are DEFINITELY maker promotions that are tied to you financing through the dealership using the captive finance companies. Which I very much agree should not be a thing. That is almost certainly disclosed in the very, very, very small print or chipmunk talk in the advertisement.

Not even remotely. Some suck, some are awesome, most are “fine”. Like cops, the bad ones get all the press.

But of course, he was buying a KIA, so the skeeze still went with the car, LOL!

DO NOT rely on the dealer. Go to your own bank or credit union before you even start shopping and get a blanket approval up to whatever amount you and they are comfortable with. Worst case scenario, you might not be able to drive home with the car THAT very day. But getting you to is a good incentive for the car…

They certainly did a hard pull - which is also not an approval unless it’s at a Buy Here / Pay Here dealer, which this evidently is not or this would not be a story. And found he had no or terrible credit. So they wrote up a deal that they thought their usual bottom feeder lenders would take. But none did. And then I…

If you have decent credit, you will get instantly approved online right through the dealerships computer system that is connected to lenders. No income verification needed. After all, relatively speaking, cars are small change and easy to repossess compared to houses. If you are subprime, things get a lot more…

It’s a thing because people want to go home with a car *today*, and dealerships don’t want you to change your mind. It also happens because financial institutions are generally not open as many hours as dealerships. For people with more prime credit that doesn’t matter because it can just be done online. If you have…

I am sure they gave him the $500 back. But that doesn’t do much good.

$500 trade? You know it was not on that lot much longer than a millisecond.

This is certainly a practice that should be very, very illegal. Until your credit is approved, you don’t get to take the car home, full-stop. Or the risk should be on the dealership, not you. But IIRC, this risk IS disclosed in the reams of paperwork you sign when buying a car. The super-shady things here are that…

I eat it more than I should, given how much I am on the road for work. More often than not, it’s terrible. But the prospect of getting that REALLY good one keeps me going back, LOL. I do think McD’s is a LOT more consistent than BK. But a GOOD BK burger is sooo much better than a good McD’s burger. That flame grilling…

I can’t even imagine it here in SW FL on a 95F, 90% to 100% humidity day like today. USPS and UPS are the only delivery folks who have to sweat their whatsit’s off (and those dark brown UPS trucks with the plexiroofs HAVE to be even worse) - everybody else gets A/C from Amazon to DHL to FedEx. Though IIRC, A/C was…

As an AF tC-5 pilot, my uncle flew those things and the predecessor Lincolns all over the world, along with the rest of the Presidential entourage. My other uncle, who flew C-17s, occasionally hauled them to smaller places where Fat Fred couldn’t go. Took a lot more C-17s to haul it all though.

Typical fleet vehicles. The drivers don’t give the first shit about them, and beat the ever-loving-shit out of them as much as they are allowed to - and the PO being Union, I am sure there is a whole lot of “not in my job description” around keeping them clean. Plus they were supposed to be retired like 20 years ago,…

I went to Culver’s last night with my Mom (she wanted a cod dinner). 4 piece chicken tenders, large fries and drink, and a side of coleslaw was $19 here. With a 20% tip, a 3-for-me combo of cheeseburger, fries, drink, and soup or salad at Chillies is $15 and change. 

The fine is completely inconsequential. They are still going to make lots and lots and lots of money in the long run, the 737 MAX is a bases-loaded home run of an airplane. Hell, the A380 debacle cost Airbus FAR more, and probably affected their profitability FAR more. And they didn’t even kill anybody. By rights that…

It helps more at McD’s for sure. And they have been cooking quarter-pounders to order for while. But at BK everything comes out of the queuing trays, so it’s luck of the draw no matter what.