Good for you.

Because it costs money. And the reality is that until very recently there was basically no such thing as an air-conditioned truck anywhere. People have worked hard in the heat for as long as there have been people, with artificial cool only being a thing for the past 100 years. Farm workers in fields do not have it…

That is why god invented lawyers. You can sue anyone for almost anything, doesn’t mean you will win. I doubt the dealership will lose. They may settle for a few bucks to make it go away.

In theory multiple checks within a certain amount of time for the same type of credit do not affect your credit score - they are counted as a single pull. I recently did a bunch of HELOC shopping, I had a dozen pulls in one week, credit score didn’t budge.

They can’t make a profitable $30K EV - at least not one that anyone would want to buy. So you aren’t getting a $30K Focus ST either.

He sold the car to them for $500. They owe him $500. They probably lost money on the thing. When a dealer gives you $500 for your trade, they are inevitably doing you a favor. I don’t disagree that the dealership could/should help him out more - but they probably won’t, because they are a *business*, not a charity. If…

That is a solved problem. Like everything related to business, you make the expense tax-deductible, and if necessary, make it a refundable credit. Or as with sales tax on things bought for resale, exempt business use from the tax at point of sale.

It’s pretty much the perfect car for my aging retired mother. It was cheapish, it’s economical to run, and comfortable enough with TONS of space for it’s size when the ladies go to lunch. It’s zero fun to drive and has all the style of a cardboard box, but it’s about as good as basic transportation gets. It even has…

Neither of those facts should come as any great surprise. The S and X are ancient and poorly built, from a company fronted by a very public nutjob.

Being from a multi-service military family, I think you have that progression spot on.

I completely agree. Most of my cars are compacts. My Mercedes is a mid-size, but in an ideal world I would have been just as happy with a C-class wagon the same size as my 3-series. But we don’t get that car in the US since long before the era of my s212. I do have the Land Rover Disco, but even that is “relatively”…

It really was a swing and a miss. I really liked my Fiata, I just didn’t fit in it comfortably. And I can put up with some PAIN for a good drive. Just not quite that much.

I have long thought we probably spend too much money on aviation safety. We would almost certainly be better off societally if flying was a little less safe, but enough cheaper that fewer people needed to drive over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house getting killed on the roads. We freak the fuck out…

I have to admit, I am NOT adventurous about food when I am travelling. If a client recommends somewhere, I will try it, but usually not on my own.

I love that about Texas. Not so much here on the other side of the Gulf. I as in Dallas two weeks in a row in June and ate like a king. I LOVE Wing Stop - and so many good cheap chicken places too. And Mediterranean places - do you know Andalous in Richardson? A serious favorite of mine.

I take the same care of rental cars as I do my own cars. I think that is true of most people, for better or worse, LOL. Despite the fact that you could perform surgery on any surface in my mother’s house, her car is usually a pigsty. My cars are cleaner than my house as a general rule, well, at least a lot less…

When I drove coaches, part of the job was CLEANING them after a run (inside, outside was via a giant carwash). Obviously not in the USPS letter carrier job description. Even a 40' coach that had hauled a sports team around took only about 20 minutes to clean up if you do it every day.

Ugh, I can’t even imagine. Those things only work in bone dry climates, I can’t imagine they would help much in a kitchen even in a desert.

Of course - that is why they were moved around. That processing was done in a central location, not the branches. With the data written to mag tape which was ALSO physically shipped to clearinghouses for processing. The Federal Reserve Bank was one of those clearing houses, twice a week that bank would send the out of…

Why are you so sure they didn’t? If they are unwinding the deal, that is part of the deal. I’m not sure there is much grounds for a lawsuit here. The dealership bought the guy’s car (that is what a trade-in is, you are selling your car to the dealership), applying the money to the new car, then moved it on. The…