Not sure about Moody’s, but CNBC is reporting an average of $656/month, financed at 5.1% over 70.1 months. 

Same, bought at the end of ‘07 here in a great city in the midwest. After refinancing (multiple times) as the rates went down, we’ve got 13 years left on a mortgage that costs us $880/month. Add in another $400 or so for property taxes and we’re still way below friends who are renting shitty 2-bedroom apartments. It’s…

3/4 of the property tax goes towards schools, and the rest goes to our local government which has a bunch of parks, a great library, and amenities like trash and recycling pickup, leaf and brush pickup, etc.  Pretty sure I’d hate to live in an area that had underfunded schools and no parks within an easy walking…

Eh, not really. They only make sense if you start to figure in the long-term ownership costs, and then you have to start figuring in battery replacement as well. You’re still paying $10-15k over an ICE car, and most people don’t actually spend enough on gas to make up for it. If you go on the average 12k miles per…

and anyone who had the foresight to buy a house near enough to civilization that they can ride a bike instead of always jumping in a car.  I bought at the end of ‘o7 and bought a small 1950s cape cod style home near the city instead of a new McMansion 10+ miles further out.  So come spring we pretty much stop driving…

I live in WI, and Ron Johnson has ads up already blaming “government spending” for inflation, and how he’s fighting to hold the line against big government liberals for causing this mess.

Americans: “Make me”

That’s got to be Chicagoland area.  Here in WI regular is still only ~$4.60.

RIP Carrie Fisher.

Lol, go away.

Spending $20k/year on all of your living expenses is WAY less than what the average retiree pays. I mean, think about your expenses now:

And the $1,500 they spent for the month is WAY less than that RV that you bought because you wanted to travel the country but suddenly found out you hate driving it.

All of that said, obviously rewards and/or pricing are in need of adjustment, as it will take me years to afford the $20M cars.

I’m not your neighbor, but you might want to give them a heads-up before you start grilling so they can close their windows *before* there’s smoke throughout the house.

Oh god this brings me back. ‘98 was the summer after I graduated college, and I’d already purchased a Playstation for Final Fantasy VII and Twisted Metal II. Well, I can’t remember who showed up with it (maybe one of my friends that worked at Blockbuster got it as a rental) and it was revolutionary. Right from the…

This is how it becomes “microtransaction filled”. Increase the price of things you buy, but not the prize money. Then offer to sell credits for actual money.

As someone who lives in the upper midwest, where cars go to slowly rust in to absolutely nothing, I’d buy this for $4k and then just run it in to the ground over the next decade.  Damage > rust any day.

Yup, because it always works when you replace a boring, under-performing vehicle with a similar one with a RETRO NAMEPLATE!!

So where the hell does this fit in with the ILX, which is a (to quote Acura) “Premium Sport Compact Sedan”? Same 200hp (although out of a 1.5T instead of a NA 2.4) and a hatch ahem, liftback instead of a trunk.