Accounting makes it hard to sit on cash; it’s stockholder equity, but not doing anything ~for~ you - either pay it out as a dividend, or put it into something (inventory, equipment, investments, etc) that will return more in the long run. The places that can get away with not doing this (eg: Apple) are few and far…

Eh, I’d say it’s a factor for ~some~, but not that many. I know I’ve said this before- I’m in the market (debating between a few different options right now in terms of paths forward), and while the Supra is definitely on my list, it’s ~lower~ on the list due to the auto. I like the ZF8, but I prefer a stick. It’s…

Post-covid will be ...  interesting.  I still don’t see them sitting on huge cash reserves, but we’ll see.  

Massive outlay in capital that is hard to sustain, and the depreciation cycle is brutal on the 10K if you did that.  Won’t reflect the actual performance of the company, since it’s highly cash-flow dependent.  Bunch of other reasons too.  

Sort... of.  They’re asset backed securities; the lease payment is to the holding company that owns them - and then back to the creditors and investors that funded the purchases.  The holding company is Hertz Something LLC.  

Dig into the actual financial health of significant portions of the S&P 500 - lots of those are zombie companies propped up via debt, creative financing, and innovative book keeping.  This is going to expose a LOT of that.  If we don’t want them to die, you’re right - you must keep adding cash to the pile to keep it…

While it sucks paying out of warranty while you still owe, it’s rarely that different than paying out of warranty while you own the car.  The outlay required to fix it is the same either way; it just “feels” worse since you’re paying for an item that is currently non functional.  Car isn’t worth anything broken…

Eh.  I’ve done plenty of ultra-long loans.  Cash flow and low APR are significant at certain income levels; make more in the market if all things are relatively normal, and it keeps things flexible.  I also have the ability to pay it off immediately if needed though too.  

Heart disease kills YOU. Transmitting COVID-19 kills other people; and possibly you as well. Significant difference between the two.

Abusing != treating it like shit; poor choice of words on my part. It’s going to get used, and used well. The point I was attempting to make is that either vehicle will handle my requirements; the Nissan has a significantly lower cost of entry which leaves me with funds to do other things.  I’m not overly worried…

Now I just have to decide if I want to keep the ZL1 or ditch it too.  Dammit.  

Xterra does hold more value than the Frontier.

Where I live:

But more funds are sunk into something I plan on abusing the living daylights out of instead of keeping nice enough to sell again.  

I’m honestly considering a slightly used 2018/2019 Pro-4x for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Especially since lightly used, they go for WAY less than the same-year/mileage Taco would.

Had one.  Good car, not amazing, not bad, but good car.  Decently fun, easy to drive, engine drone at high RPM was a bit annoying (the 37HR isn’t a great motor at high RPM), but good car. 

They’re not amazing, but they’re good, I’d say - I had a 350Z roadster and a G37 AWD-S.  Both were ...  good.  Both were also amazing values bought lightly used.  Which made them very competitive. 

Paid spotify with an unlimited connection.  :D 

Oh agreed; just being pedantic, I guess.  And utterly agreed on the XM/pandora/etc - those aren’t amazing.  Spotify can do full quality though if you have the bandwidth :) 

CDs are pretty compressed compared to high quality audio online/etc.  Now, getting that to the headunit can be fun, but there are ways.