Truck ran off the road. Gutter area acted as a ramp and launched the truck. Engine in front = front heavy = front dipped and stabbed the ground. Empty rear = bouncy = rear end bounced like a pogo stick off the little jump while the heavy front came down. Momentum carried the rear end up and it fell onto the house.

What an effing mess! Those wheels, half-assed wrap installed by someone who’s colorblind, the overall dimwitted shoddiness of the seller’s listing. Uh-huh, no way. There’s probably a ton of problems with this one that I’m not willing to spend $6K to discover.

“all the custom work on the truck has set him back over ten-grand.”

6x2s are becoming more common as fuel economy on long haul trucks becomes more sensitive. There are regional considerations around traction in winter though that keep them from being more accepted. 

Who downloads these weird, crappy apps in the first place?

Dealers charge for diagnosis and estimates. He didn’t waste their time.

Not to mention the fact that he’s an ex-Mercedes dealer tech. So while he’s not specifically a BMW expert, he’s a hell of a lot more knowledgeable, and better equipped with tools/lifts/etc. than pretty much any average Joe Shadetree. 

Owner did work themselves not factoring in their own labor costs, overhead, equipment costs, tools, and also did not sell parts to himself for a profit. Oh yeah, and no worker’s comp, insurance, or other things required to run a business does job for far less.

Easy: Chevy Suburban or GMC Yukon. Full size. Black. Any year, as long as it’s very clean and no rust.

I roll, peripherally, with the same set that Brad does, from time to time. The early career kids are like Brad, where they don’t get paid super well, and have some cheap beater. IMHO, if you make fun of them for this to the point that they think they need to buy a better car, you’re a horrible person, but I digress.

An older Hyundai Genesis would be discrete/cheap/fancy looking enough that in passing these guys would just assume it’s a Mercedes

I’m on the same wavelength as David today apparently. “Land Cruiser” was my first thought. Nothing says conservatively managed wealth like a land cruiser.

I have more of a problem with the people that pump their gas, get in the car and then TAKE 10 MINUTES TO DRIVE OFF! It is like they have to have a little meditation session before they leave. I guess because I typically buy gas at Sam’s/Costco I don’t have issues with people leaving the cars parked at the pumps. They…

Get your gas at Costco. They don’t even have a bucket to wash your windows with to help keep the line going.

Fixed it for you:

It becomes a business expense when you need to buy additional car insurance because you’re driving for Uber, Lyft, or a similar company.

It finally dawned on some (sadly not a majority of the public nor the media) that Uber and lyft are not tech companies. They are multinational car services that exploit labor. Their long-term goal was to have autonomous cars and no human labor. But that will not happen (at least not for them). Their future seems to be…

It’s almost like someone already figured out all the business logistics for this kind of business, how to pay employees and how to structure fares in order to make a profit. But shit, they weren’t tech bros, they were just a bunch of blue collar nobodies so that doesn’t count.

Wanna bet Uber could have made a fortune…

If drivers were made employees, Barclays analysts estimated, as reported by Quartz, it would cost Uber and Lyft $3,625 per driver in California, or hundreds of millions of dollars a year in addition to the billions of dollars a year they already lose.