I can answer all these questions. I’m really rich. (Ok, not really but let’s just pretend.) I chose the F40 because it’s cool and I can afford it. And it was available.

Ok... I do think there are fair points here. I still think it’s hard to know what mix of variables are factoring in here, but I work with startups a lot (which I don’t usually love). FWIW, my company likes to hire younger adults for reasons that benefit both sides and I think it’s worked out well generally. I will…

I’ve always heard, “the nut behind the wheel is loose.”

Cars keep getting more expensive, the amount of money/loan payments are going to keep getting more expensive. The problem is wage growth not matching or exceeding consumer goods.

used cars that fall into the “under 100k mile, worth half what they were new” category are not quite a plentiful.

Blaming Mellenials is dumb, I blame the baby boomers who reaped all the benefits and destroyed the system for generations ahead of them. 

The Nissan 350z/370z. People today hate them because they are “old” and “dated.” But they actually offer an incredible, raw, pure sports car experience that’s rare. What people said about 911s in 99 is what people say about Zs in 19.

I would say whatever I thought the previous owner wanted to hear.

Looks like it ran when parkoured.

On the plus side, you know that it did indeed ran when parked.

What, you don’t enter your PIN number into LCD display on the ATM machine?

That was a legitimate “Thank you.” I needed a different perspective on his car. I have had a hard time with the idea of what to do with it on the day that he passes it down to me. He is the original owner and has taken car of it since 72' so it’s a sentimental thing. But it’s a car I would never considering buying own…

I recently bought a car for $2K (for my girlfriend’s kid) and the seller didn’t feel the need to lie to me at all.  

Agree one million-ty percent. If you’re buying a car in the “basic transportation” category and it’s priced under $4k - $5k or the car has 200k+ miles or the car is more than 12 -15 years old . . . then asking for “all maintenance records” is unrealistic.
I’ve sold quite a few cars (have even sold cars for friends and…

Ha - this brings back some memories. I sold a car on Craigslist (first and last time) in the early 2000's. It was an old Saturn (100k miles or so) that I got from my buddy in trade for a set of rims and tires. I drove it for a winter and then listed it for $500. It had no power steering (buddy thought it would be…

So true. One of my favorites from a seller’s perspective was a 1988 Prelude I listed in 2001 for $750. I had bought the car for $600, put about $2K into mechanicals over about 12 months and had it running very reliably. That said, I remember getting calls, “Does it have any rust?” Yes, it’s a 13-year-old car made of…

That’s a good point. If you’re a paying winter beater/bare minimum transportation price, then set your expectations accordingly. You’re not getting a gem for $3000. If you check out the important stuff though, you can get a pretty solid car for that kind of money.

What's up pat 

You must not have read their post very carefully. He makes a very good point that in many cases “abcde” will be read as fake by humans and computer systems. Computer systems especially do not like “garbage inputs” like this. I mean, for fucks sake I had to force auto correct to leave it alone and not type “abide”…