Assets don’t depreciate less or require less physical upkeep just because you own them outright.

You’re going to have depreciation and pay for maintenance whether you have a loan or not.

Someone told her not to worry about the car catching fire since she’d be underwater on her loan.

... my perspective is that many are adhering to an outdated notion that “Made in America” is still a thing and that it is worth holding on to.

I think somehow a lot of people believe that tariffs are paid by somebody else in the supply chain; or that other countries as a whole are “paying” them.  If they were called taxes they’d be toxic to the supposed anti-tax crowd.  If they were called “make you pay more for stuff with no direct benefit to you” they’d…

Oh yeah, I’ll get right on it. A manual turbocharged 4cyl would really sell....

$73K 750 HP California Highway Patrol Saleen Mustang laughs at your opulence!

Asset forfeiture is a scandal and a travesty. If conducted at all it should be court-approved and paid into the state like taxes, not used as an individual sheriff’s personal or departmental slush fund.

Ah that classic female look: “You can’t afford me”

Found On Road Dead.

This is why I support yearly safety inspections. On this side of the pond those rusty brake lines would’ve failed inspection years ago, preventing the rather serious safety issue of not having any functional brakes.

It’s still an improvement over the Rio your landlord was driving. You could even say it was a Rio good deal for him.

Folks, I got starred by David! I’m finally one of you!

The only time I have ever lost the brakes on a car was in a late 90's Grand Am. A brand new rental, that I was driving, er, exuberantly as one drives a rental car in the Black Hills of SD. Got up a serious head of steam passing a bunch of cars down a long steep stretch and had the damned brakes fade away to absolutely…

Friends, please don’t go off on David Tracy for this oversight - give him a brake!

Does rust just follow you around?

ftfy

I saw that happen on jumper cables with the polarity reversed.

Use a Chuck-e-cheese token next time , that way when your car burns down the investigator will get a confirmation a clown owns this Yugo

God had nothing to do with the Yugo. I’m pretty sure it was the other guy.