3rd ... I am not a millennial, but I will never buy a car sight unseen. I will always test drive it, and make sure that everything is alright before I sign on the line. The issue is that dealers refuse to make deals over the internet, they insist on playing games, and then keeping you in place to wait you out to drip…

I test drove one of these (non-diesel, but 2014) for a week and it had them. I would say that if you are used to any form of controls on the steering wheel, you will get used to them quickly. I liked the positioning as it made the front less busy (as it already has cruise and the whole control for the dash on the…

My questions would be two fold. How does it tow a trailer that has about 6000 pounds in it (it is rated 7500). This would be a camper tow trailer or car hauler.

You want to know how to sell more Malibu's to the general population? Simple. Quit selling them as fleet cars, rental cars, and police cars. All 3 things people hate to see and then they will be thought of as "exciting" again. However if your goal is to get as many cars as you can, from people who will pay a lot, then…

I like this list. I have been single for a while now and dating has changed a lot from when I was in my 20's. My one comment about the bed frames, what if you don't have just one, but 3 beds (with frames) and an extra frame to boot?

When a ship comes into port, they throw out lines so it can be docked. Those lines for one of these huge ships are huge and heavy. This dude apparently hooked it up to his pickup truck to pull the line further into land to get it onto a cleat on the port dock. They turn on the winch once the rope is tied down to…

I like the 4 way idea. Each person from a different locale being prideful in their locales cars/trucks.

Forgot about the Japanese/Koreans .. they make a ton of cars as well.

That would be like betty white's show "off their rockers"

Maybe I am missing something, but when you drain your emergency fund, you then go into savings. Now if your point was when you have no savings, then I think the article should be renamed. I was unemployed for 2 years and lost my emergency fund after about a year. I hit some of my retirement accounts to make up for…

One is used for guesstimating and one is used for GAAP accounting. This isn't just automotive, this is all industries.

True when making estimates, but not true for actual reporting. When reporting labor costs, like they are in the article above, I doubt they are including building, utilities, etc. in their "labor costs". The unions would tell them to get out of town with that data.

I think it depends on what kinds of programs you are studying, how good a student you are, and what your expectations are. I have two graduate degrees (A MS and a MBA). The MBA I did for fun. Literally, I was bored and did the MBA to learn more. The funny thing as my behavior for it was "try hard, and let the…

Offering insurance does not mean they pay any part of it. I worked for a company which offered insurance to its part time employees. Basically it was "you pay full cost, we cover nothing, but you get access to it." At the time if you were working 1/2 time, you were making about $200 a week. The full monty in terms…

You are confusing operational costs with labor costs. Labor costs are directly associated with labor. This would be Labor ($xx/hour), plus the cost of any benefits associated with that individual (health/life insurance, unemployment, bonuses, ss, medicare, etc.). A typical formula looks like Cost of Goods Sold =…

Why is it when everyone talks about wages they talk about a decent future, living wage, and middle class. Who is to say that a specific job is supposed to pay a living wage, making you middle class and creating a decent future. Flipping burgers as a line worker is not supposed to be a full time job for the 50 years…

I knew everything you listed as dirty laundry from reading the press. Sorry but those were not big secrets.

I recently got rid of my land line (my kids are not in college, and I am consolidating) so I moved my home to my cell. Damn do I get a lot of crap calls. I have three plans.

So you lost money in an investment vehicle where 1) you get to pick stocks, 2) You only get to pick stocks in things some director at your company picks, 3) Are not able to do your own research/listen to experts. So yeah - you lost money. 401ks are bad for that because they allow people with agendas to pick the…

I do understand the daily driver and lack of range anxiety however the long distance haul is what I care about. I am not independently wealthy, thus I have 1 car. If I am going to spend 80-100k on a car (All rebates should never be considered in the price of a car), I definitely cannot have an older one for longer…