It would be interesting to see which is more recognizable by people around the globe!

I agree with all of the above. It would almost take a cooperation of all parties to make it work.

I... I studied business administration. I admit that political science probably wasn’t the best example and was biased due to the fact I have a disproportionate number of peers with political science degrees and no job.

I DO know that chemical engineer graduates have an incredibly low unemployment rate. Some would…

Jesus... that student debt doomsday clock is frightening. I don’t know who/what I blame more: colleges for opening the door to fruitless degrees, banks for making large loans so easily accessible, or grade schools for not educating basic personal finance.

Wouldn’t it be nice if student loans were treated like…

Uhhhh, Voltron please

Yep! I am and always have been an avid gamer. As I’ve climbed the ladder in my career I’ve had to trade away my time spent gaming and I’ll lose even more time when my wife and I have kids. Even though I have to give up my precious gaming time, it’s hard to deny that the reward of personal accomplishment beats good ole…

As a disclaimer, I’ve only operated in firmly structured and reputable dealerships so the only stories I know of unethical practices have been through word of mouth. I’m not denying unethical/illegal practices by any means.

Yes. The menu is a completely different document independent of any printed quotes. It is…

The legal way to present the products is through a computer generated menu. Yes, they are generally presented in packages, but each item must be individually listed along with dollar figures involved. A reputable dealership will be compliant because they don’t want to go to jail. I don’t think it’s morally or…

It would be interesting to see how a manufacturer would go about a fully transparent system. Currently, if you sell X amount of cars you get X dollars per car sold. If you sell X+10% you get more per sold. How would a manufacturer incentivize growth while remaining transparent? Remove incentives completely and dealers…

I’m all about lesson four. I have saved so much time and money by learning to fix things myself. Those same skills have allowed me to also create things I need opposed to buying them. I do all our household carpentry needs, electrical needs, and electronics repair. Then again now accumulate “junk” because I know I can…

I agree with you 100% and I’ve worked with dealerships that have poked around with a non-commission system, but there’s a major speedbump and it’s the way car sales works. It’s nearly impossible to remove commission and maintain sales profit. You would have to go the route of Carvana and become a “one-price” dealer.…

From what I’ve seen while in the industry there are two types of salespeople. The ones who couldn’t nail down a more secure job and chose a commission job (they’re always hiring...), and the ones who are extremely well spoken, honest, and caring individuals willing to follow a process to the T. Both are capable of…

Due to various franchise laws they can keep their store so long as they meet performance standards. The new growth program can squeeze out underperformers quite quickly. The fact this dealer is up to shady business to hit their number means they are underperforming. The bad press will only amplify their issues - let’s…

From someone with a history with Nissan... In the past couple years Nissan has launched, and I mean LAUNCHED into a growth strategy to increase market share across North America. They want 10% across the board in the US. Their message to dealers is pretty straight forward, “Grow or Go”. For many long standing Nissan…

Maybe one day we can play Halo on the PC

Because college

That one vibrating dildo monster did it for me.

I’m thinking that Tesla IS smart. In fact, smart enough to realize that this is a case of lightning striking a vehicle while it happened to be charging. It’s the epitome of a freak occurrence. To your credit, it would be interesting to poke around with. From a usefulness standpoint, it would be as valuable as knowing…

or selling it

This is why you never apply LSD to your genitals.