Chances are, they wrote up the “pawned items” as a loan, as pawn shops do, but they simply required payment rather than simply taking the collateral. So they gave the customer a short term, probably high interest loan, then got the financial institution to provide the primary loan, while directing the institution to…

Glad to see someone saying this. All this is is a grab for attention.

While you are right about keeping an eye on your accountant, I would also recommend avoiding such things as opening a pawn shop simply to help your auto dealership customers make down payments. That takes a lot more than a bad accountant and makes it very hard to claim you weren’t scamming.

Not that I was considering a Mercedes purchase, but I really do not like the implication that I would be making enough purchases through my car to justify this.

Pronounce it See Eff Dabby. I think that will help.

If you click through to the form to submit, they pull things from a few different fields. Looks like he probably just entered it into the field for things he doesn’t want and not the narrative section.

The assumption that the company and the drivers have a level playing field in negotiations is inaccurate, and is exactly why bringing attention to these things is important. The execs are all talking to each other, but the drivers aren’t. And even if they are, there has to be significant pressure to get the company to…

I was very close to pulling the trigger on one, but I really want them to come out with a PHEV version. I don’t want to give up my electric commute.

Most of the dealerships I have been talking to (Hyundai, Ford, Toyota) are putting markups on inventory, but not on orders (Toyota dealers are putting 7-10k markups on the RAV4 Prime and not offering orders). I assume it is a way to ensure they have *some* stock while still getting people cars at or below MSRP.

You can’t find a CPO Bolt right now. After they complete the battery replacements, I suspect there will be significant supply, though.

In college in the early 2000s, I had a 1981 Chevy Citation. I asked a girl out and went to pick her up. She said we needed to wait for her roommate to come back with her car. When I reminded her I had a car, she said (never having been in my clean Citation), “No offense, but my car is better and doesn’t smell funny.”…

The design sketch you found (on your own computer) is fantastic. These are going to sell for sure.

I have worked for companies that gave cost of living increases to compensate for the increased cost of living and working in an area. I have worked for companies that paid for fuel. My father has been an independent truck driver who has helped to successfully add fuel surcharges to the accepted billing, getting…

These are the sorts of fun bodies we need to put on all these electric platforms. Visually distinct and interesting cars, please.

Remember that if you gaze long inside the van, the van also gazes inside you.

I’m currently leasing a 2019 Niro PHEV and looking to replace it when the lease is up. I had hoped they would lean into the fact that it is a wagon and lengthen it a little for a little more space. Instead, we get these contrast panels. Which might be alright if they were some color that didn’t look like they were…

The photos in the listing suggest that there is not enough tint to hide the deed. Every exterior photo, regardless of lighting, allows pretty significant viewing.

I think my favorite part of most of your articles is the fact that you take the time to document with illustrative photos. Out there on the side of the road struggling with this, but still photographing along the way so that we can learn or be amused is a level of dedication I appreciate.

The Hang Out is exactly the sort of utility tease that I keep hoping comes to market. I assume the movable, swiveling chairs are a nightmare for safety and extra moving parts, but every time they tease a lounge that has flexibility for hauling, I get my hopes dashed against the rocks when it doesn’t make it to market,…

And then correct to Texas to see if people’s positions swap?