For one thing, I sold cars for several years. So unless you also sold cars for years, I am confident I know more about leasing than you.

I get that. And I get that leases “buy flexibility.” I have leased a couple of cars. And I have sold a TON more leases to customers as a salesperson. My point is that the payment on a 5 year loan on a Corolla isn’t much higher than the lease payment. The Out of Pocket isn’t any different. The ability to walk away in 2…

I don’t get why anyone would lease a Corolla. Leases make way more sense on expensive luxury cars that have farther to depreciate (and do so faster than an econobox).

This makes me curious what Tesla has managed to do to improve the Roadster’s power/range/performance. Didn’t they say they would continue to develop the batteries for that model?

Plus, to get these times, you gotta run the battery only 1/4 full, so you aren’t carrying the weight of a full tank of electricity.

“The arthur.”

I personally went into watching TG USA with an open mind, but was let down each time I watched an episode. It may very well have improved over time, but it was too much of a lost cause for me to bother giving it another go. My wife- who definitely wouldn’t have any bias as a casual viewer- came away feeling the same…

Jalopnik: Where a $75k+ daily driver with poor interior materials, terrible infotainment, rattles, and wiggly seats can earn an “A” as long as it comes in wagon-form.

You’re the moron saying people who can’t buy a car cash should not buy one at all. That is so idiotic. Don’t buy a house, then, either, until you can pay cash. Good luck saving $1.5mm cash before building equity in a home, all the while renting a place with no return or deductions.

Yes- Please get your mc license. It’ll either teach you a thing or two, or take you off the road. Either option sounds like an improvement for the rest of us.

Ohlins.

I wasn’t trying to help you, I was correcting you; there is a difference.

You’re confused. Having assets to invest does not equal “tight on cash”.

My outlook is: anyone who thinks financing- in and of itself- is dumb or a gimmick is a little slow. I’m perfectly content with that outlook. You would have been better off saying something safe and sane like “financing at a high interest rate is dumb.” But that would be obvious to even the dimmest of readers and not…

When you can buy a running car for $500 at a police auction, a $10k car is just irresponsible spending. Stop flaunting your poor spending habits in front of me. /s

I don’t think so. This was about financing a car in general. Sure, new cars usually depreciate faster than used, but the rate of depreciation wasn’t the main point.

Source?

My pizza dinner is a rapidly depreciating asset.

I like to think that the salesperson who had to leave that awful voice message is an enthusiast and Jalop, and he’s reading this right now, face red hot from embarrassment. But in my experience the “say whatever I gotta say to get you in” salespeople are not enthusiasts.

Which dealer?