One of the partners at work had a loaded out one of these in his fleet...sold it last year for $20k, he had bought it new. I'll admit I always thought these looked pretty cool.

Most of us "need" nothing more than a Corolla. Everything over that is fair game - its because people want it. If someone wants to spend millions on a stupid fast car....cool, I hope they enjoy it. Its those people that allow engineers to go crazy and end up with the Chiron.

Several years ago I had my oil changed at a quick lube type place in December and they filled up my washer fluid with what I suspect was the 32 degree variety. Quite excellent when driving down the highway when it is -10 degrees, go to clean the salt off and...the whole damn windshield instantly turns into a sheet of…

The house one is a favorite of mine. Our house was $260k in the northeast. I heard about 400 times from my mom that their house was only $90k back in the 1980s and we wewre buying too much house. $90k barely buys you an empty plot of land in our area, nevermind a house. A few out of date 800 square foot condos are…

Yep. STEM is the way to a good salary. Neither of my parents ever made a ton, myself and my siblings went STEM at state schools - each of us spent no more than $25k total on our bachelors degrees at less than desirable state schools, and we all have masters or higher that someone else paid for. All millenials now…

Yeah it definitely depends on how much you utilize it. We use ours almost every weekend, and due to our road situatuation 4x4 becomes an actual necessity in the winter time. Also it depends on location since many don’t live close to much. I live about 25-30 minutes from the nearest home depot/lowes/central population…

It depends on what your hauling. I use mine almost every weekend for kayaks or lumber - generally too long for a van or going to the dump - too smelly for a van. Also trucks are more plentiful, look better, and many more of them come in 4x4 and set for towing greater amounts. I tow only a handful of times a year - my…

Maybe a little extra weight, but mostly it is obnoxious. Then you are driving down the road and snow blows behind you obscuring vision of whover is behind you, not too mention potential pieces of ice flying out. I always clear out the bed of my truck (NH). Takes 2 minutes.

I agree - last year Itest drove comparably priced out the door Tundra, Silverado, F150. Tundra by far felt the most truck like, and agressive / bad ass. That 5.7L feels like a beast. Sure you can get a 6.2L in the GM trucks, but it’ll cost you another $10k since it is only available on SLT / LTZ trims and up. In the…

Not enough stars to give!

I would go with Caterpillar Skid Steer, but other than that, agreed.

Yep...last expert cable guy I had in my house right after we moved in. All over the house are outlets to plug in a cable box. His solution so he didnt have to figure out how to hook it in? Started drilling holes in my hardwood floors so he could feed a new wire up from the basement. Sent him home, they sent another…

Disagree, our 2015 Outback Limited has a higher quality feeling interior than the comparable CRV, Rav4, CX5, Traverse. It is built for the correct market.

Couple things here. Business vs personal use is always determined by miles driven, no matter whose name is on the title and making the payments. You can either use actual expenses incurred or miles driven to determine your deduction, but not both. If it is a lease, there is no depreciation, just the deduction of the…

Bingo. US oil producers have been holding back on production to am extent waiting for prices to go up. Prices go up enough and I would imagine they will start producing like crazy.

You were told wrong technically, but in practice most people disregard the actual law. You can only deduct vehicle expenses to the extent it is used for a business purpose. Per the IRS, commuting from home to work, and back, is personal use. If you run an errand on the way home for business use you could call a…

Nope. My 4 year old gmc sierra was bought last year for $21k. Crank windows, manual locks, vinyl floors, no cd player. Truck had 35k miles, 5.3 v8, 4x4. My grandathers 04 z71 has way more features.

Interesting tactic on the 1 month lease. I would be very interested to see of this would hold up to an IRS examination though, it is essentially a sham transaction. For any expense to be deducted it needs a business purpose, leasing a vehicle for one large lease payment so the company owner can buy it a month…

Couple issues. If your MT llc is only for the holding of a vehicle used for personal purposes, none of those expenses are deductible. If you hold it in an actual business, your deductions will be limited to the percentage of use of that vehicle for business, not including your normal commute. Your depreciation…

Yep exactly. I drove a rwd car (camaro ss) with pirelli scorpions for one winter, it was horrible. Sure it works great on a perfectly level lake surface, and the camaro worked well on relatively flat ground when the plows were easily keeping up with the rate of snowfall. Add in a slight incline and a stop to all that…