Don’t give them any ideas.

They need to take a lesson from Ferrari dealers: If you want to be on the list for a Z06 you also need to buy a plain Jane C8 and maybe also that Bolt we have on the lot

There is absolutely no plan to tax the 401k of middle class Americans, full stop. The threshold for the tax is tens of millions of dollars, but thanks for the scare tactics.

Spring break, Florida, 1988 or so. Someone thought it would be an OK idea to rent 21 YO me a Mustang GT convertible. Fun was had. Car was returned intact. I can’t quickly find pics from the trip, but the below looks just like it.

That paint job just screams rich jerk. 

Pretty sure that’s a Lam...oh, well shit.

Unpopular opinion. I have a 2021 RST in this same color, and I think it looks fine. No better or worse than the Ram of F150, and certainly not the ugliest car ever produced in the history of automobiles like Jalop seems to think.

I mean, completely revamped is a bit of a stretch.

“The collision sends a van flying forward, sends what appears to be a second-generation Jeep Liberty toppling and decimates the vehicle carrier...”

I’ve actually had two good experiences at Ford dealers of all places. First time, I special ordered a Focus to get a manual. I imagine because my income was way above the usual for such a thing and I knew what I wanted, which was pretty specific, and he wasn’t an idiot, he probably figured he would be highly unlikely…

“It is like shopping at Target vs Walmart for the same reason. Costs more but you get the luxury of not having to deal with the people.”

Helloooo! Gravitational anomalies. This is not the first time something like this will happen!

Or we do understand finance. In theory, someone who can productively make over 6% yearly in investments ends up better off than using that money to buy a car today. But realistically, you don’t understand the challenges many within my generation are facing. We need an OpEx model, because it has basically become nearly…

Plus, I’ve never understood the wisdom behind this nugget, “the car will depreciate faster than the payments on the loan.” The car will depreciate at the same rate regardless of how it’s financed.

Exactly, bought 2 cars now with whatever the longest offered terms were and paid both cars off years early.  A few months when life happened it was nice to have a small necessary payment then back to over paying. 

Exactly.  And we shouldn’t push to take away good deals like these long low interest loans away from people that get it.

Or student loans...

84 months at 0% is that really terrible if you plan to keep the car for 7 years? Many people do keep their cars for longer. 

Counterpoint: The PT Cruiser was an important car in its day because it made DaimlerChrysler a shit ton of money for the entire model run.

With great power there must also come great responsibility.