Yep - this is always the case unless there are some insane rebates or the vehicle doesn’t depreciate. I ended up getting a brown manual cruze new for less than my friends paid for 2 & 3 year old cruzes. Same trim levels. My final price was 26% off sticker. Doubt I’ll ever get a deal that good again.

Yes, I’ve purchased and leased in several different iterations and this method, to me, seems to provide the most bang for the buck. Often people can’t afford the payments and bring it back, or it was part of a low mileage lease where you have to take very good care of the vehicle if you want out without additional…

This is fantastic advice. My wife and I really needed to get her a new car and we settled on a Toyota Highlander and the features that we wanted. We spent a few weeks looking at late model used versions and found a 2013 Highlander with 21,000 miles, fully loaded and still under warranty for $28,800, a similar 2015…

I concur, I just purchased a Ram 3500 Cummins Dually, 2014 model, and got it in 2014. Sticker was ~$72k. It had 29k on the clock and paid just $47k with 7yr / 100,000 mile coverage on just about everything covered under the original warranty. I use the truck for hauling and it was already set up for what I needed,…

I love this tactic. The last time I was going to the dealership to purchase a used 05 Durango in 06, with 12K miles another salesman sold it out from under me. The dealer actually beat the deal with a new 05 Durango still on the lot. I kept accusing them of bait and switch until the price was less than the “deal” for…

Exactly. I love people that lease. they supply the cars that I get to buy for a LOT cheaper after their ADD convinces them to get another new car. Plus they get to eat the biggest depreciation hit for me.

Exactly. My 2005 Legacy GT was $13,500 in 2009 with 43k miles. Saved so much money.

Ive done the same thing

But first, put the new races in the freezer overnight so that they shrink ever-so-slightly. You want to install that frozen race immediately, before it has a chance to thaw. In your case, Raph, maybe a small cooler packed with ice would help.

This episode highlights a few important facts about car repair.

Oh come on! Nobody’s going to believe Howie Mandel’s a famous actor.

Temperature is just one more thing that the patriarchy controls. This is not about conditioning the air; it’s about conditioning the oppressed classes to accept the cheapest, most convenient, and easiest air that the ruling classes can provide. It is a result of capitalism: An effort to monetize the human condition…

Lil Wayne smokes kale?

My dream is that Alton Brown will do a short series called “That’s Another Episode” where he discusses all the ingredients/recipes that he excluded on Good Eats by saying “But that’s another episode.”

Counterpoint: normal email is fine, it doesn’t need fixing. ‘Nough said... flicks cigarette.

As an SUV driver I resent that last statement. Most SUV’s are big boxes with generally large greenhouses, it is incredibly easy to see all 4 corners. In fact in my Tahoe I find

Truck marketing is war, GM knows that Ford is sticking its neck out with Aluminum and they are all to happy to strike. Also, like war, truck marketing is mostly pointless, ugly and fought with dubious facts.

I wish i had a few million dollars sitting around so I could buy Jalopnik from Gawker and end this shit show. We’d never have to read a Jezebel headline about periods, or micro-penises, or finding poop on your thong, or what disney characters’ dicks would look like ever again.

Actually, having someone behind the wheel is not necessary. What we need is a sensible speed limit (say, 2 or 3 mph) and a flagman to make things really safe. Fortunately there are some laws for that which only need dusting off. Of course, the autonomous car will probably run over the flagman at some point, but he…

I completely agree. If I have to be awake, sober, and alert, why wouldn’t I just be driving in the first place?

What I see happening with autonomous cars is NOT that the normals will replace their Camraccords and Civrollas, but that they’ll stop owning a car at all, and instead will have a service like Uber or Lyft…