Absolutely the cheapest way for me to get around would be to sell the cars and just use Uber. For that matter, something like half my “normal” driving is to the airport for work trips, and work would PAY for that Uber. But that would be a pain in the ass, and I happen to VERY much enjoy owning, driving, and even…

Cool, great, but that’s not realistic for the vast majority of borrowers.

Ghosts? Hundreds, surely. 

I actually SAW one of these in the wild recently, and now my girlfriend is blind because her eyes rolled right out of her head from me not being able to shut up about it.

Our current fleet purchased work trucks are 1/2ton, ext-cab, 4x4, v8, pw, pl, pm, ac, am/fm bt, cloth seats, vinyl flooring and come in at $27,233

Same.

Somewhere along the way the term ‘luxury’ got confused with ‘expensive’.

Just like ‘there’s a teacher shortage!’ Nope, there’s a shortage of master’s level educated people willing to work for $40K a year while not being given the proper supplies whilst getting shit on constantly.

Be willing to hire someone willing to learn and teach them, then. Don’t ask for someone that knows how to do it but only want to pay them $40K a year. I’ll do anything, but if I don’t know how to do it, I’m willing to learn. You need to be willing to teach.

“Three in the morning? In...

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The overlap in the Venn diagram with circles labeled “people so excited about a couple grand in positive equity on their vehicles that they’re buying new vehicles” and “people with 5 figures of disposable cash” requires a microscope to see.

I fell for the greatest prank of the century... Elio Motors...

O2 sensor replacement can be a very easy job or a very hard job. It varies highly with the location of the O2 sensor(s).

the reliant robin would like a word with you

Does it come with a snorkel?  Because you will be permanently under water.

It still seems like a lot even at higher incomes. I’ve got higher than usual rent because fucking major coastal cities, but make over $200k/yr. I own my current car outright, and I can’t see a scenario when I’d willingly take on an additional $500/mo payment just for . . . some goddamn touch screens? A car that beeps…

1st Gear: VW doesn’t lose money in America because of America. They did that shit to themselves. It started way before dieselgate too. Look back at your own archives and you’ll see bemoaning about VW cutting corners on the Jetta and Passats to bring them downmarket to sell more. They went from a mid premium brand to…

Try the Jack Donaghy rules of negotiation. Don’t speak first. Just sit there peeling an orange.