I’ve had this discussion with you before and watched you have the discussion with others, but the truth of the matter is that extended car loans only make sense to the upper middle class and those that have an elevated experience of financial security.

Not a bad idea, either, since ceramics hold up over time (not a scientist just looking at my toilet).

Mason or Manson? The article sure doesn’t seem to know.

As an aside, spending “hundreds” of dollars on a car with 200,000 miles on it hardly seems like a lemon. Routine maintenance costs hundreds of dollars. I don’t think she’d be happy with the Audi bills.

If there’s one thing you don’t want to blow up, it’s train cars full of shit. 

Not defending the choice of these turds in any way but consider that these trucks are basically doing stop and go every 60-80 ft in an urban neighborhood and I can completely understand how the mileage is going to be complete crap. I expect that if you did this drive cycle in a Honda Fit you would get crap mileage as…

You may not be willing to say he intentionally crashed a plane, but I am. It’s rather obvious he intentionally crashed that plane for views.

I will happily buy your house for less than you paid for it.  I will do it today.

These things look cool as hell, but I always scratch my head when I see one (or two, or three) of these on a trailer headed down the highway behind a high dollar pick up truck. Are people getting loans on these things? Are they the same, or longer, terms as a car or truck? My wife and I make great money, but I still…

IME, Polaris is like the VW or Ford of the offroad world.... fun as hell, but starts to nickel and dime you to death in repairs after a couple years.

“Meanwhile what about anyone who wants to enjoy nature without a huge ass truck parked in front of it?”

Volkswagen didn’t give figures on how long the ID.5 can power a full house, but assume it’s a short duration — don’t rely on it for your next big storm.

As ze Germans say:

Isn’t that middle top one an Audi? Maybe not. But maybe. Not that it matters.

The variety and uniqueness of VW’s product line is truly impressive, I can absolutely tell the difference between an ID.4 and and ID.5 or whatever

Ok, I’ll write a little about it...(My experience at Quicken Loans, which is now Rocket Mortgage) I know I could have gone to a smaller shop and it would have been slightly different, but not by much:

Many years ago when I was a evil banker I managed a investment portfolio, it was the Bank’s portfolio. Basically the extra money not loaned out gets put into secure and regulated investments like Treasury Securities, Municipal Bonds, etc. This generates income on money that is literally just sitting in the bank.

I know what you’re talking about. One of the HR stooges at my office drives a Silverado LTZ... IDK what he earns or what his wife does, and it’s none of my business. What I do know is that I’m one of the highest non executive earners at the company, and my wife makes a good living. But his daily cost a few multiples…

As someone who drives a ~$60K truck myself, I’m not sure how to interpret your comment lol.

It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see where things go from here — just a passing look at what happened a decade ago.