He “owns” enough people to tie it for him.

It was a 540i. This was years ago, but IIRC, he’d added a front lip spoiler, M5 rims, euro headlights, coilovers, CAI, and some other stuff. This isn’t the car, but other than being red, it looked a lot like it:

Now I just want to see pics of the wagon.

So, I had this friend, good guy, family man, BMW enthusiast. He had an E39 wagon he’d tastefully modded over a couple of years and loved (almost) as much as his wife and kids. One day he tells me he has to sell it. Why? His brother-in-law and his family were in deep financial trouble and they wanted to help. Talked to…

Unhackable? No. You have a car that I could steal with basic tools.

Ahh, the old loan bass. Gets me every time.

Sir, your logic and reasoning has no place here. Begone!

Yes there is, Credit Cards! I just pay off all my underwater car loans with credit cards then use free balance transfers with 0% APR for 18 month to never pay on them!

Good, except he would have to first save up to pay off what will be the deficit between the private party sale and loan, and the cost of the cheap truck, because the lender isn’t going to release the lien and hand over title to allow the sale until it has every penny.

Crack Pipe.

The 2017 Acadia Denali...

Don’t forget the Truck Nutz.

too true... people don’t think about 90% of their use and buy a car that they might need 10% of the time. Need a truck to occasional buy a TV or something. Buy it online and have it shipped for free. Need a SUV to put a bike on the back to exercise, just ride the damn bike. Need AWD for that one snowboard trip of…

Walter White approves of this idea.

Pretty sure I linked it in the comments.

Bury it and turn it into a jump...

Of course, there are lenders willing to take risks on these kinds of loans and saddle people with massive debt, but we already know how that usually turns out.

I don’t need federal agents to protect the guy renting my spare room.