Will this be how Tesla meets the promised price on the Model 3? Offer a lower price version, restrict initial sales to the higher price versions, complain the lower price one doesn’t sell, then kill it off? In other words, will it be a complete ruse with only a few ever sold at the lower price?

I’ve never understood that mentality. I know plenty of people that the second they get out of debt on one loan, they go out something else on a loan - most of the time something that isn’t the least bit necessary, just another toy. Then they end up worrying about every little random bill and whether they can afford it.

Used car values in general are insane. Last time I bought a new car, the Ford dealer had a 2 year old Taurus (2008) with 110,000 miles on it and they wanted $21,000.

What also blows my mind is how people justify it sometimes, too. I’ve heard arguments that expensive ($35-40k) 4 year old used F350s are acceptable…

Monthly payments without considering terms is pretty much a useless way to look at the cost of something.

OF course, dealers are happy if all you care about are monthly payments

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Good freaking luck on that one..

Except the UAW has endorsed Clinton (though I’m sure some fools in the UAW support Trump)

An exit tax is VERY different from what Trump has proposed.

Exit taxes only affect companies if they change the country they’re incorporated in. Shifting production around doesn’t trigger an exit tax. Reincorporating to the Grand Caymans to claim a lower tax rate would, even if not a single employee moved locations.

Sadly, it works.

The absurd thing in the bear one, of course, is that aluminum is less dense but has a significantly higher specific strength than steel - so from an engineering standpoint, you would never design the things with the exact same dimensions as they did in the commercial - but alter the dimensions of the…

Dude - you’re not thinking. The idiot tailgating you isn’t likely to wait until you have a clear lane to the right to move into, signal or not. You’re assuming that someone who is driving recklessly and irrationally will suddenly become rational? You’re out of your mind.

The thing is worth at $400-500 as scrap, more than the asking price just in parts, and if you had the proper equipment to pull the engine, none of the parts needed to fix the leaks or the suspension are actually all that expensive. The cost would be in the interior parts - and we don’t really know how bad it is…

Almost small enough to be an RC model nowadays...

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Deducting sales tax instead of income tax has nothing to do with what you owe on your mortgage.

What you owe on your mortgage might have an impact on whether you itemize or not, but in today’s world of extraordinarily low interest rates, your mortgage balance would be a small portion of your overall itemized…

You can deduct sales taxes in all 50 states - the catch is that you can’t deduct sales taxes AND income taxes. One or the other. For many people, switching to deducting sales taxes make sense in years when you make a large purchase like a car.

The Chevrolet Grommet would be marketing genius if they sold the Chevrolet Wallace as well.

Same thing can be said for most hybrids over an EV. Or even many non-hybrids over hybrids, depending on driving habits. Doesn’t seem to stop the sales...

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We don’t really know which is cheaper yet. GM has set their price, Tesla has promised a price. If (and that’s always a big if) Tesla makes their price, then it will start at a slightly lower mark than the Bolt will start in its first year. However, what about equipment? Tesla could make their price by…

Quite a few, actually.

Illinois has no training requirements if you’re 21 or older. Around college campuses this becomes very noticeable as you have residents from all over the world who have had no training, all wanting to drive using habits they’ve witnessed back home. So for some, right hand turns from the left hand…

Could it happen? Sure, but it will take more than an automated Lyft/Uber.

First off, I keep my cars a long time, so my cost is well under $9000 per year per car. With depreciation, insurance, repairs, maintenance, and fuel, I’m looking at more on the order of $2750-3000 per year per car. So the cost for an automated…

I’ll make this plain and simple for you. People like the ass in the video that started this chain don’t care if you are passing someone. They’re tailgating and driving recklessly. There is no way to change lanes safely when you’re done making the pass with a reckless driver on your tail.

Drive like a sane person and…

Most of the cargo area in the Highlander comes from the volume above the seats - so if you want cargo stacked up to the roof ready to fly forward as projectiles or fall on your kids if you hit the brakes, yeah, there’s a lot of space.

Consider this example - Ford Focus sedan v. hatchback. The hatchback is listed at…