Mike is back! I hope it only gets better from here for you.  We have missed your special way of looking at the world and food.  Although I feel like the later may not get as much coverage as I am sure your health will come first.  But hey Digimon!

And now I have to watch it in CC mode, thank you.

Neutral: Total cost of ownership is my main concern. I have a budget cap I want to spend on a car in a year, that includes payments, insurance, fuel, maintenance, and emergency costs. If I go under budget the excess is used either on paying down the loan or saving for the next car. Driving Honda,Kia, Nissan, and…

If this moves Pierre Gasly up to RBR I am all good with it. I think he has shown he can race given some of the finishes he had in a Torro Rosso running the Honda motor.  It would be great to see RBR Honda just CRUSH it next year with two young drivers at the helm.  But it also gives the likes of Renault a chance to…

Would not be the first time someone dressed in character.

I knew the tax cut was all about getting the biggest people in business the biggest amount of money.  This is about pulling as much cash out of businesses at the lowest tax possible before the next hard crash.  The economy has recovered, grown, and has been showing signs since 2016 of another catastrophe.  It could…

I know what you did a couple summers ago.

On a side note, you think Mueller casually walked by Donny Jr. and threw a pair of handcuffs in his lap saying “Start looking for a size that fits.”

I am hiring IT Techs right now and almost all of them are coming in from Long Beach or IE. We have more open positions in OC at higher pay rates. All the local jobs have way too many applicants and pay less. Its a boost for me.

How about we just do a drop top MR2 again and call it a day.  Drop in the Corolla 1.8L or maybe bump it to 2L and get a bit more power out of it.  Keep it small and light and open up top.   You will have a sports car line up that hits a lot of people and give a lot more cred back to Toyota.

And all the IE and LA residents destroy our freeways and clog our roads.  But that’s fine because they usually eat locally and get Disney and/or Knotts annual passes so its not so bad.  Also I like having a good choice of jobs within 15 miles of my house.

I forgot to add the 84 month part to my statement. The new average is over 80 months now so I was using 84 as my base. I am assuming that there is at least some form of down payment to cover the taxes and fees and its all car principle only getting finances. Like I said just a minimal amount.

I bet this thing will get…

I have not purchased a wrestling game since WCW vs NWO Revenge.  The box art alone makes me want to buy the game.  For not other reason that Ric Flair is my fucking spirit animal.  WOOOO!

If you can get the loan to $30K and score a 4% interest rate you are talking around $400 payment. I think a lot of people would swing that a month to have a Mercedes Benz. Unfortunately I think you are right about scoring the sub $35K buyer.

What makes this and the CLA different other than size?  I mean it seems like they will just compete with each other and the A220 will be the new “I own a Merc at age 25!” car.

Both the front and rear lights are poorly arragened in the name of “unique” and “funky” styling for the “millennials”.   It’s terrible.  I have no idea were I am supposed to look when the car is braking during the day, at night I will assume its the lights that are on but its not.  It’s confusing and it’s going to…

I would get me a BMW E34 5 series sedan in black, just fix the blemishes and any interior tears. Then source a N64 twin turbo V8 and stuff that right in the front with a good rear diff and watch everyone’s face melt when I hit the go stick on the floor.

Likely had no to little down on a long term loan. With loan terms increasing I can see that being the case. I was offered an 8 year/96 month on a 3 year old CPO car! Its insane. My term is 48 months and I am already 5 months ahead on principle payments.

Only half of the car, even if they did an unrealistic “at auction” model for valuation then she should still get a decent amount. The Kia Soul has been holding its value really well. Either she paid to much for the car (most likely) or her insurance is screwing her royally (probably both).

Nissan is making money by the truck bed load every time they sell a Frontier in the US, and they are still selling.  Why you ask?  Because people want trucks and the Frontier can be had cheap and is known to be reliable.  Hell even used they don’t lose much value so they are popular with people that like to replace…

It was nice when it was new in 2004.