“I know, you said you’re looking for a car that’s “functional as a daily in a pinch,” but the only thing that stops the 4C from being a daily is attitude. I haven’t driven a 4C, but I know this is true because I’ve daily driven a vehicle whose seat was a trashbag stuffed with a pillow. Daily drive-ability is all in…

Could one of the super smart arm chair economists, the ones that use all the trendy buzzwords like “wage stagnation” and “late stage capitalism”, explain to me what wage stagnation has to do with a human being walking into a dealership and buying a $30,000 car they can’t afford instead of a cheaper one they could…

Not sort of. At all. I promise you can make a decision between spending $10,000 on a car and $50,000. I pinkie swear.

Was waiting for the remark where someone blames wage stagnation, inflation and all the other trendy buzzwords on a human making a conscious, personal decision to buy more car than they can afford when cheaper options exist. Thank you for delivering - your programming is working well!

Good article. No political BS, no excuses for bad decision making, just solid advice. High fiiiiive!

Good rule. Sure, there are exceptions, but it’s tough to go wrong with this rule.

Can we know more about the person that paid $14,000 for a 30 yr old 4 Runner with 250,000 miles on it?

The problem with capitalism and the auto industry is that shareholders are astoundingly ignorant and equally short-sighted. The shareholder wants short-term gains at the expense of the future, then they sell when the stock price goes up so they don’t have to worry about the future they ruined.

3rd gear - this is the problem with copying the business model of an entire industry that is more worried about “changing the world” than running a profitable business. Usually a good business just has to work it’s way to profitability because there is a plan in place, not figure out a way to make money and then plan.

How is a 6.5L revving to 11,000+ even possible?! That is insane!

3rd

100% agree. Most of the prognostications about AV’s seem to come from folks that live in mega cities where something like this is more palatable. Ride-sharing outside of NY, LA and maybe Chicago is probably a loser for quite a while to come. 

Not sure I agree with this, unless you’re talking household income. $100,000/yr puts you somewhere between the 8th and 15th percentile on an individual basis. 

As sad as it is, enthusiasts are a terrible barometer for what actually succeeds in the industry. Most of the cars big in the enthusiast community (read: all the cars I like) are low volume, image cars at best. Pontiac never had a chance. 

The main point is your assertion that $11/hr is a living wage. It is not. When people have to roommate up to live, that is poverty. When we misrepresent what a living wage actually is, you perpetuate a race to the bottom. I don’t support redistribution of wealth of any sort or any of the absurd social programs meant…

A couple points:

You realize you have to rent the whole house, not just a single bedroom, right? 

Ummmm, because people like money and jobs are a good source of having money?

Not sure if you live in Wayne County, but that entire page is absurd. There is no housing for $7200/yr ($600/mo) unless you’re renting a cesspool in the worst part of the worst town. The living wage in Wayne County is probably around $30-40k/yr. 

There’s a better way to make this argument, as I did above, than to be ridiculous. Also, I’m guessing (with 100% certainty) you know absolutely nothing about Jeff Bezos..