Maybe Toyota will take the opportunity expand its PHEV lineup once the new battery plant is up and running, especially if full EVs continue to be pushed back due to supply or demand issues.

Regarding social security, I believe the “lookback” period is five years, and it is no joke. If the government gets wind of any attempt to hide assets, even after your death, they can and will go after you or your estate to try and claw them back to repay any social security that was paid out which they feel you were…

I mean, you can deny reality if you want, but it happens. All the time.

Cheaper than an assisted living apartment and much nicer? No way. Not for comparable square footage. Any equivalent comp on a cruise ship would be much more expensive. And that setup is going to substitute for assisted living only for people at the very beginnings of decline. Imagine putting a seriously impaired…

Elder care companies will make sure the money is spent.

A lot of people retire to cruise ships. It makes sense. If you’re elderly and need assistance with daily living tasks like cooking and cleaning, a cruise ship is a hell of a lot cheaper than an assisted living apartment, and it’s usually much nicer. But the trick is to retire to a very well-established cruise line.…

$0 balance? Look at Mr. Respectable here!

Are a bunch of totaled Kia’s really a “loss” ?

I bought the cheapest new KIA in America, lets see if I can start it 

Most of o’ Kenny’s stores are near me in Ohio.

I look forward to repeatedly trying to avoid these cars being sold by shitty dealers a few states away.

Depending on where you live and how old you are, that may be true. We have never paid that much per month for insurance for any single car even with comprehensive coverage and lower deductibles (and even when leasing).

I have yet to see a new Z, and I live in FL where retirees come to spend their children’s’ inheritance the money they saved during their career on playthings.

We're shopping for a new SUV to replace the ancient 4Runner we currently have, but Nissan and Jeep weren't even discussed as a possibility. Ford and Chevy also got themselves on that list, but at least their names came up.

They are caught in a doom spiral that is the inevitable result of cost cutting. Cost cutting leads to less R&D and cheaper feeling vehicles, which leads to needing to tap subprime and fleet sales to move metal (upmarket buyers don’t want dated cheap-feeling vehicles). The subprime and fleet sales keep the cash coming…

With so many people telling you it’s a deathtrap, you kinda have to delude yourself into thinking you know something they don’t before you can really start convincing strangers that you’re right. Especially if you’re going to be getting on board the thing.

I can’t believe you can lease an Ariya for $199/mo. All jokes aside about Nissans being crappy, it is a competent new EV with decent range for less than my parents pay for cable and internet every month.

“S&P Global cut Nissan’s credit rating to junk in March of last year.”

On the contrary, I think it WAS quite surprising. 

I mean - the dude clearly lived his life avoiding responsibility, and finding the easiest and cheapest way around any problem he faced. Shouldn’t be surprising that he’d naturally go to bribing an official if he didn’t get his way.