In some respects, the term really doesn’t matter. The cost of any financed asset is depreciation + interest paid. The depreciation isn’t affected by the financing term, only the interest paid is. And really it comes down to rate. Longer term typically means a higher rate.

To be fair, it is actually racist in every single context - as much as people want to try and pretend it’s not.

If the earth was flat these fucktards would be all about it being a sphere. These people are just contrarians.

No. If I had that money to waste, I’d like better to buy this:

Jalopnik and no wagon!?

Since the budget can stretch, let’s stretch it quite a bit. The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. It’s an Alfa, so it’s about as cool as you can get. It’s faster then an M3, looks gorgeous, and sounds legitimately like an event every time you rev out the engine.

Because tech companies’ valuations are hyper-inflated. You can have plans for an app that tracks the methane content of farts and somehow he worth 3 billion dollars before the app has even launched.

Yep...it’s emotional drivel that has no practical application in the real world, other then for them to scream “WE WANT ELECTRIC”, then head off to Whole Foods to buy some Kale.

What principles? He’s too fucking stupid to figure how to pay a fucking tax on a car so he throws a hissy fit?

I don’t have a problem with with him having four houses. As long as he didn’t inherit all four, good on him. Also, four houses in Lebanon, VA or surrounding counties would cost less than one apartment in Arlington County. I am just confused as to why he is confused. You just use the house you claim as your primary…

Yeah, this guy is no hero. He was mad because he had a minor annoyance figuring out something with registering his rich brat’s corvette, then filed a bunch of lawsuits against the DMV that were thrown out, then he paid in 5 wheel barrels of pennies. Nothing heroic here. More of a case of “do you know who I am?”…

Yes, he’s a huge douche.

4 houses? New Corvette for son? Pays tax with coins?

Obviously you buy a G8 GXP.

You don’t have to be a fanboi to see that this has been blown way out of proportion. 85% of the people bitching about lying VW don’t own a TDI, would never own one, have something against VW, and/or are just trolling. Of the remaining 15% who own a TDI, 99.9% of those people are riding the buyback train and feigning…

This guy is a jerk. You shouldn’t help him publicize his stupid ploy.

F people who do this.

No it won’t. He violated good faith and is getting FAAAARRR more than his car is worth. He’s a dickhead and deserves this. I hope they win a suit and don’t have to pay him anything.

Don’t care. He’s still an ass and violated the good faith in this.

“house-owning...coder”? As opposed to a renting non-coder? What is your opinion of people who own apartments? Townhomes? Condos? You sound like lots of fun.