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i mean, https://youtu.be/z1nWOy4bUgM
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Checking out auctions, one of them deals with repos. here are all the 2018s they have I'm noticing a trend 
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Jun 6, 2019 14:52
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REPO DEPO
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Powershift posted:Checking out auctions, one of them deals with repos. here are all the 2018s they have People who buy short bed crew cab 4x4 trucks are trash?
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Wheeee posted:The DR650 is a dual sport and weighs like 360lbs, they are poop at off roading compared to a more dirt-oriented bike. It's all about context. I think there's a wide spread of behavior. Jaguar sending us a preproduction I-Pace that wouldn't charge properly probably happens at least as often as Ferrari sending Chris Harris a Scuderia on qualifying tires with an extra 50hp in the engine.
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Powershift posted:Checking out auctions, one of them deals with repos. here are all the 2018s they have Those poor bastards probably don't even realize they will still be on the hook for the remainder after the car is auctioned for half of what the loan was for. Ask me how I know 
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Powershift posted:Checking out auctions, one of them deals with repos. here are all the 2018s they have tfw they reposess your penis
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I hope that bailiff is okay, he should go to the doctor if he keeps having seizures.
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Dr. Memory posted:Speaking of, Mitsuoka is modding Miatas to look like old Stingrays: https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1810/10/news079.html That looks nice, and I'm happy to see they're still in business! I still want an Orochi. Car? Spacebug? Why not both?
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Powershift posted:Checking out auctions, one of them deals with repos. here are all the 2018s they have is it starting, is the loan 'pocalypse starting leading to great recession 2 economic boogaloo?
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Jun 6, 2019 19:03
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wargames posted:is it starting, is the loan 'pocalypse starting leading to great recession 2 economic boogaloo? naw, that's just normal alberta poo poo. It's just funny how many are crew cab dodge rams
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Jun 6, 2019 19:17
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It's the natural life cycle of a crew cab Ram
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Jun 6, 2019 19:29
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Car sales are only one of many industries which are finely tuned exploitation machines for financially illiterate and/or desperate people. Predatory financial practices like what's found in car dealerships and payday loan places need to be illegal. Calling people who've had a vehicle repo'd "trash" illuminates both a lack of empathy and a lack of intelligence required to understand that reality is more complicated than your idiotic moralistic ideology supposes. Anyway, I recently spent a few days tootling around in a brand new Ford Edge Titanium and while it was a commendable rental car I have no idea why someone would pay $45k for one; the interior design is not good and it very much does not feel like a premium product. Sync 3 is pretty decent and the adaptive cruise control was excellent, though, so while buying one for sticker would be stupid as hell I would be happy getting one as a rental again.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:43
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Wistful of Dollars posted:It is exceedingly German; which I profess to enjoy. I rather like Marek Drives, but I cannot explain why. Reasonably informative and mostly not annoying?
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Powershift posted:naw, that's just normal alberta poo poo. Does anybody not just call them Dodge even though they "aren't" Dodges? While I'm on my soapbox, somebody kill the person who got rid of Kinko's badging.
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Tonton Macoute posted:I rather like Marek Drives, but I cannot explain why. Reasonably informative and mostly not annoying? I like watching his videos too, but he has weird opinions sometimes. I can't think of any specific examples right now, but I remember multiple times hearing him describe something, thinking that "wow that's a great feature" and then he goes "yeah so this is obviously bad and the car should get 0 points for this feature"
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Jun 6, 2019 21:58
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Wheeee posted:Car sales are only one of many industries which are finely tuned exploitation machines for financially illiterate and/or desperate people. Predatory financial practices like what's found in car dealerships and payday loan places need to be illegal. I'm mocking the trucks and the Challenger, not the appliance vehicles
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fair I used to work in an office next door to a debt collection (read: harrassment) company, and listening to the $12/hour workers laughing about the deadbeat losers they were dealing with was one of my earliest exposures to just how powerful ideological conditioning is
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Wheeee posted:Car sales are only one of many industries which are finely tuned exploitation machines for financially illiterate and/or desperate people. Predatory financial practices like what's found in car dealerships and payday loan places need to be illegal. Yeah, the fact that there are dealerships that explicitly deal in finding loans for people with multiple repossessions should be proof enough that this isn't a problem that lies entirely (or even mostly) at the feet of borrowers. Car salespeople have terrible reputations, but at some point you still have to trust that the person selling you a thing is in fact acting in good faith and not literally helping you dig a shallow grave for your financial future.
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EnergizerFellow posted:I agree that Savagegeese, Alex on Autos, The Straight Pipes, and Consumer Reports' paywalled content are arguably the best automotive reviews out there. Autogefühl and CNET's Roadshow are solid when Thomas or Brian Cooley are hosting, respectively. His technical knowledge is pretty legit, and his production values are high, but I still don't like him at all. I find his attitude incredibly off-putting, and always seems like he's one bad day away from snapping and going off on a slur-filled tirade. Plus, his videos that aren't about reviewing a specific car are terrible. Like the video about auto loan debt he spends half the video bitching about regulations and his property taxes.
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Jun 7, 2019 07:25
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There is probably much higher pressure to have nice things and "keeping up with the Joneses" now that ever before. The relentless bombardment from social media, TV-series etc is insane.
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Savage geese is more annoying when you realise his presenting voice isn't how he actually talks and he puts it on for some reason.
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Wheeee posted:Anyway, I recently spent a few days tootling around in a brand new Ford Edge Titanium and while it was a commendable rental car I have no idea why someone would pay $45k for one; the interior design is not good and it very much does not feel like a premium product. Sync 3 is pretty decent and the adaptive cruise control was excellent, though, so while buying one for sticker would be stupid as hell I would be happy getting one as a rental again. I'm noticing the rental companies are specing out their cars cheaper and cheaper. A few rentals ago I wound up with a Kia Optima with manual driver and passenger seats. More recently, I had a Hyundai Sonata that was configured the same way. The 4Runner was the only vehicle that was decently equipped and had navigation, which most of these cars usually don't. Who knew that a Sonata could crack 40 mpg on the open road? Not sure if it was an honest 40 since I forgot to tally up the fuel and mileage myself. Too bad it looked, felt and sounded like driving a Tupperware bin.
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Paradoxish posted:Yeah, the fact that there are dealerships that explicitly deal in finding loans for people with multiple repossessions should be proof enough that this isn't a problem that lies entirely (or even mostly) at the feet of borrowers. Car salespeople have terrible reputations, but at some point you still have to trust that the person selling you a thing is in fact acting in good faith and not literally helping you dig a shallow grave for your financial future. Interestingly, financial literacy isn't taught in (most) US schools. I can't imagine why not, it seems like such a basic item for preparing kids for the world ahead! Ah well, I guess it's for the best, we'd be putting a lot of payday loan/BHPH lot/financial sector parasite jobs at risk if people knew how to save and use their money. Make sure they know that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, now that's important.
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Balliver Shagnasty posted:I'm noticing the rental companies are specing out their cars cheaper and cheaper. A few rentals ago I wound up with a Kia Optima with manual driver and passenger seats. More recently, I had a Hyundai Sonata that was configured the same way. The 4Runner was the only vehicle that was decently equipped and had navigation, which most of these cars usually don't. I've noticed rental car companies holding onto fleets longer for sure. I had one over 40k miles recently. Sonatas are fine, what are you comparing it to? I'd take a sonata over the last-gen rental only Malibu or an Altima any day.
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redgubbinz posted:Interestingly, financial literacy isn't taught in (most) US schools. I can't imagine why not, it seems like such a basic item for preparing kids for the world ahead! One of the few textbooks from college that I saved outside of my major was for a class called quantitative literacy, and it was all about how to understand and calculate taxes, mortgages, loan interest rates, insurance calculation, etc. Actual useful math. It was the best math class I've ever taken, and also the last. That class should have been mandatory in highschool.
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Paradoxish posted:Yeah, the fact that there are dealerships that explicitly deal in finding loans for people with multiple repossessions should be proof enough that this isn't a problem that lies entirely (or even mostly) at the feet of borrowers. Car salespeople have terrible reputations, but at some point you still have to trust that the person selling you a thing is in fact acting in good faith and not literally helping you dig a shallow grave for your financial future. I can't imagine ever believing that a car salesman or estate agent is acting in good faith. Sure maybe some of them do but I have no idea if the one I am talking to is.
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Savage geese is news to me but I'm liking it; can anyone tell me if I'm overlooking coverage of the honda fit? Lot of videos here but I'm not really seeing it.
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The new Fit is probably as dull as the previous one hence no actual news. The people involved with it have likely forgot they made it.
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Charles posted:Does anybody not just call them Dodge even though they "aren't" Dodges? I still call them dodge rams all the time. Hell, there are dealerships where I grew up I still think of as "X Plymouth Dodge Jeep Eagle"
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pointsofdata posted:I can't imagine ever believing that a car salesman or estate agent is acting in good faith. Sure maybe some of them do but I have no idea if the one I am talking to is. That's the part that also needs to be taught in school - a level of general cynicism, so that you know that out there in the real world, there are people who will screw you over for a nickel. Financial literacy counts too, since you can't defend yourself from rear end in a top hat salesmen without it, but it's not sufficient by itself.
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What are some sleazy tactics sales people use to deceive you? Generally I do my research so I know what car I’m getting and roughly what margin is on the car. I tell them I’m looking to get X amount off a vehicle of my choice and I decline all the extras like rust proofing or extended warranty. The bill of sale is straightforward. The financing is straight forward and that’s it. The only issue is the pressure done by the financing team. Now you could say it’s financially illiterate to bury most of your savings into a depreciating asset or to buy new. But sometimes that extra money carries a mental, intangible value to you. Especially if you drive the car until it’s dead so depreciation doesn’t matter.
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Kraftwerk posted:What are some sleazy tactics sales people use to deceive you? The sleezy part is negotiating the price of the car based on monthly payments and after the sale turning them over to the manager to berate them for a half hour about how the car they just purchased is a ticking time bomb that requires an extended warranty.
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Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:The sleezy part is negotiating the price of the car based on monthly payments This is so irritating, especially when they keep doing it after I repeatedly tell them I don't care about the payments, I'm focusing on the actual cost of the vehicle.
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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a27813840/mercedes-amg-m139-four-cylinder-engine-specs/ New AMG 2.0 is 416hp/369ftlbs of torque. They're also putting it in the new GLB which kind of reminds me of the old forrester.  Also, new full size bronco coming 
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The Bronco might be cool and good
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Sits on Pilster posted:The Bronco might be cool and good all four of them. Baby bronco - 4 door, escape based, possibly called the Maverick Bronco II- 2 door, Ranger based. possibly called the Bronco Bronco - 2 door, F-150 based. possibly called the everest Bigass Bronco - 4 door, F350 based, possibly called the Excursion 
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How's the Ranger been doing? Seems like kind of a wet fart
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Wheeee posted:How's the Ranger been doing? Seems like kind of a wet fart Yeah, it's garbage and the sales are probably gonna reflect that. The 2.7eb should have been the base engine.
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Powershift posted:https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a27813840/mercedes-amg-m139-four-cylinder-engine-specs/ Over 400hp out of a factory 2 liter? Is this the new normal? Sign me up.
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