tommcparland
Tom McParland
tommcparland
Tom is a contributing writer for Jalopnik and runs AutomatchConsulting.com. He saves people money and takes the hassle out of buying or leasing a car. (Facebook.com/AutomatchConsulting)

These people aren’t my clients. They are readers that submit to a form. They are not paying me for advice or any service. While I use my experience as a professional car buyer to choose topics and give suggestions the two operations are different. Read more

I have gotten good deals on factory ordered cars, are they going to be 8k off?...Probably not because a lot of that discount depends on regional/monthly rebates. Hit me up and we can chat some more - tom@automatchconsulting.com Read more

But the dealer didn’t give you a better deal, Mazda gave you a rebate. If you bought one of those Mazdas from a different store you would have still gotten the same rebate. Read more

The Subie is a good choice...but since when is my suggestion “surprisingly rational?” I’m supposed to be the voice of reason around here! :D Read more

This is more of a question regarding investing in business equipment as that is what this truck is.  If your equipment is not serving your business needs, and an investment in better equipment can net you more income that might be worth it. Read more

From a personal perspective, if you are taking home 10k, 3-4k/mo seems high to me for housing expenses. Read more

That’s a tough question because it’s based on many other factors, folks that have high housing expenses usually allocate less for the car and so on. I think the best way to do it is to see how much money is coming in, vs how much is going out in bills, savings etc...and see what that balance is, then take a portion of Read more