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)

The “hold me over” car is great advice....but if the hold me over lease is going to cost you more in the short term than buying the car and selling it, that doesn’t make sense.  And the purchase gives you more flexiblity for the “hold me over” idea. Want to trade in a year or two, fine....market still sucks in 3 Read more

Yes that is part of the reason with a lot of cars going for over MSRP the delta between the sale price and residual is even wider hence super high lease payments.  Read more

Good luck ever actually getting an allocationfor Dakar... Read more

You know I totally forgot about the new Integra...that’s not a bad price but with destination fee you are just under $37k Read more

I like ALDI but I despise having to remember to bring a quarter to unlock a shopping cart every damn time.  There is a Walmart and a Shoprite all within a half-mile of the ALDI and they don’t lock down their carts.  Read more

If you have a functioning car, the best advice is to take care of it and avoid the market for as long as possible. But that advice doesn’t work for everybody.” Read more

The better ones post “reserved” for the cars no longer for sale. I’ve found that even the “in transit” or “coming soon” labeled cars are often pre-sold.  Read more

Also if you think scoring a 911 T allocation is going to be easy....I’ve got some bad news for you.  According to the Porsche contacts I have spoken to “base” 911s are 18-24 month wait and typically command at least 15-20k over MSRP...also with some dealers if a customer comes in with a 911 to trade they move to the Read more

“Hassle Free” They keep using that word...but I don’t think they know what it means Read more

The MCU has been, for the most part, really spot-on when it comes to casting, to the point where we just can’t imagine anyone other than RDJ, Evans, and such as their respective super heros. But Snipes absolutley OWNED the Blade role long before the massive complex of the MCU. I’m sure Ali will be great, but I don’t Read more

The unsactioned gathering is what draws these folks in. This guy was just the worst offender becuase he killed two people.  Please tell me what “other points of view” I should examine about having modded cars drag race in the middle of a small town with a lot of pedestrian traffic.  Read more

That’s a big assumption there buddy....that I would support reckless driving anywhere let alone in my own community where my neighbors and friends would be at risk. Do I support people modding their own cars even if I think it looks silly? Sure. If these folks want to “unnoffically” get together in a big parking lot Read more

It did start as a tuned VW thing and from my understading the original founders of H20i have disavowed what this spectacle has turned into. Read more

Thanks...will fix...though in this case the “wheels” really do matter. :) Read more