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)

And that is perfectly fine..I have had dealers offer used cars for sale then add the CPO at an additonal cost, but the advertisement never mentioned the CPO. Read more

Maybe I wasn’t clear, any CPO car comes with a factory warranty extension. This dealer was advertising a car as CPO but then trying to sell the factory warranty extension that the car should already come with. Read more

Maybe I wasn’t clear, any CPO car comes with a factory warranty extension.  This deale was advertising a car as CPO but then trying to sell the factory warranty extension that the car should already come with. Read more

Lynx is made in Germany, VAG is a German company, VAG also owns Lamborghini...logic checks out.  :D Read more

Thanks for letting us know...just so everyone else knows why a topic that was submitted so long ago got picked. Readers have really stopped submitting entries and this is how far back I have to go to find a topic worth writing about.  Read more

If chokeholds ae applied properly they cut off the blood circulation to the brain and the person passes out. It is a relatively safe way to subdue someone, without really causing any damage. A correct hold, once locked in, takes maybe 5-10 seconds before you have subdued the person. There is no reason ever to hold Read more

Totally agree and when I did teach in a NJ school some years back, “Financial Literacy” was a state standard for HS graduation - https://www.nj.gov/education/standards/clicks/finlit.shtml Read more

Orman’s whole thing is keeping your debt to a minumum and having a “balance” to your finances but when taken at face value her advice is to pay $600/mo on a 3 year old car, when someone who is probably a bit tight on the budget is going to find that not really feasable.  Wheras you finance that $20k at 60 months with Read more

I get that but for those people this advice is still really unhelpful....buy a cheap car, but only 2-3 yrs old, and only finacne at 36 months, but try to get an EV. That person goes into the market and can’t really accomplish those objectives once they look at the actual prices and how it relates to a comfortable Read more

In fairness that is a specialty car with a high demand market. But Orman and Ramsey seem to think a Honda and a Bentley depreciate at the same rate. Read more

I think we all have a level of procrastination when it comes to this stuff, but if if the repair wasn’t critcal at the time and you got it done you are in good shape. I think the survey is more talking about people that delay maintence for months or years then a major problem happens. Read more

Word on the street is that the manual in the G70 kinda sucks.  Read more

It really all depends on the car. That is why I always like to have a consult with a client before they pay the fee so I can let them know our likelihood of success.  Sometimes I tell them that I can’t help and to check back with me when the market cools. Sometimes I will offer an retainer agreement that is a partial Read more

I would be curious on what grounds the dealers would have case. Dodge made these terms from the start so the dealers knew the deal from day one and made the choice to sell at MSRP or not. Let’s say Dodge can only make 2000 cars for whatever reason, all the MSRP orders got built...some don’t and the ones that charged Read more