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)

Unlike home prices, the car market seems to self correct faster before a massive drop happens.  Read more

Exactly...thre are enough people willing to pay big premiums for “regular” cars and that keeps pricing high in both new and used markets Read more

While it is not recommended, beginners do often try to tap someone while in their guard. A more experienced player will use this submission attempt against them, but if you are new to the sport and under presssure like this it’s not unheard of for the guy standing in guard to grab the opposite collar and apply Read more

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Speaking of one-take shots that pack a punch...this fight scene from Tony Jaa’s The Protector is legendary -

Ford dealers right now

From how I understand it with Honda/Acura  the factory is like “Don’t even bother asking for something...you get what you get and don’t get upset”  :D Read more

At least now you can send them this post and be like “read this” maybe it will save you a few headaches  Read more

In exactly what way was this week’s article “Toyota bad.” No strong judgement calls were made, it was just a presentation of the strategy backed up by market conditoons and my take on consumer demand. Read more

The issue with those lease deals is that PHEV/EV residuals are falling off  a cliff and money factors are still high so that $7500 cap cost reduction is just off setting those bad variables by a little bit...for the most part the leases still kinda stink, but there are some exceptions.  Read more

It would have been fine if they advertised the car without the CPO then offered an additonal charge for the warranty extension. Some luxury car dealers do this so they can price their cars more competively...but the issue at hand is they did advertise it as a CPO car at that price and therefore the warranty must be Read more

For the most part they end up on a list of stores not to bother with anymore...but if the customer is looking for something really rare and a place like this just happens to have it, I will warn the client of my previous experience and see what they want me to do. Read more

Normally when faced with these kinds of things, I just move on to another store, but I was feeling a bit spicy that day and wanted to pin this guy down  with the actual regulations. Also, I got a blog out of it.  Read more