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 fact that this was a Nissan store is a total shock...  Read more

I am clearly wrong about not finding good cars for under $20,000 and this immaculate 996 from “Family Trucks and Vans,” whose website looks like it was made when AltaVista was the primary search engine, is an example fine and dandy reliable transport. I can thing of no other reason why this quality German machine Read more

That’s the thing “36 months” most people don’t take loans that short hence why they advertise the low rates on the terms most buyers don’t take Read more

This post has been up for 4 hrs and no one has mentioned the RS2 is sad...

I guess you really are “that guy” how is this article in anyway “against EVs”? When the theme of the article is “Hey these aren’t selling well so maybe you want to think about taking advantage of a deal right now and ACTUALLY BUY OR LEASE AN EV” Read more

The V60 PHEV is a super rare car so those don’t sit on the lots like the other EV/PHEVs.  Read more

The 7500 is what that particular customer requested as he doesn’t drive much. A 10k or even a 12k lease would have not moved the payment up all that much  Read more

For sure...we find them all the time. It just takes a bit of work.  Read more

I’m not disputing that especially when there is a massive skill difference. What I am saying is that a an untrained person has a chance in a striking match against someone who has been training for 1-2 yrs (in the case of Zuck) whereas, an untrained person of similar size, has much less of a chance against a Read more

I totally agree for this particular instance...I was just saying that if you have a bigger guy with a decent level of athleticism he will pose a challenge to a smaller guy with a skill advantage.  Read more

I think it really comes down to the weight differential...20-30 lbs difference I still favor the more experienced grappler, 70 lbs and up it all depends. I’ve been able to choke out guys that outweighed me by 100 lbs...IF I can get an advantageous position early, but if I make a mistake I’m stuck underneath that mass Read more

I’m not sure I follow your logic here. Here is the analogy that I use, striking and grappling is like running and swimming. You can tell the average untrained person to get into a punching match with someone else and they may do just fine...just like if you told them to run without any type of instruction.   However, Read more

For sure...size and strength is absolutely a factor and it’s a bigger factor than most martial artists want to admit Read more

I’ve been able to hit a few ankle locks...they are especially nice against lanky dudes with hard to pass guards Read more

Things are finally starting to click...a little bit. I tend to favor gi focused submissions like collar chokes and ezekiels...I roll with a lot of bigger guys so getting an RNC around a dude that’s 250+ isn’t easy.  Read more