Darcy Lewis saves Yule in New Asgard.
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Tom McParland
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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)
According to several Porsche dealer contacts the T will be much harder to get allocation spots for compared to more expensive models like the S, GTS and even GT3. Word on the street is that now that Porsche is “public” they are prioritizing higher-spec (which means higher profit) builds. So if you do find a dealer… Read more
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judging by people’s knee jerk reaction from Jeff Bezos telling them not to spend, maybe he’s using reverse psychology.
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I agree that he is not wrong, but it feels a bit disingenuous coming from the guy who formerly lead a company that has not one, but TWO “Black Friday” events a year.
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I prefer capicola to that stuff.
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Jalopnik is all about good cotomer sevis
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Many of the comments here illustrate the problems. Tom presents a well-laid-out argument, using facts and math. And yet here come the “well actually” crowd who simply refuse to believe there could be a perspective beyond their own narrow one. Amazing.
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Worcestershire sauce - It’s pronounced Verksersoorsus. Read more
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Right now, leasing doesn’t make a ton of sense for a variety of reasons. I work in Auto advertising; we haven’t used a lease offer in over 2 years. The dealers don’t want them since they make no sense in terms of payment vs buying. That will change, but for now leasing would only make sense for a very small set of… Read more
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Glad to see that Tony Danza song in there
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I feel like I’ve been hearing six more months for supply chains to settle down for the last year and a half.
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With dealer markup you’re just under $70k.
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Zero percent financing will not be a thing until Fed Rate is near zero. Buying down rates is way more expensive than cash back right now and even when rates come down a bit, the cash back vs financing deal is usually the same cost to the OEM. But with cash back you get it today, with financing it is over the whole… Read more
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I’ve heard talks from “head of safety” type people from auto manufacturers and they always say, “Buy the newest car you can afford for your kid” Even between major redesigns, automakers will do things like add bracing to dramatically improve poor IIHS crash test results. Read more
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My kids drove small cars as teens and still drive them as young adults. I don’t feel they’re more likely to die in them than in any other car. In part I feel this way because I took every effort to train them how to drive properly and re-enforce that with additional training through the SCCA Street Survival program. Read more
I dunno guys, I watched this documentary last night about a bullet train and they seem pretty dangerous. Especially to fight on. And americans love to fight.
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Good dealers will generally post “in-transit”, or “coming soon” on their web tiles. Many of them are too lazy, unfortunately. Read more
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I used Tom’s service recently and it was awesome! $500 well spent for the amount of time and energy I didn’t have to spend tracking down a dealer with an allocation and the willingness to sell at MSRP. Highly recommended.
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Very cool post - thanks Tom!
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That’s a very specific thing to generalize about.