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)

A quick call to a friend who is a Dodge sales person provided some additional information........ Read more

I own a manual transmission 2014 Fiat 500c Abarth. Tom recommended it after my third generation Smart Fortwo convertible got totaled. Took a ton of money to get it in great shape but damn is it fun to drive. My now 22 year-old daughter hated sharing the Smartcar but learned stick in a weekend and wants my 500c. It Read more

Dunking on crypto bros is like punching down on any other differently-abled group. You wouldn’t mock a blind kid for not being able to catch a ball!
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Tom had it right - that Lexus RC-F is an absolute joy, I owned one for a little bit.... it’s heavy and not crazy roomy on the inside (good lucky finding aplace to put your phone lol) but its not teeny either. That engine and the sound however are absolutely heavenly. The car looks like a sports car and when you sit Read more

That’s the one I had! 2005 only, blue over a tan leather interior, with a weird amount of horsepower for the mods it had. The guy I sold it to crashed it, and now, like the Legacy itself, it’s dead Read more

I’d be O’Leary of his advice.
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How did you miss throwing a “Ride The Lightning” reference into the article? Read more

Take note of their service centers if you’re interested in one.  I was leaning towards a Polestar 2 but the closest service center is around 3-4 hours away so no dice for sure.  I settled on an Ioniq 5 as I can get to the nearest dealer that will service it in 35 minutes. Read more

I live in Cary NC and this popped up in my Facebook feed. Discussed briefly with the wife and we decided that we needed more than 30k miles and didn’t know what that would do to the price. Also I remembered reading the reviews on here. Ultimately we decided to not pursue it. Read more

I sell thousands and thousands of cars. Read more

I was doing the math on a BMW i4 the other day and since they only offer the $7500 credit on leases, it actually costs MORE money buy the car in cash than to lease the car for 3 years and then buy it out. (assuming you stay within fairly conservative mileage limits) Read more

That’s truly Titan-ic pricing... Read more