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Question Of The Day: What Lame Duck New Car Is Worth Your Bills?
I always tell folks that they should try to hit em’ where they ain’t. Want a Camry? Look at a Mazda 6 first. A Prius C? One of my personal favorites. But I still have a soft spot for far cheaper...
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Hammer Time: Screw Zipcar, Just Share A Govcar
There a few things I can’t wrap my mind around these days. Take for example, Zipcar. The car sharing firm that supposedly offers the Millenial vibe, is actually run by the old GM dumping ground for...
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New or Used? : Why Are Old Corvettes So Cheap?
O.K. Steve Why are old Corvettes so cheap ? . Just Monday I saw yet another 1984 ‘Vette for sale in a used car lot for $2,500, are some years simply so bad they’re worthless? I have never owned one...
View ArticleNew or Used? : Sadly, Infiniti Will Never Sell An M80
Click here to view the embedded video. Dear Mr. Lang, Your most recent article put the final nail in the C4 coffin for me and for that, I’m everlastingly grateful. The VW GTI is but a distant...
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QOTD: Would You Ever Pay For A Stripper?
No nav. No leather. No premium or power nuttin’. All yours for $12,800 before fees, tax, tag, title. You don’t want it? Don’t think you’re alone. Strippers have represented America’s premiere...
View ArticleQuestion Of The Day: What Was Your Closest Call?
Click here to view the embedded video. Well, I nearly died today. I was driving on a winding one lane road, when a silver mid-2000′s Dodge Ram Club Cab broke through the double yellow, and swerved...
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Hammer Time: Craigslist English
If there is a hell, you will probably find it on Craigslist. Also, if there is a Santa Claus, you will probably find him performing some advanced NSA style hacking that tracks all the emails and texts...
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Hammer Time: The $700 Repo
My brother-in-law’s 1997 Honda Civic took a vacation recently, and it only cost me about $700. The customer who escorted the Civic to the humidity ridden swamps of Crystal Lakes, Florida, let’s call...
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New Or Used? : Try To Hit Em’ Where They Ain’t
Hi Steve, I have been trying to find a Lexus GX470 for several months now. Either a 2012 or a 2013. What I have found is that these vehicles simply don’t exist here in Tennessee. I have gone through...
View ArticleThe Deeper Dive: When Is It Time To Junk Your Car?
About a third of the questions I get from readers center around one issue: euthanasia in the car world, or what I like to call “automotive decrapitation”. In other words, when is it the right time to...
View ArticleWhere Have All The Clinton Era Cars Gone?
That moment you realize the oldest car in the parking lot is yours. Yeah, I just had that moment. The car in question is a 2001 Honda Accord EX. Four-door. Five-speed. A dodo bird of a used car stuck...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Fit: Aston Martin Van Damn!
Introducing a brand new column at TTAC: The Ultimate Fit, where you get to figure out the unfortunate souls who would best fit for the rolling relics of the used car world. Let’s take this 15 year old,...
View ArticleNew Or Used? The $25,000 Question
Michael writes: This August, we will have a 23-year-old German au pair coming to live with us. She will be taking care of our three boys – ages 6, 4, and 1. I am looking for transportation for said au...
View ArticleCPO To Go: 2014 Lexus IS F
I usually have more fun with $5,000 cars than with $55,000 cars. It’s not because I’m cheap. Well, let me rephrase that. I love investing in a quality vehicle, but in the world that is wholesale...
View ArticleThe Warren Buffet Way To Buy And Sell Cars
The august founder of TTAC, Robert Farago, asked me to shop around for a Lexus IS F nearly seven years ago. Those were bad old days. The “Fall of 2008″ was a brutal, hopeless, and downright dire time...
View ArticleChapter One: The Repo Man and the Lexus
Hi folks. My name is Daryl Horton and I run an auto recovery company out of Tallapoosa, Georgia. It’s a nice little place on the very tip of southern Appalachia that I always like to call a “big small...
View ArticleHammer Time: Is Scion The New Geo?
Imagine if you will. The world’s largest and most consistently successful automaker is in deep trouble. Not because of profits, but because of products. They build a small car… and a small army of...
View ArticleHammer Time: To My Fellow Dealers
You may have noticed that car dealers get bashed by the mainstream media on a regular basis. There are a few good reasons for that. We have what can be called an image problem. When folks think of a...
View ArticleHammer Time: Flying Is The Devil’s Work
4 a.m. The alarms clocks ring. Both of them. Just in case I get any funny ideas. I go through the semi-conscious motions. Clothes… suitcase… glasses… coffee… breakfast. By 4:15 a.m, I’m out the door...
View ArticleHammer Time: A Shotgun Hit & Run
“Honey? I just got into an accident!” she said. My body experienced an instant adrenaline rush as my mind wandered through the worst “what if?” possibility of that moment, something like the image...
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