poor dealership service (not porsche)

hi guys...long time no see...the following is my experience at a local dealership i went to today.. ... out numbers until after i drive the car...i'm still trying to decide what i want...and the financing may ... ready for a test drive, then he says that only people with approved credit get to drive the car [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 06:23:05

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Florida Political News for 10/12/08

Meet Katherine Harris Version 3.0 Where we once had Katherine, and her successsor Glenda (below) ... ... may we present ... Secretary of State Katherine Browning: Kurt wonders: what the heck is all the fuss about? After all, as the good RPOFer gleefully points out, "The courts have found that our [ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 16:19:14

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/21/2008

Make sure you look at all the pirate stories tonight. Most of them are in the “Sub-Saharan Africa” section, and not all of them have headlines ... Drives Europe and the EUBanking Baddies Get Help But Europe’s Car Industry is Left ... Against NeighboursTerror Financing Runs Wild in Saudi ArabiaThe Mother of the Two Christian Sisters [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 04:54:00

Bad Credit Automobile Financing

Many people have utilized the World Wide Web in recent years and have found that they are able to obtain new and used car financing for far better ... for credit issues, they can always apply for online low interest rate car loans as the internet auto loan ... after a long day, looking for the best car loan isn't exactly at the top of their list. [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 04:47:09

And not a K-car in sight

There’s apparently less than meets the eye in the revised Chrysler restructuring plan ... to people with bad credit scores, and the lack of this hidden subsidy is what is making it hard to sell their cars. Credit exists — what no longer exists is zero-percent-interest-to-anyone-who-walks [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 22:35:21

Fear Itself is Fear Enough

A few months ago I saw squirrel get hit by a car. I had just noticed it starting to cross the street when it spotted an approaching car and froze on ... under the wheels of the oncoming car. I don't know why that squirrel stuck in my mind ... with the squirrel and the car, I'm not smart enough to foresee the details of how the folks in D.C. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 01:44:29

Bubbles and The Current Financial Crisis

"Bubbles! Bubbles!... My bubbles!" -a cartoon character from Finding Nemo Is there an end to the current financial bloodbath that is plaguing the ... is the proverbial headlight of an approaching express train. Folding banks, closing auto ... of years. In particular let me quote the following: 'Standard & Poor's chief economist David Wyss [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 18:47:44

0% Global Interest Rates Totally Destroys Banking

October 29, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis World stock markets are shooting up like a rocket based on the perception that the G7 central bankers and ... by an orgy of 0% financing. Sounds like all those auto commercials. As we watch the entire concept ... . Just like those auto loans at a fake 0% interest rate: read the fine print and see the truth. Three [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 14:46:57

The Time Is Now My Friends

Well, I've wrestled enough with whether or not to post this. But what the heck, here goes. :) This was tough to write being an eternal optimist and a very proud American. But I can't just sit back and proclaim "everything's going to be okay". I just don't believe it anymore - at least not for the long term [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 03:00:00

Get Important Advice About Your Banking Experience

To understand where we are we need to define where we have been going. This process has taken many centuries. Yet some think it can be solved with the use of a pen. Let’s begin with the concept. Finance is the process of channeling funds from savers to users in the form of credit, loans, [more...]

Date: 2009-02-03 03:09:57

Toyota Asks for Loan

Underscoring how bad things are in the automobile industry, even Toyota and Nissan are looking for help: Toyota’s financing unit is in talks with a Japanese government-backed bank on possible lending, the automaker said Tuesday, underlining the serious woes facing the car industry amid plunging [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 11:47:13

Obama on Bailout in Nevada. Fine Wall Street if Money isn't Made Up in the Market.

TPJ: Barack Obama spoke in Nevada today about the economic crisis and did a great job explaining how some kind of package is necessary for all of us: But while the decline of the stock market is devastating, the consequences of the credit crisis ... for you to get a mortgage for your home or the loans you need to buy a car or send your children [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 22:39:00

DrumBeat: December 9, 2008

Oil and OPEC: Can the Cartel Possibly Cut Production Enough? Just how daunting is OPEC’s challenge to rein in falling oil prices? Beyond its control, if economist and oil-market analyst Philip Verleger is right. Mr. Verleger, a former Carter administration official, academic, and energy-industry consultant, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 13:44:44

Top 10 Trends In Managing Small Business Finances in 2009

There’s not much good news to report on the financial front as we move into 2009 ... platforms, people register as lenders and set the minimum interest rate they are willing to earn. When someone applies for a loan, the lending network typically secures the loan and then sells promissory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:12:29

Why Spain's Economic Crisis Is Something More Than A "Housing Slump"

Spain's inflation (as measured by the EU HICP methodology) was around 1.5% (year on year) in December 2008, according to the flash estimate issued by the stats office (INE) earlier this week. This number only offers us an initial glimpse of the final HICP reading, but, if confirmed, it will mean Spain's annual rate of inflation has dropped 0.9% ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:32:00

Credit Crunch Roundup — November 13, 2008

Items of Interest:David Herszenhorn / NY Times:Dodd Says Auto Bailout Lacks Votes in Senate -- Senator Christopher J ... contracts, dealership agreements and financing agreements by, for and with General Motors, Ford ... to U.S. automakers in exchange for a government ownership stake in Detroit's car [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:54:00

Lenders Set Tougher Requirements for Securing Auto Loans

There is no questioning the fact that the financial landscape of America is facing some tough times ... of credit. It’s especially tough for the auto industry, where consumers depend heavily on vehicle financing. Towards that end, it is simply tougher to get an auto loan. At one point it was very simple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:09:45

Portugal Sustains

“Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental” - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck. Oliveira [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:37:23

My Financial Implosion: Buying a Truck after Bankruptcy

“A fool and his money are soon parted.” – Thomas Tusser In January 1998, ... immediately, I was deluged with offers for credit.  I received letters offering new and used car loans, credit cards, and even household goods.  Everybody seemed to want to offer me financing, since they knew [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 20:13:18

Where Should Metrolinx Be Going? (Part 1)

With the Draft Regional Transportation Plan due out in September and a brief consultation period thereafter, ... , or merely a warmed-over rehash of MoveOntario 2020?  Will they propose realistic financing both for capital ... the draft RTP and the associated financing strategy. What Is the Metrolinx Mandate? Metrolinx operates [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 02:45:26

Worse Than the Great Depression?

It's a minority but growing view, including from 86-year old former Goldman Sachs chairman, John Whitehead, ... , he said: "I think it would be worse than the depression. We're talking about reducing the credit ... increases in the deficit, all of which are serving to decrease the credit standing of America. Before [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 12:36:15

DrumBeat: October 8, 2008

Oil prices: Buckle up for a wild ride Outlook for crude depends largely on the health of the global economy. Analyst predictions range from a fall to $50 or a surge to $150 a barrel. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Expect nothing but volatility for oil prices over the next year or two - with the fate of the global economy largely dictating whether [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 13:29:59

Zero Percent Financing: Toyota Joins The Crowd

It used to be that finding and purchasing any new Toyota model for less than the sticker price was a difficult proposition ... . Due to the dry up of the credit industry, cash rich Toyota is tapping its own financing arm ... to pay cash. With the market is such bad shape, clearly the consumer with excellent credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 07:05:14

The Rot Our Rulers Have Wrought

Going down: "It's an express elevator to hell!"As the elevator doors opened to receive him on the 109th floor, ... , just long enough for Steve to realize what had happened, the elevator car seemed to be suspended ... monitor. The car continued to accelerate as gravity's pitiless grip tightened on its hapless prize [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 05:03:00

2008 In Review

Quite a year, quite a year.* We started the year with our own sitting Democratic governor brought down when it was revealed in a prostitution scandal that Spitzer was 'Client 9', hooking up with expensive hookers when away from home. He managed to avoid prosecution under the Mann Act for transporting hookers over state lines, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 04:59:00

Red Bows Sell Cars Despite Down Economy

This weekend, a mob crushed a store employee to death in search of good bargains ... (k) from disappearing as they watch CNBC about just how bad the economy is, only to have that Christmas ad flash on the screen with a big red bow around the new car being given as a Christmas present [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:59:23

How to Prepare for Buying a Home

This is a guest post from Jim, my friend and colleague at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity ... of thousands, over the life of your loan. Don’t buy a car. Don’t take advantage of 12-month 0% financing “ ... as possible and as little access to credit as possible. Don’t apply for any new credit cards. They could [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 12:00:29

Ok, here it is, for what it's worth....

First, we enjoyed the beautiful morning at the zoo yesterday and had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, little B fell down on the sidewalk as we were walking to our car and skinned his knee. So that was a bad ending for him (he has a low pain tolerance like his mom:). Other than [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 19:33:00

Desparate McCain Resorts to Lies, Smears, and Nazi Tactics

The smear experts of the GOP would make Joseph McCarthy blush. The Modern GOP no longer conducts its smears through 'proxies' like the 'Swift Boat Veterans". The Palin-McCain ticket now openly indulges slander, smears, lies, bullshit and extremism. It proves what I have been saying about the GOP at least since that party's incompetent attempt to [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 10:47:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/23/2008

USAAccused September 11 Plotter a No-Show at GuantanamoCAIR Files FEC ComplaintCourt Ordered to Reconsider Asylum CaseFBI Probing Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG — CNNOur World: Your Abortions or Your Lives!Violence Increases in Grand Island Between Somali and Sudanese Refugees Europe and the EUChristian Schools Closing for Islamic FestivalEuro MPs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 00:50:00

What the high-falutin' muckety-mucks think about the economy

In America, socialism is un-American.--- George Will, columnistBelieve it or not, many big-time American business leaders do understand the realty of the economic disaster at hand and the need for government regulation.There are, of course, the ideologues who think in terms of black and white when describing economic systems [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 05:03:00

Forced frugality

Phew. ::looks around:: ::dusts self off:: So life chez Ferry is full of shifts and changes and the requisite stress and low-grade depression ... away to calmer waters. Anyway, I flogged that bad metaphor enough for one day. Spring ... ? Now the credit card that we’ve used for online purchas [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:52:47

Morons.

The Republican Party deserves to lose as many elections as it takes to rid itself of these idiots ... lines. They basically take the total liabilities of the car companies regarding their employees ... are lower for the foreign car companies, is that they don't have decades worth of retirees on the book [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 09:12:47

Bail Out? Hell No!

I can't even imagine how much could be done to improve our country with $700 billion! ... has been on for decades now. I am totally opposed to this bailout of the financial institutions. Let the bad ... or make a bad decision no government bails me out. I have e-mailed everyone I could [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 10:29:00

Saving homes

Obama Unveils $75 Billion Plan to Fight Home Foreclosures MESA, Ariz ... loan payments on time, but are paying high interest rates and would otherwise not be able to refinance ... . — President Obama pledged on Wednesday to help as many as 9 million American homeowners refinance [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 21:12:27

Media & Politics (one section only today)

Media & Politics (one section only today) 10-Oct-08 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Matt Davies THE FALL OF AMERICA, INC. (by Francis Fukuyama, writing in Newsweek) The implosion of America’s most storied investment banks. The vanishing of more than a trillion dollars in stock-market wealth in a day. A $700 billion tab for U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 16:46:24

Nuances Important for Smart Car Loan Clients - Free Useful Knowledgebase

You are agree to repay the total amount within a certain time when you take an auto loan ... identification number, account number of auto loan, year, etc. These details help process your refinance ... . You are therefore repaying higher amounts. You can lower your repayments by procuring refinance from another lender [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 12:20:21

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34

WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT GOES TO WAR AGAINST LOCAL LICENCED TAXIS

Dear Readers: There have been news stories and repeated commercials featuring County Executive Andrew Spano imploring people going to Westchester County Airport to use taxis and car services as there is insufficient parking in the long term lot. People have listened and been using alternative means of transportation. It has come [more...]

Date: 2008-05-03 09:34:00

Typical Mistakes of Bying a Car and Getting Car Loans - Your Helpful ABC

It is sad to say but, when most people go to buy a car, they focus on one thing: sticker price ... if they know of a good auto loan broker. Brokers will not review your credit report for a quote request ... : you accept dealer financing. The internet is full of reputable auto loan brokers. If it is possible [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 05:11:11

The Obama “Dream Team”

Rubin-clones And Other Fakers… Things are getting crazier by the day ... of student loans, credit cards and car loans. Investors have been boycotting the asset-backed securities ... companies that provide financing for consumers. There’s just one little hitch, Fannie and Freddie [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 14:28:30

Remarks of President Obama on the Home Mortgage Crisis

Phoenix, Arizona February 18, 2009 I’m here today to talk about a crisis unlike any we’ve ever known – but one that you know very well here in Mesa, and throughout the Valley. In Phoenix and its surrounding suburbs, the American Dream is being tested by a home mortgage crisis that not only threatens the stability of our economy but also the [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 14:37:00

Carbon Pricing is Just One Piece of the Puzzle: Towards a Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy - Part 4

Why Not Bring Positive Externalities Into Market Pricing? Evidence of the power of renewable energy incentives can be found in California's San Gorgonio and Altamont Passes, where the generous PURPA standard offer contracts of the 1980's created an attractive business opportunity for project developers [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 05:04:31

Media & Politics (one section only today)

Media & Politics (one section only today) 17-Sep-08 Permanent link to MTA daily media news I am not a Republican, and I am not a racist ... -partisan, post-racial, manipulative, coercive hate mail. Matt Davies Fed Gives AIG an $85 Billion Loan ... an $85 billion loan in exchange for an 80% stake in the company… So you as a taxpayer now have a large [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 17:40:17

It’s the economy stupid!

It’s the economy stupid! Remember that being   said not all that long ago in a campaign speech? ... of all but essential credit cards, dine at home more often, terminate unnecessary trips to the mall, put off buying a new car, give up the idea of borrowing on the vanishing equity in his house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:16:05

It’s Time To Cut Back In California

The Union Tribune reports from California. “ABA Recovery Service owner Marcelle Egley-Sparks said that in the past year, ... During its first 73 years, San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union never lost money on a real estate loan. That ended last year, when it wrote off $527,681 in bad real estate debt. The credit union also took [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 18:28:13

Stock Market Investing: Will Reading Political Tea Leaves Be A Better Gauge?

``The premise that a president can affect the economy in a positive way is ludicrous on its face, ... conditions, we are seeing this from a different light-this looks more about politics. The Credit Driven Growth Mentality; Moneyness Of Credit First of all we must understand the mainstream [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 12:22:00

General Motors Fights Uphill Battle with Double Edged Sword

Shortly after the U.S. government lent the Big Three $17 ... that it will immediately resume automobile financing for “a broader spectrum of U.S. customers.” That is code ... into trouble in the first place by giving out loans to sub-prime borrowers for not only car loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 09:33:29

We Pay And Pay For Their Mistakes

One of the problems in trying to stay topical with this BLOG is that often interesting articles get "lost" because I try to deal with events as they break. Moreover, there is only so much that I can give you to read in a day. Here is a case in point and a break from the Tunnel, border, arena etc [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 23:33:47

Lessons from History - What You Don't Learn from Books

This was a reply in my comments section of yesterday's post, but, as you can see, I'm not a woman of few words, and so I decided to make it a post, instead.**********************************For the record, I hope I am wrong with regard to my comments about the impending economic collapse [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 20:21:00

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