Gray tree frog of the week

This just in! The gray tree frog brings the grand total of tree frogs spotted at El Rancho Deluxe up to 1 ... tries to sell me a cheap car with zero percent financing and a ten year warranty) he discusses [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 21:31:02

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In Weekly Address, President Obama Gives Progress Report

President Obama used his weekly address as a progress report of sorts for the week, ... that will generate up to a trillion dollars of new lending so that families can finance a car or college [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 13:35:47

Toyota: Bad Economy, Bad Car Sales, Cheap Financing [Toyota] (pfblogs.org)

Toyota, long resistant to the sort of interest-free financing deals that their domestic counterparts survive on, ... offers interest-free loans on 11 vehicles Reuters (Photo: blue_j ) ... [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 19:31:16

Tesla will be forced to delay Model S sedan without federal loan

Fledgling electric car company Tesla Motors has encountered financing problems recently, prompting the firm to apply for a $400 million aid package from the Department of Energy. The electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 11:10:29

Re-visiting the Car

While I dream about owning a Nissan GTR that I saw at the Chicago auto show, in reality I drive an old Nissan Altima about 10 years old ... , even there. Let’s think a bit about car economics. If you use $25,000 / loan at 48 months ... loan business 2) car leasing business. In order for them to finance the loan, they need to guess [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 14:59:53

Read Will Hutton

I’ve adopted Hutton as my go to writer for analysis on the state of the world economy and what should be done about it ... responses to the crisis, the future of the global car industry , a review of Martin Wolf’s ‘Fixing Global Finance’ and perhaps most intriguingly an argument of adopting Roosevelt’s policies of getting [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 18:39:00

On Avoiding Student Loan Payments

Debt is a bitch and student loans have taken center stage recently as the credit crisis threatened the ability of students to get loans ... . At a minimum, you can’t get a loan for anything. No car loan, no mortgage, no credit cards, no 0% financing… ... . Initially, I felt bad. Then I thought about it some more and realized that we all make choices and [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 15:55:55

Used Reliant Robin, £57.49 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Reliant Robin ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers. I really [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 15:30:07

For Cars, the “Free Market” Is Dead, at Least for Now

Mother Jones, labor leader, "most dangerous woman in America" Now I’m going to have a few words with my buddy tgriffith, ... unemployed, plus shoulder the tax loss and other economic burdens for those failed businesses. Car ... and sell cars, you need parts suppliers, assembly plants, sales, merchandising, and financing outlets [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 21:23:39

5 Star towns: TRANSPORT

Beppe Grillo and Westphalia If cities were freed from private transport, ... be prohibited. The public land does not belong to FIAT. New connecting roads, car parks, motorway connections ... had a tenth of the financing for the (useless) high speed line, then millions of Italians would [more...]

Date: 2009-02-11 19:35:44

New Honda CR-V, £304.75 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Honda CR-V ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 15:54:58

New Honda Civic, £209.29 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Honda Civic ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 12:26:49

New Renault Koleos, £278.29 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Renault Koleos ... Koleos, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually ... bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 10:20:54

New Audi A6 Saloon, £344.99 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Audi A6 Saloon ... Saloon, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually ... bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 07:36:37

New Nissan Micra, £181.69 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Nissan Micra ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 08:18:43

New Skoda Fabia, £183.99 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Skoda Fabia ... it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers. I really try [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:11:39

New Peugeot 4007, £332.35 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Peugeot 4007 deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 09:19:49

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

New Audi A4 Saloon, £311.64 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Audi A4 Saloon deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 08:10:02

New Honda Civic Type-R, £281.17 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Honda Civic Type-R deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 12:31:34

New Renault Koleos, £235.62 inc VAT

Look at this cheap new car leasing deal I have uploaded to my contract hire website about 2 minutes ago! I have just uploaded a new Renault Koleos ... Koleos, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible ... bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 10:14:08

New Vauxhall Astra Twintop, £281.74 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Vauxhall Astra Twintop deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... Twintop, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible ... , so no repair bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 13:58:00

New Vauxhall Astra Twintop, £321.99 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Vauxhall Astra Twintop deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... Twintop, simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible ... , so no repair bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 14:02:54

The Tax & Spend Left Brings You Big Brother

The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission says the current 18 ... and alternative fuel cars and trucks grows. Last fall, Congress transferred $8 billion from the general ... recommends moving to such a tax, which would mean equipping cars and trucks with a device that uses [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 18:36:24

New Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), £239.52 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Volkswagen Golf (Mk6) deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... (Mk6), simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible ... bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 08:03:51

New Volkswagen Golf (Mk6), £288.64 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Volkswagen Golf (Mk6) deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... (Mk6), simply insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible ... bills! No MOT! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 09:15:50

New Skoda Fabia Estate, £195.49 inc VAT

Hey, dudes!!! Pay attention! I have just uploaded a new car lease Skoda Fabia Estate deal to my contract hire and leasing website! ... insure it and put fuel in it. This car is brand-new, but you are responsible for (usually only minor ... ! Note some cars are not available to all users, due to finance companies playing silly buggers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:14:20

Chrysler to shut down all plants for a month

Chrysler announced today that it will be shutting down all of its manufacturing operation for a month starting Dec.19th as a result of the lack in consumer credit for new car buyers that has led to a decrease ... of financing. The dealers said that they have lost an estimated 20 to 25 percent of their volume due [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 01:25:48

All sorts of stuff

As some of you may or may not know... ol ' Blue died for the last time last Thursday. You know, the truck I've had since 1992? ... . After much car lot searching, jumping through every financial hoop known to man and the finance company deciding they didn't want us to have two car payments (they wanted us to trade in the van [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 04:02:00

Zap Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky tries to keep local plant dream alive

Click above for a gallery of the Zap Alias The Zap/Kentucky plant story has a new twist ... . ... All he needs is $200 million to finance the plant ." Dodd was also apparently a consultant ... Car Advisor say that there is a SEC filing that says ZMM has "a worldwide manufacturing agreement [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 13:01:29

…OF THE DAY

TO THINE OWN FACE BE OBVIOUS: A new portrait of William Shakespeare was revealed today after 399 years, ... Burns' documentaries. Looks like he'll have to find independent financing for his next PBS special, "A History of Backstabbing Car Company A-Holes." ( Variety ) MAN OUT OF TIME-BERLAKE [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 22:30:50

Will Lightning GT show roll on?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Click above for a high res gallery of the Lightning GT It's been awhile since the sleek all-electric Lightning GT was ... then, it seems like the Lightning Car Company has been awfully quiet. Maybe too quiet. Considering ... financing and is raising £2m through St Helen's Capital, as part of a £20m effort. That company's CEO [more...]

Date: 2009-02-06 21:59:00

Outagamie Deputies Having Trouble In Reverse

Lesson? Be careful around the rear side of squad cars. Since October 2007, according to a report prepared for the county’s Finance Committee, deputies ... motorcycle and rear-ended another jurisdiction’s squad car. Altogether, damage from fender benders [more...]

Date: 2009-02-10 02:14:57

Blogging Obama 2

His explanation for how the credit crunch hits average Americans -- tracking the dollars -- should make it clearer why fixing banking is important. (From NY Times ) You see, the flow of credit is the lifeblood of our economy. The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car to a college education; how [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 02:28:00

the most emotional greenwashing I’ve seen yet…

Crossposted from Praxis Makes Perfect Weird. I almost don’t know what to say about this video ... characterizing itself in this way, especially given the role of Finance in fueling climate destroying ... is of them attacking a car non-violently blockading a road. I’m not sure how to react [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 22:53:02

Day of Ya Reckoning

The Oborg thinks Hope and Change will doubtless assimilate the unFaithful : ".. ... . You see...You see, the flow of credit is the lifeblood of our economy. The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car to a college education, how stores [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 17:21:00

America's Financial Crisis is Not a Clogged Sewer Problem

UT Austin/LBJ School of Public Policy economist James K ... arguing that "CREDIT IS NOT A FLOW." Obama: "The flow of credit is the lifeblood of our economy. The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 13:12:15

Obama lifts the spirit of the nation....

The economy may be in the doldrums. The complete solution nowhere in sight ... up this part: "You see the flow of credit is the lifeblood of our economy. The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car to a college education; how [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 10:25:00

Mom asks, what's with the tax breaks?

Pamela Hennen was fed up. The 35-year-old mother of three, mega-school volunteer and St. Augustine Realtor, drove from St. John's County to Tallahassee Wednesday -- with her 5-year-old vomiting from car sickness ... the education system change,'' she told the House Finance and Tax Committee on today. "I'm not saying [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 17:12:01

Are fiscal multipliers now big or small?

Small, says Richard Clarida : Because of the financial crisis and the severe damage caused to the system of credit intermediation through banks ... are from periods when households could – and did – use tax cuts as a down payment on a car or to cover ... , but households took advantage of zero rate financing promotions – as well as ready access to home [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 01:49:00

GM Screws its Dealers on CPO

Today is officially Freak-Out Friday for GM car dealers ... . As we reported earlier, GMAC is pulling the rug from under/hoiking-up the cost of dealer floorplan finance, the arrangement that allows dealers to buy the damn cars. And now Automotive News sub [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 17:44:06

Islamic finance in Michigan: "When you look at the economic crisis we're in, if you were to follow Islamic or Sharia financing, you couldn't have this crisis"

And if cars didn't exist, you never would have had that fender-bender that made you late for work ... . Are Western economic systems perfect? Clearly, they are not. But the bottom line is this: Bad things [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:01:00

Repo man makes less and risks more

The Wall Street Journal article: The Recession's Gotten So Bad, ... Even the Repo Man's Singing the Blues Repo firms hired by subprime car lenders are already hurting, while those working for the finance... Head on over to Boston Gal's Open Wallet to read [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 13:21:00

Sirius XM To Face Bankruptcy?

Let us hope not.After years of saying I thought satellite radio was not for me, I have (gulp) come to like the fact it exists ... channel has allowed me to see the light.  Sirius came with our car purchase, and once I started ... its enormous debts — used to finance sending satellites into space and attract talent like Mr. Stern [more...]

Date: 2009-02-11 19:54:20

Germans none to happy about U.S. aid to automakers

Filed under: Government/Legal, Earnings/FinancialsMatthias Wissmann, current head of the Verband Deutscher Automobilhersteller ( ... the Senate as well, the Detroit 3 will receive low-interest loans in order to finance the cost ... makes a lot of sense. "If the U.S. car industry does not resolve its structural problems [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 23:40:23

More on the bank bailout plan

So today is the big day. The Obama administration is putting a full-court press on for the bank bailout plan, ... . It originally was meant to provide $200 billion of financing to investors buying securities backed by consumer loans such as car loans, student loans and credit-card debt. Officials hope investor demand [more...]

Date: 2009-02-10 13:16:00

A Major New Idea From Treasury, On Asset Securitizations

There’s a remarkable story being reported in the New York Times ... a different but analogous process, other kinds of consumer loans are also securitized: car loans, credit ... -backed securities (and thus revive consumer credit) without financing. Up until [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 14:13:15

Broke & Stupid?

Are you broke? Seriously?  Be honest!!! If you missed one paycheck–would you be crippled financially?  How about if you missed two? ... of us are in debt up to our eyeballs…are you… Upside down in a car (owe more on it than it is actually worth?) Sitting on financed furniture? Making minimum payments on credit cards & telling yourself that you’ll [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 11:26:36

A Fateful Forgiveness

Guest Commentary by Edward Cline: A little noted federal court ruling has found the enemies of the U.S. not guilty of knowingly attacking the U.S ... that members of the Saudi royal family and other Saudi entities sponsored the attacks by financing terrorism ... ? If one merely supplied the guns and get-away car for a gang of bank robbers, and even had a [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 17:33:05

The Bad and The Ugly- For a Few (Trillion) Dollars More...

President Obama ( POB ), Congress, the Fed, the Bank CEOs , and the rest of the bunch have put up some staggering numbers this week ... ....The agreement would allow taxpayers to deduct the sales tax paid on new car purchases ... is to provide up to $1,000 bn in financing for securitised [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 03:30:00

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