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I’m scared as hell right now, storm is trending towards more sleet today

It’s racism on the part of Democrats and the teachers union to keep urban, minority districts closed while their wealthy white kids go to school. The last thing those underperforming districts need is less school, and instead the teachers union is purposely keeping at risk youth out of schools. Less privledged kids get left behind to promote a political agenda smh

One day we will have a storm where I am not worried about the sleet line

That’s better than adults lol

I initially found it humorous that the second most populated state in America completely shut down over a few inches of snow, but then I remember the 2014 ice storms and 3-4 days without power. That shit sucked...No matter how many blankets you used when you went to bed, you were absolutely freezing not only the next morning when you woke up, but had chills for most of the day

Damn that’s crazy you were there for that storm, I’ve read up on it over the years and it sounded crazy

Nice. I’m just assuming there will be freezing rain every day for the next week

We planning on riding in freezing rain tomorrow?

I am beginning to mentally prepare to go back to reality 😢

The fact I don’t have jumper cables in my car is pathetic on my part. Need to buy some. Last time my battery was dead, luckily I was at home and we have a jump box

High temps of 30 degrees and no snow smh

I respect your positivity. I don’t have the self control to avoid long range forecasts

Tuesday seems to be the day nobody knows what’s going on

I would have paid for her to join the Heli skiing 😁

“It’s nice to meet young men who are so well mannered.” me, @PSUFly and I think you we’re discussing this movie in the lot. Absolute classic that is still hilarious as an adult

in honor of @AtomicSkier, I post this song and wish the PASRs good vibes and lots of powder out west!

I’m surprised they are allowed to ask that nowadays

Generally no, but I’ve gotten their nuggets before. I need to try the chili

I’m leaning towards wendy’s triple cheeseburger meal for lunch

I can’t speak for other manufacturers, but Ford uses a third party leasing company for their leases. Thus, when a lease ends, the vehicle does not come to the dealer to re-sell, but goes to the third party leasing company. If the dealer wants to keep one of the lease returns, they have to purchase it from the third party leasing company.

I was under the impression it was the opposite, but I could be totally wrong. I know my managers get more mad at me for leases than they do for cash deals lol. The Toyota dealership down the street does 5 year leases and makes bank

Pre-Covid we did, but not right now as having self serve food could cause an issue. What I really miss is our Otis Spunkmeyer easy bake oven in the waiting room. Those cookies are incredible, and 90% of them are eaten by employees lol.

Oh yea for sure. Service departments print money for dealerships. Sales exist as a way to get people to come to your service department. And yes in financing, that and warranties is how dealers make good money on new vehicle sales.

I was taught that line my first week lol. It’s deceiving because they aren’t mentioning the holdback. Now the holdback is small for the overall price of the truck, but it is something the dealer gets (assuming it wasn’t a dealer trade). There are rare times when a dealer loses money selling a vehicle, but that is only in special circumstances such as needing to meet a manufacturer quota ( dealership gets a bonus from the manufacturer for a certain amount of new vehicles sold, last day of the month they sell 2 vehicles at a loss to reach that quota, but immediately make that money back from the manufacturer for making their goal). It’s not so much they are losing money (they aren’t) but that an $1,100 margin seems incredibly small for a $59,000 truck. You are right about the warranties, dealers clean house with those and make more money just from selling warranties for a new vehicle than they do from simply selling a new vehicle. Another way dealers make money on new cars is financing kick backs from the bank. People think cash is king, but it’s actually the opposite

Correct. I will keep calling til they tell me to stop calling lol. After a month I’ll give up