Greed And Corruption: The New American Way

Given the recent headlines, you may think that this is going to be a post on the economic crisis that our country is facing.  Well, you’re wrong.  However, what I say in this post can be related to the problems that our economic and housing sectors are going through because the root problems are the same: greed and corruption.

I actually want to give everyone a follow-up on our recent car situation.  You may remember that our Dodge Colt finally died and that we had to buy a new car.  If you remember those facts, then you probably also remember how the fine folks at Auction Direct in Clearfield made a very valiant effort to screw us over.  At the time, it looked as though our returning the Nissan Maxima was the end of the story but it actually wasn’t.

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categories Cars, Holly, Jeremiah | Jeremiah, October 22, 2008 9:54 am | categories Comments (0)

I Hate Buying Cars

After the ordeal last week with our Dodge Colt, we decided to go out and buy a new car so that I don’t need to freeze as I ride my scooter in colder weather.  I hate buying cars.  Every car that I’ve ever bought from a private party has had problems within the first month that took hundreds of dollars to repair and going to dealerships usually involves a feeling of being severely ripped off.

I started looking at cars on a few different websites Wednesday morning and found one that I thought would work for us.  Holly picked me up from work that night and we drove to check it out at a place called Totally Awesome Cars.  That name in and of itself is very funny because there was absolutely nothing that was “totally awesome” about any of their cars.

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categories Cars | Jeremiah, September 14, 2008 8:55 pm | categories Comments (1)