Randy Moss Should Just Quit While He’s Ahead

April 3, 2011   ·   Daniel Bartemus   ·   Jump to comments

I had just graduated college in December 2008 and it was time to buy a car.
This was going to be the first major financial decision of my adult life and I wanted to get it right. After about a week of looking at every used car lot in Statesville, NC, I came across a Lexus of some sort. It was in great condition and, don’t quote me on this, but I believe it was a 1999 with 80,000 miles. The car was priced at $7,500.
My father was part of the search party and his response to my undying love for this slick blue Lexus was: “Overrated, overpriced. Lexuses have Toyota engines and Toyota's run a lot cheaper. And there’s a reason that the list price is so low on a Lexus.”
Reluctantly, I agreed to keep looking, and ended up getting a 2005 Toyota Corolla with 71,000 miles on it. The car cost $9,800. On Jan. 23, 2011, the engine blew because the moron who drove it before me had never heard of an oil change, something the dealership missed before labelin...

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