I bet GM and Ford dealers make MORE money on service and parts than new cars, no doubt. Most money comes from used cars and the *****-ramming you get between your trade the the purchase. I LOVE looking at cars... but the negotiations and financing parts is a beeotch...

I read a little article in Consumer Reports (I know... many of you hate them for being under the corporate thumb), but they had a little investigative report on car buying in their 2002 Car Buying issue. They had people negotiate prices in person, over the phone, through internet-direct pages, and over the net using dealers "net special" deals. They found the lowest prices were actually had through the internet-direct websites like CarsDirect.com. I also know a number of people who have purchased new and used cars online and they have had great experiences (great as in not having to spend 4-5 hours at a dealer, having him bend you over, just to walk away knowing he will call you in a couple of days just to pull you back in and bend you over a second or third time... ba$tards).

Anyway, point is... I am sick of working and don't want to do the number of things on my plate for the day, so I think I may spend most of the day on this site while they record my internet usage through our proxy server.