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Thursday, March 17, 2016

A Lebron Signature Shoe That I'd Buy

Nike LeBron 13 Low White/Silver

It's Because Like GM Before Their Fall, They Offer Too Many Models

The American Luxury Car Market Has Fallen Into The Toilet

Premium brands like BMW have stockpiles of unsold cars.

It looks like the presidential candidate’s attacks on the 1% have had more of an impact then previously imagined because the rich have swallowed their silver spoons and done their best to hide any signs of wealth. One indication of this is the 17% decline of luxury car sales in America for these first three months of 2016. This strange drop in luxury car sales comes in spite of February’s 7% increase in sales numbers for all cars that left this past month as the highest car selling February in 15 years.

So what the hell is causing people to suddenly spend their hard-earned cash on lesser cars while the luxury segment declines? One reason is the fact that crossovers and SUVs, which now cost less to own due to dirt-cheap gas prices, are such a huge success that they have taken a decent chunk out of car sales. While there are now a number of luxury manufacturers that have plush crossovers, the segment is still playing catch-up with the everyday crossover sector, so options aren’t as plentiful. Sales are expected to pick up here on after because typically January and February are the two months of the year with the lowest auto sales.

(CarBuzz.com)

F.Y.I. - Steak Edition

(CavemanCircus.com)

These Cars Are Worth The Money

5 Classic BMWs Under $10k You Can Buy Right Now

1991 E30 318is

Price: $8,500
Here's a car for the purists among you. It has a four cylinder instead of the straight six that came in the 325, so it's actually the most balanced E30 you can buy shy of an M3, which would run you about four times as much. More importantly, check out the condition it's in. The word survivor comes to mind -- that's the factory paint, and the interior is just as clean.

1998 E36 M3

Price: $9,000
Even among BMW's most hardcore enthusiasts, a healthy debate rages as to which was the better car: the E30 M3 or its E36 successor. Debate notwithstanding, you're looking at an original and well-kept example for less than $10,000 -- there's almost no chance that value drops, so at worst you drive the car rent-free for a few years.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)

Thanks To Gina, We Finally Know

After 20 Years, We FINALLY Know What Tommy’s Job Was On ‘Martin’

It’s been quite the week for our very own David Dennis. Not only did he put Nancy Reagan and “Trap Queen” in the same sentence, but now he’s doing God’s work because he got Tisha Campbell-Martin to tell the world what Tommy’s job was on Martin. Yes, contrary to popular belief, Tommy does indeed have a job.

At about the 26:18 mark she tells the story:

I’ll give you a hint. Mrs., the woman I was going to fight, she was Martin’s teacher, Mrs., not Cunningham… okay, but you know who I’m talking about. Beverly Johnson played her. So, it’s in that episode, that’s the first time you hear about Tommy’s job. The second time you see Tommy’s job is in the Christmas episode when he brings us to speak to children and Martin calls the little boy waterhead.

(Trinidad. Miss. Trinidad.)

So, Tommy talks about, him being in the Boys and Girls Club and he was a counselor at the Boys and Girls Club. That’s what he Tommy for a living.

(UpRoxx.com)