Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Pickup trucks for city boys Date: 28 Aug 2025 22:43:32 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <1080mev$3fk4r$1@dont-email.me> <1081cin$3kivt$1@dont-email.me> <2W2pQ.10557$uCGc.6020@fx14.iad> <108428t$7mtq$4@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net eVKQZodT52qW1Arz892rxw/BftBssUaiBDV7y/CqF9ZoeWIVHp Cancel-Lock: sha1:7tQlopmk0DeW59jNO1TlzAqQCa4= sha256:/1PLrCQu6/s4W5xPUalWQ9vIj/fPlyR6Wp1OGDv5kYM= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72556 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23201 On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:17:51 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-08-28 20:51, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:25:04 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >>> In the EU all new cars have a GPS, because it is mandatory to at least >>> warn the driver that they are speeding. A possibly future feature is >>> that the car will refuse to speed. >> >> I don't think the US has gotten to mandatory yet for GPS, just seat >> belts, >> airbags, backup cameras, yadayada. No problem, they've also went to >> easy 7 year payment plans. Of course you're underwater before you've >> paid for it. >> >> I pay cash for my vehicles which usually confuses the salesman. They >> keep starting the financing spiel even when you've told them you'll be >> writing a check. > > It is forbidden to pay more than 1000€ in cash in Spain :-p > > (a check is not cash, the bank intervenes, there is a paper trail) A cash withdrawal over $10,000 gets scrutiny in the US. I was using cash as opposed to credit in this case. The largest US bill is $100 so even $10,000 would be quite a wad. I think a car salesman would have a heart attack confronted with US currency and have visions of 'Breaking Bad'. There was a $500 bill at one time but it was discontinued. They were still around in the '60s but the banks had to take them out of circulation if they showed up. There has been talk of bringing them back. $100 doesn't go very far these days. I use real cash for day to day transactions, usually $20s since that's what the ATM spits out but I usually have a few $100 bills. Most places take them as a matter of course. afaik the marijuana stores here are cash only. Since it is still illegal on the federal level I don't think credit card companies will touch it. I don't know about paper checks.