It's Just Time
The editor says goodbye to the magazine that introduced him to the amazing world of F&I and the automotive retail industry at large.
November 3, 2018
The editor says goodbye to the magazine that introduced him to the amazing world of F&I and the automotive retail industry at large.
November 3, 2018
The editor believes recent regulatory activity should serve as a warning to dealers who haven’t dusted off their Red Flags compliance programs in the years since the rule took effect.
October 9, 2018
The editor reveals the truth behind an NPR report critical of the industry’s efforts to undo the Military Lending Act guidance that put the brakes on GAP sales.
August 30, 2018
Current market trends are playing right into the F&I product pitch, but they also reveal trouble ahead for the automotive retail industry at large.
August 6, 2018
The editor responds to a reader’s question about whether F&I managers are being replaced by iPads and digital retailing tools.
July 3, 2018
With the CFPB’s controversial guidance officially repealed, the editor delves into what the bureau was really after in its targeting of dealer participation.
May 30, 2018
The editor opens up about his first service-contract claim, which resulted in a covered and repaired vehicle as well as a few lessons.
May 7, 2018
Saddened by the potential loss of another piece of his childhood, the editor tries to put the pieces together when he realizes there’s a good lesson to be learned in a toy retailer’s likely demise.
April 5, 2018
The CFPB’s acting director tells state regulators there will no longer be ‘regulation by enforcement,” but the editor believes there’s a long list of regulators waiting to take up the torch.
March 12, 2018
Thanks could be in order when the industry gets together for NADA 2018, as the editor hears that a resolution to the Military Lending Act controversy isn’t far off.
March 8, 2018
The editor shares some insider information regarding the industry’s efforts to get the Defense Department to reconsider last month’s interpretive rule regarding the sale of GAP and credit insurance to military consumers.
February 6, 2018
The editor debunks a few myths about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, then explains why the industry is on the brink of repealing the bureau’s auto finance guidance.
January 4, 2018
The editor explains why he put another digital retailing startup on the cover and looks at two studies that point to online car buying and financing still being a work in progress.
December 4, 2017
The editor wonders how regulators, including two new mini-CFPBs in Pennsylvania and Maryland, view a consumer advocacy group’s highly critical report on how dealers price F&I protections.
November 14, 2017
One F&I insider says there’s more to the subprime pullback than the recent uptick in delinquencies. He says regulators are the real reason finance sources are so risk-averse.
October 10, 2017