"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
05/02/2015 at 09:15 • Filed to: None
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"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
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I had a couple of pieces that got posted on the front page this week that went nuts. The one I wrote about Curbstoning even got picked up by Yahoo.
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Then a little thing I wrote about Traffic Law Myths got some traction and ran up over six figures.
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However, as with everything that’s been posted on a Jalopnik sub-blog, commenters wanted to argue with me on a lot of what I wrote. A surprisingly large number of people think that every person traveling on the road must be wearing a seat belt “because of Federal Law!” Tell that to people on motorcycles.
But the Curbstoning one raised quite a fuss with people (I suspect many of them were car flippers) who claimed that no one is ever harmed by Curbstoning and therefore, I should just kindly shut up.
In that regard, I decided to do this week’s Lehto’s Law as a companion piece to the Curbstone article. I explain it in a bit more detail and, to reward you for listening, I tell the story of the absolute worst title skipping horror story of all time.
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And if you are a car flipper or Curbstoner and you’re bummed that I’m warning people about this, don’t worry. No one listens to me anyway.
The pic at the top was one week ago: I was at a talk and book signing for my
American Murder Houses
. You know me: I like to keep busy.
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Flavien Vidal
> SteveLehto
05/02/2015 at 09:38 |
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I really enjoy your articles man, keep them coming!
Even if I don’t live in north America anymore and don’t plan on coming back, I really like the way toy manage to give advice through some kind of story telling.
it’s fun really!
I have on the other a crap load of podcast that I have missed and have to listen
Signed: “that guy in Japan that listens to your podcasts” :) (I’m sure we’re not that many here haha
gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun
> SteveLehto
05/02/2015 at 09:42 |
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Awesome articles, the both of them.
I’m not sure though whether buy-here-pay-here car dealerships are an American thing or whether I just don’t go into the bad parts of town in Canada
Grindintosecond
> SteveLehto
05/02/2015 at 09:49 |
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Just an aside to the curbstoning issue. After reading how it’s done I was shocked that I have done it! Well, not the evil side of it. The first few details that describe the deal going down where the title is in someone elses name and another document with agreements between that person and the seller...etc. Well, I did that. The reason? I was not in town to actually sell my car and Colorado law allows someone else to do that for me, my brother in law. The failure of these allowances are those that see the holes and take advantage of it. So I would love to be able to sell my car when I need to, however my schedule of work keeps me away from my car 4 days a week. Valuable sellin tiiiiiime. This lets me accomplish it.
Shame on the unscrupulous!
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SteveLehto
> Flavien Vidal
05/02/2015 at 09:52 |
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Cool. Thanks for the note.
I see where the listens come from through my stats page and I always wonder about listeners in far-flung places!
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SteveLehto
> gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun
05/02/2015 at 09:53 |
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I was curious about that. (Whether they happen the same way in other countries.) There is a good chance they don’t since what they do is really a form of banking and you might actually have decent laws that regulate that.
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SteveLehto
> Grindintosecond
05/02/2015 at 09:54 |
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Yes and that is the point. Not ALL of these transactions are nefarious. They are just so EASY to take advantage of that a buyer needs to be aware of it. Simply educate yourself and act accordingly.
Thanks for the note.
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Grindintosecond
> SteveLehto
05/02/2015 at 13:40 |
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No problem. Oh, a quick question. Yes you are busy, a quick glance at Amazon reveals you can’t write about a single genre. Are you requested to write about specific subjects or are you just writing about everything curious you find?
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SteveLehto
> Grindintosecond
05/02/2015 at 13:57 |
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Mainly I write about what interests me. A couple of those projects were pitched to me (someone else came up with the idea and said, “Hey, you want to write this for us?”) but most were things that I thought would be fun to write about. I have also pitched ideas to my agent and he has kindly noted that the ideas might not be all that saleable.
Turns out you have to be able to get people to BUY the books if you want publishers to keep putting them out.
Right now I have two more books in the hopper, so to speak. One on Preston Tucker and his car and another on the Dodge Charger Daytona/Plymouth Superbird project. Both are done and in the editing stages right now but won’t be out until next year.
Generally speaking, its: cool cars, Michigan history, and the law.