Joe Thistle

Automotive Marketing Professional by day and Home Cook by night. Tweets about BBQ, Grilling, Food, Cooking, Cars, Sports, Movies, TV, Vegas and Current Events.

[Best in the US Showcases @BUSShowcase]

Eli Thistle (@elithistle35) | '27 RHP for @elite_national2 Southeast. Top of 83mph and a slider he trusts in any count.

FB: T83mph l SL: 72-73mph l CH: 70mph

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[Eli Thistle @elithistle35]

Some of each of my pitches with velo’s, spin rates, spin axis, and horizontal and vertical break from a light pen today

[Sand Dogs Baseball @FLSandDogs]

Eli Thistle (2027, RHP, Uncommitted) dominated at the Prospect Wire Fall World Series! 💪 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 6 K’s, with a 🔥 81-84 MPH fastball & a sharp 72-75 MPH curveball. #PWBaseball 🍁🌎 @ProspectWire @elithistle35

[Sand Dogs Baseball @FLSandDogs]

Huge congrats to 16U Sand Dogs Steele Pielin (Hitters), Logan Yocum (Pitchers), and Eli Thistle, @elithistle35 (Pitchers & Hitters) for earning All-Tournament Team honors at the Perfect Game Florida Select Championship in Fort Myers! ⚾ Amazing work! #SandDogs #HighScoolBaseball

[Car Dealership Guy @GuyDealership]

An opportunity that (surprisingly) still exists in the market:

Car owners leave thousands on the table when selling their cars.

According to The Lasso, who analyzed over 25,000 of their listings, here’s how much more money consumers made with each incremental offer they received for their car:

# of                Avg. difference from
Offers              highest/lowest offer

1                      —
2                      $3,125
3                      $4,740
4                      $5,444
5                      $6,194

The catch?

Most car owners often only get two offers before they sell — here’s how it breaks down:

1. Almost everyone starts with KBB (to get a valuation)

2. The next stop is usually Carvana or Carmax.

The surprising part is that Carvana/Carmax rarely beat dealer offers.

How rare? <25% of the time, according to The Lasso.

Bottom line —

To the right dealer, these trade-ins are likely worth a lot more, resulting in a win-win situation for consumers and dealers.

Check out The Lasso at the link — a marketplace connecting dealers and consumers looking to maximize trade-in values: https://t.co/bJDeeeLVmk

(Data via CDG Partner: @thelasso #thelassopartner)

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

@KevinFrye1 @NADAUpdate Great question

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[Car Dealership Guy @GuyDealership]

So you want to become a successful Franchised new car dealer?

How you can do it in 13 steps (and under 10 years):

1) Start by selling cars
2) Learn all the fundamentals of the business
3) Save up money. As much as you can.
3) Open up a tiny used car lot.
4) Save up more money.
5) Scale up to a bigger used car lot.
6) Open up a tiny service center. Only service your own inventory.
7) Scale up the service center. Begin servicing retail customers as well.
8) Build lots of systems and processes. Ensure you have a strong foundation.

Now the fun part...

9) Become friends with local dealership brokers (just Google them or ask other dealers to connect you)

10) Begin searching for a Mitsubishi store that's for sale (Why Mitsu? Because it's the easiest new car franchise to break into)

Pro-tip: Try to find a fast-growing franchise dealer group that owns a Mitsu dealer. They will be more inclined to divest the Mitsu store now that they have more prestigious brands in their portfolio.

11) If you can't get your hands on a Mitsu store, try applying for an "Open Point" with a different sub-par brand. (Basically, you're attempting to open up a completely new franchised dealership in bumblef**k).

12) Present your proven operating experience to the brand you're applying with. Show them why you'll be successful.

Pro-tip: Call up your local New car dealer friends. Ask them to teach you the Franchised industry terms before having these conversations. Be comfortable and understand the meaning of terms such as Service Absorption, CSI, etc.

11) Get approved for the "open point". Congrats!

12) Make money. Sell lots of cars. Service lots of customers. The bottom line, prove you're a successful franchised dealer operator.

13) Now that you've proven your abilities and hopefully saved a couple bucks... go acquire more prestigious franchises. Good luck!

What'd I miss?

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

@LasVegasLocally That guy is probably from Florida

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

@johncusack Also follow @TheTrentCannon for Russian War updates

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

@johncusack Follow @WarMonitors

[Trent Cannon News 4 Dummies @TheNews4Dummies]

Special Forces are surrounding the Kremlin &amp; Duma (Russian Congress) for Protection. We may be on the brink of a one of the most momentous events in History. @CNN @abcnews @FoxNews
should all be on 24 hr breaking alert.
#Putin #RussiaIsCollapsing #Russia

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

@TheTrentCannon I love the cars driving by

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

@TheJK_Kid CATCH at Aria

[Joe Thistle @JoeWillnottwit]

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[Sandcrab Baseball - Jeff Lemon @SHSCrabBaseball]

Heard that saxophone and energy from the other side of the complex today. The Ormond Beach Sports Complex is buzzing this time of year!

[Jacksonville Jaguars @Jaguars]

Lol u wild Doug keep going

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