March 21, 2025
Conventions and Herding Cats
Tony Moorby
September 12, 2022
As a manager of a large company at one time, I’ve led many meetings and attended more conventions than most people have had hot dinners!…
Nightmare at Woodward Dream Cruise
Jeffrey Bellant
August 25, 2022
For more than a decade, my 20-year-old nephew and I have attended the Woodward Dream Cruise, the great event in Michigan that draws classic car…
A Good Day Fishing
Tony Moorby
May 24, 2022
“In fishing, you have a rod and a line with a hook at one end and a fool at the other!” A comment supposedly made…
Lobbying and the Used Car Dealer
Jeffrey Bellant
April 22, 2022
I don’t envy business and organizations that have to tiptoe through today’s culture and politics as they lobby for legislative and regulatory support. Recently, I…
A Man in the Middle
Tony Moorby
March 31, 2022
Occasionally I used to let off steam in this column to express exasperation, frustration and every so often, congratulation over politics and politicians. I’m less…
Bust Him in the Face
Jeffrey Bellant
March 17, 2022
Believe it or not, the war in Ukraine reminds me of an automotive conference I went to years ago. There was a booth in the…
In the Memory of Tim Swift and Jan Merritt
Jeffrey Bellant
December 21, 2021
The industry lost a couple of special people recently. Tim Swift, a past president of the National Independent Automobile Dealer Association, died last month at…
A Melting Pot of Sacrifice
Jeffrey Bellant
November 11, 2021
Today is Veterans Day and I am so grateful for you who have served. My dad served a few years in the U.S. Army in…
New Cars Cost Way Too Much!
Jeffrey Bellant
September 16, 2021
I’ve mentioned before the first new-car I ever owned was a 1993 Geo Metro. Just out of college, I basically bought the car with no…
The Industry Must Promote its Quality Dealers!
Jeffrey Bellant
September 09, 2021
The National Independent Automobiles Dealers Association recently named Georgia’s Lee Cavender as this year’s National Quality Dealer during its annual convention. For those who couldn’t…
