I don't have cash on hand to invest as I am saving up for my own home and a new car; 2.

I would take a look at the inside of his car.

Another “investor” major concern was the octane of the gas I was using in my car.  

My advice would be to keep your other debts down like credit cards, buying a new car, taking out personal loans, etc.  

I would not recommend a flipper start getting into new construction without the experience, they are two different things  - no different than someone trying to go from residential to car washes etc.

He has made a lot of grandiose predictions over the years that have not materialized: such as the "hallucinations" issue with AI being solved by now which it hasn't, and predicted that blue collar jobs would be totally gone by now, and that we'd have self-driving cars by 2019 etc. 

It is like bringing your car into the dealership where they want you to spend all this crazy money on things that are not required

Once we have left the site we have no control over wind blown snow , snow melt and refreeze , and whatever snow comes off cars , etc . 

They're trying to contact you about your cars warranty.

. $17,000 will buy you a nice used car, a single wide in Yuma, or a whole lot of beer.....