New Carvana tower aims to make car buying 'fun'

David Briggs, the vending machine services lead for Carvana, rides the elevator platform that carries cars to the top of the company's eight-story "coin-operated car vending machine" opening soon along the Katy Freeway just west of Beltway 8, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, in Houston. It is only the company's second location for the so-called "car vending machines" that allow customers to come pick up their car after ordering online. ( Mark Mulligan / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Mark Mulligan, Staff / ©