Rev up your engines! 

i bet carvana doesnt make it to 2025 either

Thanks vroom for overpaying for my car a few years ago. It’s was especially hilarious watching them lower the price a bit every few weeks until they were upside down on it almost $1500 plus 2 new front tires.

I suspect they wanted the dealer to swap for the lower trim wheels and tires for free. Which SOME dealers will do, as they can then sell the lower trim car with the “upgraded wheels” option and make some bucks. But I think this is probably very much the exception today.

The only car I have ever bought new that came with tires worth a damn was my M235i. Because it came with Michelin Pilot Sport SS’s on it. And they wore out on the rear in ~15K. Which is absolutely normal for that tire on that car, even driving like an adult. Drive it like you stole it and they last half that. 

never got to drive one... if you go for it, and if you’re ever up for touring glacier np in it :)

I think it was a combination of MPG and whoever had the best OEM supplier deal at the time. Other OE tires included the Continental Procontact TX and Pirelli C7 Cinturato (both all season grand touring tires).

This is why I lost all that money on Gamestop puts back in the day. We all knew the stock was overvalued, but it stayed that way until long after my puts expired -- totally worthless

I am actively looking for carbed cars for my kids to learn to drive on.

Clearly it wouldn’t have to be every car. You just make old-enough cars exempt. No different than seat belt laws. We mandated cars have seat belts, and then much later we mandated (in many states) that you have to wear your seatbelt while driving.

Let me teach you. If you don’t know how shorting stocks works, don’t do it. It’s unlimited risk, limited reward. Not saying it can’t still be lucrative if you’re right but it can be financial ruin if you’re wrong.

This. OEM tires are often great for fuel-efficiency, but not great for handling/performance/ride/tire wear.

I am too, though given how hard he has tanked his cars’ used values, I would consider buying one secondhand. He already got his money for it, after all.

My MK7.5 GTI came with Bridgestone Potenza RE97AS, an all-season grand touring tire. In the limited miles I put on them before switching to a spare set of wheels with winter tires, the Bridgestones seemed to be mediocre in general. I didn’t drive them in the snow, but Tirerack’s test results showed that they were well …

Oh I didn’t replace them before the OEM’s were worn. I had a nail in the sidewall that was irreparable and the rest were at 5/32" or so, so it was time.

Relying on consumers to unilaterally “disarm” is never going to work. Need to regulate them out of existence or live with the consequences.

I have a 4runner and I quickly replaced the Dunlop’s with a pair of Michelin’s.  The OEM tires were twice as much, had a worse wear life, and were not as highly rated in any metric (noise, wear, wet/dry traction, etc.).  Bought some tires from Costco and haven’t looked back. 

Fair, for a true performance car being purchased by a knowledgeable buyer (and where money is less of an issue), you’re more likely to get decent tires.  

Yes, the meat fluffers 

Cool. It’s also wrong because the Jalop writer is bad at writing his book report on a simple 4 minute video.