I’m sure the diesel would have helped them sell many dozen more per year.

New or low mileage vehicles all the way. Factor in a 50-60hrs/wk running a business and two young kids and any time that gets taken away by unscheduled repairs is just a huge headache (it’s a hassle to just to get the vehicles in for regular maintenance). There’s about 100 other things I’d rather do with my limited…

Nearly useless? I’d suggest you check the sales numbers before making statements about usefulness. Chevy moved 140k Impalas last year. At an average transaction price of $30k thats $4.2 Billion in sales. To say they are useless and redundant is an incorrect statement. There is a clear market and they bring in plenty…

How is the Taurus confusing things? The Nissan Maxima, Toyota Avalon, Chevy Impala are part of a 4 sedan line up at other companies and don’t create confusion.

I had a huge oak taken down in the dead of winter (NE Ohio). I called for quotes and a couple of the guys showed up within hours. Defenitely not busy. It saved me a couple of grand. Hope it works out for you.

If you live in a part of the country with cold winters tree service can be cheaper during those times. That’s based on personal expereince, but I’d imagine it’s because the tree guys aren’t as busy during those times.

A guy with a “PhD in business administration” is running a body shop? Either this is the most overqulaified guy I’ve ever heard of or his degree is from Southern North Dokato State Online. Do they even have PhD’s in business? What’s the pont of getting a business degree beyond an MBA? I’m rambling now....

Let’s see; 31 years old, ugly, slow, and malaise era domestic. It’s a crack pipe at any price.

If you look closely you’ll see the side refelctors are at the front of the headlamp assembly facing sideways. Good call though, I hadn’t noticed it previously.

DMV fees and whatever taxes you pay will be an order of magnitude cheaper than a new clutch or trans in ANY car.

Read the article and then stopped as soon as I read Gladwell’s name. I was forced to read one of his books in b-school (possibly Blink). It was beyond awful and full of shakey, just barely plausible scenarios he came up with to support his “theory”. What a total waste of time.

No, all turn signals are not slightly orange. Many, many cars use the same bulb, reflector, and lens for the brake and turn signal (meaning they are both RED). Check FMVSS section 108, tells you everything you would ever want to know about singaling on vehicles.

Ford has shied away from questions about higher repair costs and whether the material is tough enough for truck duty

You’re pretty close with the SS, just needs a blower.

Nice work, beat me to it.

I though that as well, but then I reminded myself you can only improve shit from smelly to less smelly.

6-speed CVT automatic

4th Gear: My F150 EB has a noisy vacuum pump, maybe I should get it looked at before I tow my boat on vacation!

Audi most likely “encouraged” them to seperate the retail outlet. By “encourge” I mean threaten.

It’s a bad idea. Premium brands in non-premium outlets hurts customer perception. Instead of Alfa being a BMW/Audi/MB competitor they become a fancy/sporty Chrysler. Dealership sharing has hurt other brands in the past and it won’t be any different this time.