One piece of information entered incorrectly means the entire huge stack of paperwork has to be reprinted and re-signed. The dealership employees don't love it either. For one thing, long delays have more than once led to customers "blowing out" i.e., backing out of the deal either out of frustration or because they…

When I sold Hyundais I told all of my customers that. And it's clearly written on the warranty brochure. It's not a secret. We actually used it as incentive to convince people to purchase new instead of used, the fact that they wouldn't have that extra warranty.

I still think this should have been on the list. Phoenix: fastest diesel truck in the world at 272.685 on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

The E60 M5 came out with only SMG and the US complained so much they put in a traditional manual. But that car was so stupid fast, in my opinion it was better suited to the SMG. You couldn't shift fast enough to keep up with the 8250rpm redline. Mine was an SMG, all the other M cars I've owned were stick.

The Phoenix: 272.685 MPH

This definitely used to be the case. And "before the news feed" isn't that long ago.

Oh my... the Zonda... wow.

Damn, Shaun White is looking rough...

I'd rather kill myself than be in the market for a family sedan, so yeah. tl;dr after that line.

Thanks for posting that, I hadn't read it. Very interesting (and disturbing).

Unless it's figure skating, that would be *axle

F355 for the win. I will own one someday.

*every day, not "everyday"

_Jony_ Ive.

My favorite automotive bad idea is the Porsche 911. The quote, although I don't know who said it, goes: "the Porsche 911 is a terrible design executed brilliantly."

What the people above said (it wasn't stealing, you schmuck), but with regards to things that aren't this, read the Jobs biography. He admits they steal/stole stuff. Welcome to the business world.

You don't need to say Siri in order to get it to do what you want.

I love this one.

I am just proud to say that I have seen a Concorde fly, once, when they were still in regular service. Not being from New York or London, that is something I will always remember and will never see again.

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