First car I can ever remember being advertised at 0% APR. In the 80s, when you still had double digit interest on home loans. Should tell you something. 

Yeah, but that was also my introduction to the fishbowl margarita, which they called a “Why Not”, because presumably that’d be your answer to any question after having one. 

What goes around comes around.

These had a drain plug behind the seat. And they were so tight I had to crack a window to get my doors to shut. 

The first vehicle I bought new was an ‘87 Toyota pickup, essentially identical to this one except with gray interior. My uncle was at the time a veteran Toyota technician. As we were discussing the purchase, prior to making it, my wife mentioned to him that she wanted 4 wheel drive. He asked why, and she said in case…

Friend of mine is a master tech at our local Nissan store. CVT replacements have kept him fed through the virus. I asked him if he did a lot of fluid exchanges on them, he said no, usually by the time a fluid exchange comes up on the maintenance schedule by mileage the vehicle needs a new transmission.

Bonus Karen/bitch points for being a racist.

Well anecdotally cars are selling pretty well at our Big 3 dealership. (I’m service don’t ask me a lot about specific numbers).

Ab-so-lutely not. Sooner or later you’ll need that SKREEM module and you can’t get it. And if you get it you’ll have a hard time getting it programmed even at a big Mopar dealer for reasons someone else here has gone into. And you have to replace the PCM with it. Which you also can’t get. Not to mention the keys for…

Even if the engine were absolutely bulletproof (and it isn’t) owning an MB of this vintage means letting yourself in for a new hobby of tracking down electrical problems and sourcing broken bits of plastic. Thank you,next.

I am continually surprised at how expensive Mazda interiors feel compared to other cars in their price range. 

Kinda what the big 3 were when I was a kid in the 60's. Three size platforms, say Nova, Chevelle and Belair/Impala, and a bazillion different possible cars you could make via options. Of course I don’t see anyone going back to the days when each size platform would have a 2 door sedan, 4 door sedan, 2 door hardtop, 4…

Henderson, KY. Highest reported is $1.05

Firstly, “jabroney”, thanks that’s a new one, I’ve never been called that before.

It’s cute how everyone thinks the law actually matters to the GOP. 

I have enough gray hair now I can pass for a senior. Seniors are as bad as anyone else. Slower though. 

Huh. Wonder who they voted for?

You do realize it took him two months to start doing anything at all after he was told it was going to be a problem, and he only did after stocks started falling. That’s not leadership, that’s reaction. 

Brother in law was an Army aviator. He asked us to send AA batteries for his game boy. Of course we were worried, but he had a great sense of humor.

Many years ago I saw a bumper sticker on the back of what looked like an oil field service truck that said    “Dear Lord, please let there be one more oil boom, and I promise I won’t piss it all away this time”.