To be fair, Fancy Kristen’s idea of maintenance is to buy a new car.

[points to wallet]

To be fair, blinker fluid is necessary to pass inspection.

accepting my fate at Paragon Honda every year

I always check my dealer’s price on anything I may pay an indie to do, and they’re surprisingly competitive on most things. And if they’re not, I decide if it’s worth more to me to use factory parts (usually not). The waiting room coffee sucks, but I can walk home if I need to.

I can see a coolant change being a huge PITA if you street park in NYC, but a serpentine belt and fuel system cleaning aren’t things I’d expect a Jalopnik staffer to pay for.

Towing for an expired inspection sticker is ludicrous, but I still can’t wrap my brain around this:

Apparently not

People may not be paying markup, but I guarantee those dealers are using that as a starting point to negotiate down to MSRP and insist they’re giving you a deal.

Yep, if someone wants to pay markup or even full retail that’s their problem. You can’t really blame the dealer if impatient buyers are just willingly handing over extra money.

As much as I hate shady dealer tactics, if someone is willing to give an extra couple thousand $ over MSRP, you can’t really blame them for taking it.

Did they fake the service records, or were the records that came with the car and they just pretended to be familiar with it?

I’ll watch anything these two are involved in.

“Get the fox outta here!” - M. Mouse

Just like John Voight’s car!

No one can eat 35 Hot Pockets in 4 Days!

“Trader Jose’s” LOL

No, you wallow in the regret.

You give the people what they want.

I must have really hated myself in college when I lived on store-brand Hot Pockets and ramen.