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Bridgestone, Goodyear, and Pirelli are also reliable choices, depending upon your situation.

2nd gear: “Mr. Nada” would be a great name for an Austin Powers villain.

Good strategy. They won’t want to do a dealer trade for a rare color, since they’ll be stuck with it if you back out of the deal before the paperwork is signed.

Funny you should ask. If I had to choose one, I’d go with Michelin, but they’re not the only brand I’d consider when purchasing new tires. Generally speaking, if you’re buying Michelin/Bridgestone/Pirelli/Continental/Goodyear, you’re going to get a good product. The exception to that statement is any line of…

I’m not aware of any performance cars which are fitted with Sumitomo tires as OEM.

Bond is on leave, flies to the Bahamas at the drop of a hat on an unsanctioned trip, and rents a car at the airport. Q would not have the Aston waiting for him at the terminal. The fact that its a common Ford sedan is meant to add to the realism, but they showcased it a bit too much to be anything but obvious product…

Those two words are all that need be said about them.

I’ve highlighted the two relevant words, no further explanation needed:

I scrolled down to vote CP as soon as I saw

Nah, the middle-eastern interior is white, with even more gold.  This one’s filling an order from the owner of a Chinese door handle factory that just cleared his first Billion.

Most people don’t buy a boring color because they’re boring or cowardly, they buy it because it’s there. Dealers don’t want to keep vehicles in their inventory for a minute longer than it takes to unload, prep, clean and photograph them for the website. They also don’t want customers getting a firm price and then…

CP, even though I’ve always had an irrational attraction to the MkIII Supra. However, paying $15,000 for this one is like paying $15000 for a used Corvette of a similar vintage, where 2/3 of the money is buying the badge.

I see what you did there.

In 1997, LR hadn’t yet figured out that their wiring harnesses should be made of oxygen-free copper, so as you’d expect, they’d oxidize from the inside out. If it hasn’t happened to this one yet, it will.

That is correct, so it is a reasonable statement that pre-selling that many vehicles in anticipation of a strike puts them in a better position to weather such an event. A friend of mine works for a gourmet mail-order food company, whose annual profits are generated entirely during the months of November and December.…

Yeah, of course the difference was apparent, because deep down, you’re the reincarnation of both Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna. 100lbs is nothing, and whatever the actual measured difference in torsional stiffness is, it’s largely irrelevant, because with a 3 ton jack at maximum height under one of the front jack points…

Came here to post this. GM had a 90+ days of inventory on dealer lots before the strike began, almost as if they’d planned for the inevitable.

NP. Goodbye interior trim, hello future track car.