Mine are vise grips, I couldn’t find a link. I think I got them from Menard’s (midwest). They’ve lasted 6 years and have been dropped several times, no issues.

There’s a fine tuning adjustment so you can go easy or tight grip, but its a time saver.

I get a lot of use out of my auto-locking vise grips

The coupe version was my first car, and I regretted every moment in this god awful machine. It overheated every time I drove it, was a complete dog, had headlights like two candles, and spent more time in the shop than on the road. Every time I came to a stop in traffic I had to crank up the heater (in 95 degree…

Your take, Jason, is all about esthetics and overall dimensions, but lacks the driving dynamics. The R53 was very close to the handling of the original, while not murdering its inhabitants with lack of modern safety engineering/tech.

mmmm not following you

It has, and it is, for the worse. Too little, too late, only because they have to.

Great purchase, worse case scenario you pull the battery and convert it to home solar storage (or sell it) for near what you paid.

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The financing is just another way for them to make money (they get a kickback from the bank the higher the interest rate), they’re just looking at profit no matter where it comes from. Most people either buy the stupid warranty, put up with the alarm and 3M guard, or do the financing. People are terrible consumers,…

More often than not, there’s a $600-800 alarm added to Bolts (a car that already has a factory alarm AND OnStar). They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work.

Interestingly enough, TrueCar pricing is actually accurate, and has saved me many hours of back & forth. You do have to provide your email/phone number, but I just…

I’m buying a used Bolt this month, and am currently dealing with horseshit like this from a few dealers. One dealership in Corona, CA., told me they dont give out the door pricing over the phone/text/email period.

They just want you to waste 2 hours in their dealership before they let you know there’s $4k in…

Yes, military supporting military is common sense, but police aren’t the military. I think many educated people (military or otherwise) are smart enough to recognize the institutional issues with policing.

“No because sales were (and still are) supply limited. Cutting the price would only reduce revenues/profit.”

If supply wasn’t an issue and they lowered the price, they would have sold more, there’s no denying that. Would it have made financial sense for the company, of course not, but thats not the point.

You’re right. Every region on the planet does have a different standard of wealth, absolutely, which is perhaps why Tesla reduced its price in China where the median income is lower. My argument was about the US, but sure include the globe. If Tesla sold in India I’m assuming it would be sub $20k. Lets just focus on…

Show me a brand new $38k Model 3, I haven’t seen one. I picked $20/hr because thats the median US hourly wage.

16s and 17s look fantastic on my R53 JCW. The 16s need a slight lowering to get rid of the wheel gap, but with the correct sidewall on the tire even 15s look good. I had 18" factory wheels on my last JCW, and it rode like crap. Some 17s can clear the JCW Brembos, as well as a few 16s. These 15s below (from the…

As soon as someone making $20/hr can afford one, then it becomes “affordable”. $48k for a luxury car, as you admit, is not for the masses.

I have a lifelong rule that forbids me from buying any used car from New Jersey.