Great article. I went down this rabbit hole when I bought a 1968 Charger which had BOTH the Fratzog (interior) and the Pentastar logo (exterior) placed on the fender panel between the door and and front wheel well. Originally, I had assumed the Fratzog was a to stress the 3-company (Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth) aspect,…

It helps the crumbs stick if you lightly flour the chicken and run it through an egg bath first. Not only will the crumbs stick better, but you’ll get a nice brown crispiness.

It helps the crumbs stick if you lightly flour the chicken and run it through an egg bath first. Not only will the…

I was answering more generally why someone would buy a Lemon’d car. Tesla DID develop a fix for the screen yellowing, eventually.

Unless Tesla produces a software license that says the software is non-transferrable, then it IS transferable to a new owner with the underlying hardware.

And since no one seems to be able to locate a software license for the AP system (check the Tesla boards) I’m guessing they don’t have one that is enforceable.

A car get get Lemon Law returned, then it sits around for 6 months while they develop a new part, and after replacement the car is fine, and much cheaper than new.

Except.......Tesla manufactured the hardware and software, and included the license when they sold the car.

So it sounds like Tesla doesn’t understand how software licenses work.

Yeah, if it were a lawsuit, Buyer sues dealer, and then dealer would bring in Tesla. Dealer could also just assign his rights against Tesla to the Buyer. Either way, Tesla is the party that screwed up here.

So where do we draw the line on that? If the manufacturer of the car provides a document that says the car has forged piston rods, should I disassemble the engine to check? Of course not.

Think of it like Tesla removing a stereo from a car after they sold it, because they didn’t mean to sell the stereo with the car.

Yeah, I mean, clearly VW isn’t sure that there is enough of a market here to make it worth their while, but I think there is something to home much more friendly these look to be a family daily driver AND a weekend warrior car. To me, that’s worth a little something extra price-wise.

The only thing I can figure is that…

They’re selling for about €90,000 fully decked out, and about €70,000 for a still very-respectable camper experience. But considering a good condition 20 year old Eurovan is going for around $30K, I’d say there is a market for these in the US.

i also need to find whichever term i need to use to describe the 30and up cunts filling the roads with tellurides. i guess i cant generalise them anymore

Same here. Parts guy even started giving me wholesale pricing on parts because we got talking, and he realized that I was actually doing the work on my A3 myself.

(Of course, my experience with a high-mileage A3 means I won’t be back for another Audi, but the sister-dealership also sells Mazda’s, so they may get my…

GM’s Cruise Self-Driving Car Company Is Up To Something, But What?

“Need to go to the mountains that weekend? Take the car, no one is stopping you.”

That’s a different question from whether they would be better off, but the answer would be: Sure. Why not? It already does this by limiting interest rates and loan terms on certain loan types.

If Uber and Lyft are put out of business will their drivers be better off, or worse?

I have a 2018 CX-5, and have to agree that the click wheel works great, EXCEPT in Android Auto, where they haven’t figured out selection options in some of the drop-down notification screens. For example: app notifications can be muted or calls answered via a quick button press, but the touch feature is locked out,…

Me watching the trailer: “This looks so stupid.”
Also me: signs up for alert when the ticket on sale date is announced.

That’s what I said: “Maybe they worked out the trade, and then manufactured the Facebook deal, but it feels bullshitty.”

The photo that John Payan supposedly used to reply to the initial Facebook post looking for the trade appears to be at the same gas station. Maybe they just happened across each other. Maybe they…