Sketchy in that the initial contact was in the same sort of scam format:
“I’m out of state, but will have my local contacts meet you. Can you PayPal?” etc...

Same, sold my 2012 Jetta GLI to Carmax for $2k more than the dealer offered me on trade in (but realistically still $2k less than I could have gotten private sale). Was one of the most painless sales experiences of my life. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

Meh, they’re never very convincing on CL. You just have to be the slightest bit street smart and you’ll be fine.

I basically Captcha them. “Quick, what’s 3+4?”

I actually had a sale very similar to this that was completely legit, although it was very sketchy at the time.

This is right up there with those people claiming my work computer is being tracked and I need to give them my social, address, and credit card information so they can stop the tracking.

This is why I sold my last car to Car Max.

As soon as I suspect a girl on tinder is a bot I ask her if she wants to rap battle. I seldom get to have a rap battle. :(

what the heck man? This isn’t accidental, this is just the annual city vehicle curling bonspiel. In the opening frame, when we pick up the action, you can see the public is sitting 5 and has jammed up the house to try and control the end. In a great attempt to clear this out, the city plays the blast for an amazing…

Winter tires actually can provide a lot more ice grip than people think. I ice race on studless winter tires. However, as with any tire, they don’t work when you’ve got your brakes locked. If these people had simply let go of the goddamned brake pedal, they would have been able to avoid this pileup.

1. Snow tires will do precisely zero if you’re sliding down an icy slope.

He was probably trying for a 180 so the spreader would be in front of him.

That truck really got BUSted!

Oh I know. And I love it. I have summer tires on my car rather than all seasons specifically because the city will shut down if it ever becomes an issue. And if work wants me to come in anyway, even though the city is shut down: “Sorry, can’t. Car has summer tires. I’m stuck.”

I thought it was a noble sacrifice. “I’m going down! Here’s some traction; save yourselves!”

Ha, that Super Duty plow truck, wheels locked, still spreading sand. It’s like it’s shitting itself.

This focus on 0-60 time is stupid. Cars aren’t one-dimensional - there’s so much more to the driving experience. For Porsches in particular, the steering, handling and braking are sublime, even compared to a GTI. And the luxe interior blows away cheaper cars.

Hi, I used to work on PEM-fuel cell h2-based cars (the control systems). The safety system here’s actually pretty good - hydrogen goes up if there’s a leak, and it burns as it goes up. Better than gasoline that stays on the ground and spreads around. There’s some debate on the Hindenburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

I have no idea how you got from “I had some difficult moments and overcame them” to “whiny little bitch.”

I would imagine Hamilton claiming that Mercedes was sabotaging his car in favor of Nico would have had an issue with that.