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A new car loses 25% of its value the moment it drives off the lot.

(*Correction: the dealership originally told me this truck had a 4.6 V8, but Toyota has informed me it’s actually a 4.0 V6 truck.)

I love that movie. I once said that the proof of its cinematic genius is that it makes Tom Cruise look talented, and the Porsche 928 look fast. Although it did take an entire chase scene for the gang to lose Guido the Pimp in his malaise-era Cadillac, so maybe the second point is a bit overstated. Still, great film.

You know, as long as we’re on the topic of sacrilege, I love me a 2+2 Ferrari GT. Give me a V-12 in the front, a pint-sized backseat in the back, and a gated shifter in between. As long as I’m dreaming, it might as well be something I can pull into the daycare parking lot...

To your point about ADM, real-world transaction costs on a base GT with performance pack and Recaros will probably thousands less than an RS for just that reason. The Mustang will go at or below invoice while the RS will almost certainly have ADM at the outset and may have it for its entire (limited) production run.…

Soft rock? Really? Already disappointed.

They’re not independent for “antitrust reasons.” They’re independent because dealer associations give millions of dollars each year to state legislatures in exchange for laws that protect franchise dealers from competition. That’s it. That’s the only reason. Every time the DOJ or FTC studies those laws, they conclude…

It could just mean that Tesla has adopted a different pre-launch hype strategy. Call me a cynic, but I’m not convinced that every “leak” of a new car design that pops up on social media is unauthorized.

Mazda RX-8. About 3 years ago I came soooooo close to buying one of the last ones built, a 2011 with 4-figure mileage. A faster, hardtop Miata, with 4 doors, a comfortable backseat, and a 9000-RPM redline? What’s not to love?

Love the pic. I DD a 2013 GT in that same color and two years in the novelty still hasn’t worn off.

A fair point. Back in the early days of the Cold War there were (a) planes that landed with nuclear bombs that had fully armed themselves due to electrical shorts, and (b) nuclear bombs that were released and fell onto the Continental United States following a midair collision, but didn’t detonate because they weren’t…

Yeah, that’s the line that confused me too. If “all the paperwork signed” then (probably) contract and the stealership owes this guy some money.

“It should be noted that the dealer in this particular instance did nothing that would be considered wrong or illegal. With a car that’s a limited edition model like the Golf R, I can only assume the dealer didn’t want to incur the repair cost and figured that some other buyer would come along.”

Clicked the link expecting to find a manual Legacy GT wagon, or maybe an unmodified 1999 Civic Si. Turns out it was actually a reference to a mythical equine phallic symbol. Disappointed.

Yeah, per the statute you helpfully cited: Private federal-court cause of action with $2500 minimum statutory damages plus attorney fees. Punitive are available but who even cares? And the discovery you serve with the complaint can quickly uncover whether this asshat really is having an old buddy on the force run the…

PSA: the annoying fake baby voice ends around :46 in. Yes, three-quarters of a minute. After a while I felt like I might as well just stick it out and share what I learned with others.

You understand, don't you, that the advertised price is higher than the achievable purchase price? Often by thousands of dollars?

Including in this very case, where the asshat’s department is defending his plainly-indefensible behavior. We get the standard-issue “milliseconds to decide” bullshit apologia in a circumstance where the officer had entire seconds to make up his mind about how to conduct the traffic stop. And of course he’s been…

With the WR corps in the state it was, I’m less inclined to go for 2. They played well (Janis played very well), but you don’t have the kind of timing/chemistry you want for an all-the-marbles goal-line play.