He will probably be hit wit a $12 service charge for being below the minimum balance.

"So basically, because I only have about $12 in my bank" - from the article.

The book is there for the dealership to use as a guide and for quoting estimates. No matter how you want to mince it, charging a customer for something they did not receive is a crime. If they want to charge flat rates then they should have. No, they charged a variable rate and over charged the customer more than…

Billed 4.5 hours but only received 1.5 hours in labor. Yeah...going to bet that would be it. I mean, nothing wrong with that.

Bing-fucking-O

Not sure they care or just tying into a trending topic to sell more product. Based on the responses, it may just be the second is the one that is occurring.

Already read like 10 articles this month on America slipping in academics, develops cynicism over articles all borrowing from each other, assumes the same here. Thus, assumes they have read the article.

Newtonian solid

Exactly!

"In late January—after the season had ended"

Dallas Bro was spot on. How in the world they think they have brought terry clothe sun visors back into style escapes me.

I would say if you are a man and only weigh 180lbs, then you should be in a child's care seat.

I like the "logistics" excuse as well. Because it is so hard to get anything here in the State.

Even in just this photo you can see all the southern state obesity on display.

Totally. It is not like they took a whizz on a memorial to fallen firefighters or something.

Unfortunately it is hard to use that $5 tool on the interstate while driving which is where mine indicated a problem in time for me to get to a tire shop to find a bad cut in the tire. Had I waited until it got low enough for me to feel it, I might have been on the shoulder putting on the spare.

Curious, what kind of car do you want to drive that you now cannot get because of CAFE? By kind of car I mean characteristics. Given I can go down to the local Chevy dealer and order up a Vette that will blow the doors off an L-88 all while getting 20+mpg on the highway and producing negligible polution.

Good point. People neglect to mention how CAFE also pushed US manufacturers to compete with Europe and Asia in building efficient and light weight cars. No way I am going back to that 1977 Ford LTD II. Not when I have a 4-valve 3.0 liter with variable valve timing, injection, and spark that puts out over 300hp at…