You’re not kidding about Carmel!

A box of hero rocks, that is.

That’s absolutely hilarious. It’s unbelievable how many dealers are content to shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to making a sale.

To be fair, in more detail with regards to the fundamental drivetrain architecture and less of a focus on the electronics, it went like this:

Meh, it doesn’t look that bad to me. From the side it doesn’t even look like there’s anything Heineken about it other than the color.

That was most certainly not catchy.

Sounds like you’re in a good position to keep up with maintenance. I have a friend with a lift and another who runs a good shop, but I can’t leave the car on the lift in friends #1's barn for longer than a weekend - so rebuilding the transfer case for example is out of the question. Friend #2 is a good by the books…

Well, if you want to go down that rabbit hole...

Too bad it’s not the even more desirable M-Sport California with the giant cloth sunroof.

Well you could get the E61 535xi wagon with a stick - but only 300-odd people ordered them in the US, so they’re quite rare. They are also incredibly expensive to own and maintain. I could have bought a new Golf Sportwagen or Alltrack well equipped with a manual for less than what I have into my high mileage example in…

Well, there is the street course on Belle Isle used for the Indy Car races, which is a beautiful location but suffers from extremely long setup and takedown times - maybe they could run both races on the same course, back to back on two subsequent weekends? Do it during the North American International Auto Show (they…

Ahem. Michigan begs to differ.

Why is it that the Allroads have so many airbag problems? Is it the high amount of travel?

That black Mustang appears to just have mud splattered on it from vehicles driving through the sloppy mud right in front of it, given that it’s almost parked in the middle of the road.

Why is the protective red plastic still on the Roundel?

I’ve noticed before that Shaq’s knee is above the window in the ad for that LaCrosse, so saying he fits is a bit of a stretch.

This is an excellent, if extremely difficult to execute, idea.

Agreed. In fact, as a car enthusiast, I actually enjoy not using one when I go to a city where you don’t need one.

I’m no GM defender, but why shouldn’t we look at the Silverado and Sierra sales as a whole? They’re really just different trims of the same vehicle, only existing as separate models because of the history of GM’s dealership network being split between brands.

It still seems a bit like splitting hairs, compared to, say, the new Supra coupe and Z4 convertible - which are substantially different from each other.