It is also common with new cars, at least ones with ADM (which even a Ford Escape has here in California). They way they do it is that they list MSRP on the site including ADM, not the actual MSRP, then they do a special web discount that is really just a bit off the ADM but still above MSRP.
Example: I was shopping…

I have a GT350, had a Boss, and I would never have even looked at it if it had the MT82 like the Boss and GT have.

It doesn’t have an MT82. That could be the whole review as far as GT350 vs PP2, though the gearing is too damn tall still. (1st goes to 55, so in the backwoods mountain roads here you are in 1st other than the straights and dropped off the power band in the more technical sections)

My IX is only car I regret selling, and I’d buy a new one, exactly as they came off the boat in 2006, right now at the price adjusted for inflation.  I spent a couple years casually looking for an RS that was in good shape after selling my MR, and if it had been an RS (without the weak 6 spd but still with the…

I never caught a dealer joyriding, but when I had an STI I found a chunk of hamburger patty under the parking brake. I had dropped it off because they rear end was leaking, and told them they should take it on the highway to test since it only leaked when warm (it was one of the defective breather mushrooms), so I was…

Screens in general are garbage for things that could be a knob/switch. The ones with the wheel are garbage too.  You should not have to go to a menu for stuff like AC and stereo volume.  But for nav and settings and crap like that?  Touch screens are fine if they are not the laggy bull**** Chrysler screens.  The one…

I’m so glad I’ll be able to experience this sometime soon when the CA rail system is finished!

Is the oblong thing the person’s foot because they are driving it with their foot out the window?

So it was you who tried to call me earlier?

I prefer the RF look, but my point was that there have been a bunch of articles saying that the RF is the one to get, but none of them (that I have noticed) pointed out that you give up being able to have a rollbar thus also being allowed on most tracks.  Luckily I didn’t buy one, so not an issue, but if I had and…

Probably because I saw who the author was, but I read it as 42 cats. Then I opened the article and was disappointed.

Also, remember when everyone said the Veyron was a pig in the corners because it was 4k lbs?  I just realized it’s not much more than the GT350 (3800 lbs) I have on order.  The GT350 is also over 2.5x as…

I hate to do it, but I have to agree with you. And not just because of your charismatic avatar. Most people don’t buy cars because they love cars and want something engaging, but because of either the statement they can make by having the car or because it’s what they can afford. Those of us who do care about what we…

“the turbo Miata I was like hell yes until I drove it, got sideways, and almost shit myself, etc.”
Oddly enough, the same exact experience is what sealed my decision to buy the turbo Atom I test drove.

I was considering a ‘19 RF for a DD and occasional track toy, but I saw a video (Doug I think) where the host pointed out that the RF buttresses are not a rollbar, and because of the design you can not put a rollbar (unless you permanently lock the roof in place).  I have never seen this mentioned in any of there…

I’ve ridden the Energica, at least the models that were out last year, and I liked them but would need the sport bike’s drivetrain in the standard’s chassis to consider one. There were two major (imo) issues that need to be sorted first, though.
1. Throttle is a rubber band. It’s horrible. Somebody will come up with a…

My problem with Basketball is that there are so many points scored that none of them, or the blocks of them, matters until the last minute. Then the last minute is just people slapping each other and working the allowed fouls rule. At least when you are being a rulebook professor do it in a unique or clever way like…

Open Diff = Peg Leg. We used to arrrrgh at people when they left one black streak. We were also idiots. Unfortunately, nobody ever showed up with a peg leg Cutlass or Marauder or we would have totally lost our shit.

We called them Fosters

Where it will be illegal because it will assuredly have a dual-mode exhaust.  Is that irony?  I can never be sure because of the stupid song.

It’s ok.