Yeah, mate, it can.

What an amazing man. 

The best part about this comment is the dude that took it seriously.

I think the OP was being sarcastic...

I’m going to guess that the owner went to a car wash, they put one of those dumb plastic bag things around the wiper, and they forgot to take it off. For several weeks. And the bag filled with water.

License plates are always shared with the general public.

that particular wiper assembly is incredibly expensive and involved to replace and to install - i assume that when it went bad, it was simpler and more cost-effective to just replace the vehicle around it.

I know that you can’t always see every pothole, or avoid every pothole in every situation. Let me state that up front. I live in Chicago. Potholes are a way of life. I’ve driven my lowered BRZ into some invisible potholes at night that had the car basically fall onto its front bumper. I’ve also hit potholes violently…

And you’ve negotiated a deal for $2.99 for that peanut butter, but the person behind you is paying $3.99.

Exactly.

A dealer can try to charge you whatever they want as far as fees, but you can always say nope. Or GFY if you’re not in the mood to be trifled with.

Dealerships can charge whatever they want because we’ve allowed them to exist for some strange reason.  

Op: doesn’t want to make a poor life choice

You should have seen my dad in his NA Miata back in the days riding around town looking like Magilla Gorilla.

Don’t kink shame.

“I am a 6'7", 350-pound burly guy with a big beard and a love for small cars.”

A good tweet:

He is far too pasty to be using rouge