Yeah, I know Mrs. Arnold.   Thanks for the F.

I believe I will remember this poem for the rest of my life

Not an Austin

I get that it isn’t small small, but its small enough to be a seen as a small car by most and would involve little to no compromise due to its size. Plus, it has a small price tag compared to most EVs with its range.

I don’t know. I feel like Mazda has succeeded in making modern cars that look great and don’t get confused with anything else.

I like Bangle Butt and I can’t deny it.

Still, you have to admire BMW’s commitment to making the Bangle Era look good.

Well, then I have no intention of changing my decision to never buy a new BMW. 

That’s the fundamental problem: if you do need to travel (some things must be done in person), slower than sound aircraft are fast enough. Going east, you can fly overnight so you don’t lose that much waking time. Going West, you gain hours, so you don’t lose much clock time. Jet lag will happen even if you were…

Or, I don’t know, build a rail network that allows us to get where we need to be?

A passenger line between SF and LA is something we could only dream about, but alas, there still isn’t a single one. And the only ways to get there involve jets (which are not environmentally friendly), cars (which are no better AND…

The V90 is a beautiful vehicle that more people should have bought new when they had the chance (so I can get one used in a few years).

The main issue here is that plug-in hybrid + long trips does not make sense. If this is going to be a station-wagon daily driver, then get the PHEV. If this is mainly for long trips, the PHEV part is really not that beneficial, and might actually be a penalty because you’re hauling around a bigger battery that is not…

A woman standing across the street from a Pontiac/GMC dealer with several large cardboard signs screaming “LEMON” and she herself was dressed in yellow and had several plastic lemons affixed to her clothes.

There was one of those shitty “Buy Here, Pay Here” lots by my house. They had a perfect looking MGB on the lot for $2500. I was intrigued, so I stopped in. Even up close, it was perfect, and it ran perfectly on the test drive. Electronic overdrive even worked.

Obvious answer:

A DeLorean in the show room(this was maybe around 2007 or so). It wasn’t for sale, wasn’t visible from outside the building and it wasn’t even in that good of shape. They said they had it there to bring people in the doors. Not sure how that works exactly when your windows are so tinted you can barely see through the…

A pleasant, painless, honest, straightforward purchasing experience at a Kia dealership.

The weirdest thing I’ve seen at a dealer? Myself. When I worked for a big three dealership back in the 90s I stood out as possibly the only employee without a criminal record.

Got a call from my local Honda Dealership who had serviced my son’s 1998 Prelude SH asking if he wanted to sell it. Car is in great shape... talking about a 20+ year old vehicle lol.

I hired Tom to find me an Elantra back in early 2021. Did he save me the whole cost of his fee? Maybe, it was probably about a wash. But he definitely saved me a ton of bullshit. In the current market, which is far worse now, sell your car for cash, and hire a pro to find what you’re looking for. That’s the real tip.