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Carvana doesn’t work. It’s a stock promotion marketing machine that’s main mission was/is to enrich it’s largest shareholders. It’s succeeded in that main mission.

This was my grandfather’s favorite sandwich.  Pretty sure he didn’t get it from Hemingway as he didn’t know who that was.  To punch it up a notch he’d add bacon to it.  

If my attempt to buy a base manual 2022 Civic is any guide (~$31k out the door was the dealers take it or leave it deal), the MT Integra will be above $40k at most dealers.  Market adjustments are a bitch.  

I leave beer over at my MILs house.  She doesn’t drink any at all, so it often sits for a few months before we’re back over there for a visit.

I rather like Twitter, but I’m not a poster on the platform. I love it for sourcing insights and news from a variety of sources/thinkers. I doubt Elon changes much of that.

Agreed on holding out for a new vehicle.  When base model ‘22 Civics are getting $5k price boosts I have to decline.  And to the dealers credit, they’re transparent that the pricing is this way because they can get it.  Around metro-Boston at least, they are definitely moving the vehicles despite the mark ups.

We can dream. 

Toyota and Subaru hopefully.  And I guess Ford and Chevy.

Second part of the sentence, I can walk to four non-dealership shops.

My local Mazda dealer does excellent service work (Ira Mazda in Westood, MA) at fair prices.  I’ve done all my warranty work there on two Mazda’s I own, but for routine maintenance?  They’re a 30-40 minute drive from my house and I can walk to four independent/regional chain shops.  It’s purely convenience for me.

Some experts agree that Omicron has changed the calculus of what China can accomplish:

An excellent podcast of labor and safety issues at the Chevron facility is in the third part of this Behind the News Feb 3 podcast:

I know what I’m watching this weekend.  Thanks!

Call me crazy, but this seems to portend bad things for the big chunk of the market that needs reasonably priced cars.  That has to have knock on effects that are hard to anticipate.

I looked at purchasing a base ‘22 Civic MT hatchback.  Great little car, but the MSRP was inflated and there was an added “Market Adjustment” of $2500 bringing the total cost to just north of $30k to drive it off the lot.  I passed and am hoping if supplies can catch up I can get it for closer to MSRP next year.

I did exactly that.  Looked at a base Civic Hatch, had an honest conversation about the pricing power they have, and then I balked at paying north of $30k for a base model Honda Civic.  They sold it that same weekend to somebody else anyway.

I prefer aux jack plus Anker Sound sync and ground loop isolater. Has a few buttons i can press to pause, skio, or go back. I love it. And it pairs so much faster to my phone compared to modern infotainment set ups. 

Class action law suits to the rescue.  Disallow arbitration if we don’t get better consumer protection laws.

One of my friends got a Kia Niro BEV for way under MSRP.  Granted, it was a 2020 model, but the dealer on Long Island shipped it up to MA super fast.  He spent about $21k total.  So far he doesn’t have complaints about mileage etc, but I was pretty surprised he got that deal.  You’d almost think a dealer could foist

Wait for the new Type R? I was pleasently surprised with the more subdued styling of the new Civic hatch. Would have bought if the base MT model wasnt aelling for $31k out the door. It's a lousy market to be a buyer.