Did anyone bother verifying this before regurgitating it? If we’re going to parade as a news/media outlet, let’s at least go through the motions, yea?

Worked for a GM dealership for the last 12 years. Having owned nothing but Japanese imports my entire life, I was truly amazed that the owners manual plainly stated that 1 qt. of oil per 2,000 miles driven was normal consumption. Having owned 15+ cars and not a single one ever consumed a drop of oil...I almost…

The Escalade isn’t going anywhere. I think there will be a transition period where we see both ICE and EV Escalades. They aren’t going to stop production on their most popular/highest grossing vehicle cold turkey regardless of what they’re saying might happen in the next 5-10 years. Eventually, yes...expect a huge…

I’m biased AF but the S2000 has been one of the most aesthetically pleasing cars for me since it was released.

How did you mention all those obvious answers and not the most correct one; the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet?

2018 Miata RF but before that? 5 other Miatas of various years/generations (yet to own an NA) and two S2000s..one of which I still own. If you don’t like convertibles, that’s fine. If you’ve never owned one and are just making up silly or insane reasons (moths and loose papers....)that they’re terrible (moths and…

If you’re driving hours on end, don’t put the top down.

So the countless others doing VERY similar things or the people that organized this...whatever the fuck this was which enables like-minded idiots to get together and do idiotic shit...those the POVs you want? I’ll save you the time...they’ll sound like “Well I didn’t do any of that stuff” or “Well I know how to drive…

One would need to admit there are laws before one can adhere to them. 

I still see a bozo or two every once in a while wearing one of these stupid things. I chuckle and go about my workout.

Hello fellow service manager...and I second this entirely. The common (and false) assumption is that the dealer doesn’t want to cover a big warranty job because they don’t get paid as much. While this is true(!), the bigger underlying reason is that if they choose to cover a potentially unwarrantable repair, they’re…

Have a star, you savvy consumer you!

GM/Cadillac has had a similar road to EV thus far. To continue to sell Cadillacs, dealers have had to sign and invest in EV infrastructure to meet certain minimums of readiness. X number of chargers in certain areas of the dealership, certain technical (and non-technical) training, special tools, etc. This includes…

After having owned and raced an S2000 years ago in another life (pre-marriage), I always yearned for another but never could find the right time. I started watching prices climb and then I found a local, low mileage example with an oem hard top for a good price and I couldn’t let it go. Now we’re in the midst of…

This is how you shop. Find what you want for a price you’re willing to pay from a facility that you can do business with. If any one of those 3 aren’t there, don’t do the business. 

Since my original comment was acutely focused on the “dealers are evil middlemen with no purpose” and everyone ELSE wants to bring up literally anything other than that....I can see how it can get muddled.

That’s not part of a business model on a universal basis. The only aspect I was responding to was the “middle man” argument that all they do is jack up the price simply by existing when, in fact, that’s all ANY business that resells a product does. Business practices related to the actual price differ from franchise…

Aren’t most store-fronts “middlemen”? Grocery stores don’t manufacture anything. All they do is buy goods, mark them up and sell them to consumers. Same can be said for a LOT of businesses. The dealership model isn’t all that different from a typical one. It just so happens that instead of a spending a couple hundred…

This is relatively close to my experience not just with politics but also with religion. I grew up in the south....enough said. My parents weren’t evangelical or strongly political but I grew up with a lot of exposure to the idea that if you weren’t a Christian Republican, you were “what’s wrong with the world”. I…

I know Audi marketing team would LOVE to put the Schumacher name in German machinery but I’d speculate that Mick may not have the developmental experience to help a newborn team bring a decent car to fruition.