the article states there were 6000 in "maintenance plan and service fees", which is closer to 28 percent of the purchase price. you have made my point

Tax, Tag, Title, ESP, and Maintenence Care are all thrown in that figure. It's not as simple as a $5000 Warranty. Working backwards, $27,000 comes down to about $25,450 after 6% Flordia sales tax is removed. Remove ~300 for Tax, Title, Doc Fee. A prepaid maintenance plan is just a fancy discount on service work,…

Agreed, but I'm not sure the product always dictates the experience. I believe there is a time and place for both. I am also aware dealerships are aware, too.

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I'm also sure the dealer didn't want a big "You abused an elderly person!" story coming at them. Looking at the margins on most subcompacts, I don't care how big your finance reserve is, it's probably not worth it.

1: People overpay online all. the. time. Case and point, something many people in the world now use. A MicroUSB cable:

Especially awesome when people treat a dealership not as a place of business, but as an imaginary ideal. I think it's funny, if he walked into Best Buy and bought their floor model TV at full MSRP, no one would bat an eye, no purchases would be returned. Would he have overpaid? Sure! Could they have sold him a…

Sorry, as much as I try to set aside my VAG distaste for the sake of not pissing on every VAG loving gearhead, for $52,000, I'm buying a whole lot of other cars first.

An Acura, clearly:

nice looking classic car...........

Maybe the next Bug has been with us all along?

Every 1 MPH at this speed represents a huge jump in horsepower, aero, and engineering. Diminishing returns and the like.

so no electric cars allowed.

In the 1990's, sure.

Saw that accident too.

I'm a little confused here. It's not the best aging car, but certainly not the worst. I could think of a lot of other cars from 2005 I'd pass up for this.

Yep. 3 hours of sleep is a hell of a drug.

Flex = Station Wagon, for all intensive purposes.

Yes, because everyone complains about Porsche's PDK and the steering on the 991. I haven't personally driven one, but according to all the journo's and drivers that have, It's supposedly fantastic.

They do give tours.