I work at a dealership, and although I am no longer front line sales, I was for years. I work in a state without required front plates. If the front plate bracket is already installed, it's normal to throw a Dealer front plate on, if the customer has none. We will, upon request, install the front bracket / drill holes…

It's more of a passive advertising. I work in a dealership that's been around since the dawn of time. We still have Billboards, yet nobody comes running over saying "I saw your Billboard!". Instead, they say "Oh, everyone knows [Dealership].". Plate frames are little, miniature billboards.

You believe a DCT to be awful and obsolete?

This is standard procedure for allocations at most dealers. This is what most dealers / manufacturers are already doing.

@Chris, who's idea was the Tazer idea?

Seconding Englishtown. It's well worth the trip for a number of events, and has a much bigger draw than you'd think.

That's not a base model. That's an SE with a SFE package. Mirror caps and Door Handles are painted, has fog lights.

Leasing is actually still favorable, long term, with high mileage, if still under program. Yes, you take a % residual reduction, but in terms of depreciation, you still win out. If you're doing 21k a year, and you can build in an extra 1500 miles into a 20k/year lease, it is often still favorable. The difference is…

We just got rid of our Baja. It was my boyfriend's daily from 2005 to 2014. I hated the thing, worse ride than anything I had recently acquired/lowered, and the legroom was atrocious, but it had some charm. Never felt it was terribly slow, and the bed was mildly useful from time to time. Was reasonably reliable for 10…

An S8 is not an SUV, and this had a little bit more than Soft-Roading (which is basically driving on flat but not paved ground) He had to go over some mild inclines and twigs, in fact!

It's for the people that "need a 7-Passenger for when their inlaws and parents all come in at the same time once every 3 years". 50% of the time, they don't care how big or comfortable the seats are, just that they are there. We get it all the time.

If you think they would keep the Taurus and ditch the Fusion you haven't been watching the numbers recently. The Taurus is only stumbling on because Explorer-shared parts reduce costs, and your grandma is on her third.

Raph, you have merely spied a portion of what you're missing out here in the T.

They're doing very well, and there's a genuine enthusiast interest in what otherwise is a "niche" brand. I know I can go anywhere for reviews of the new A8 or 3-series. The Jag is something new, as they were out of fashion for quite awhile.

UGHHHHH It's still so pretty.

Here's the thing. Most luxury brands are influencing their names away from model names and to brand names. In this segment, the brand defines the car, not the model. That being said, the most successful at this are undeniably Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and I'd submit that BMW does the best job of this. You don't tell your…

VWs just don't have as many interconnected systems. Their electrical problems generally don't prevent the cars from being stanced, covered in stickers, and having a exhaust you could fit a melon in installed, which seems to be normal for most VW's over 5 years now.

She has nerve damage, could not feel the heat.

Ford's had a very similar system for ages with every MyFordTouch vehicle. 4-digit pin, locks the touchscreen and garage buttons (so no Navving to your house and opening your garage), no radio at all, liftgate/trunk is disabled in many models, etc. Data logger is cool.

I think you might be right, actually.