You see this in every single fandom; enthusiasts, who make up ~1% of the market, have these incredibly niche expectations that are so far out of line with the average consumer act shocked when manufactures cater to the needs of the 99% and leave them behind.

Right? Took me like two months and several price drops to even generate any interest in my 2012 Focus S manual when I was trying to get rid of it. An automatic would have flown out of my driveway and probably for $1000 more.

When I bought my 2016 Scion iM it had been sitting on the lot for 11 months since no one wanted a stick, I got it for $3,600 off MSRP. When it came time to sell it this year no one wanted to buy it for $11,000 despite having under 25,000 miles. 2 months ago I worked out a deal on a new Rav4 via text and the saleswoman…

I always love how people try to justify why a Warranty is useless. Wealthy people are always over insured for a reason...

You don’t even need to get out of your car, you can just turn around and come back and make sure it was actually a deer.

But anything to be a contrarian I guess.

Lets check your math: White + male + attorney + high government position * (bonus multiplier) in a conservative state + investigation performed by it’s brother conservative state + totally thought it was a deer...

If he’s a Republican and it’s a red state, he won’t

My guess is he had a few drinks and will face absolutely zero repercussions for this. 

calm down rambo

I agree.  The problem is that people are dumb or willfully ignorant. They complain when a platform grows ‘old’ but then bitch when features or options die with new platforms. It’s as if people don’t underestand how resource intensive it is to develop a new complex product from scratch.

Never understood the problem with evolutionary design changes. take what works, and fix the rest, seems like a sound methodology when heavily reworking a chassis. I imagine at some point you reach a point of no further refinement or a major change in drive-train occurs, but keeping a good thing and improving it is not…

They should totally go to the expense to federalize this car. They would easily sell tens of them in the US.

Damn, Doug, get a real mask! All those cars and bids monies....and you are rocking that Home Depot special? C’mon now!

How do you know it’s DeMuro if his arms aren’t open with his palms up?

THIS... is a fan

Just five years? Son, some of the stuff I’ve seen would have made a 1986 Hyundai Excel look like a masterpiece in fit and finish.

Yes exactly, you see this in every fandom, the hardcore fans who get upset that manufacturers don’t cater to their super niche wants (I won’t even say “needs” here) without realizing that they make up a hilariously small percentage of the buying public.  

As soon as I pay off my Rent-A-Center TV, I’m getting a Bronco Sport!

It isn’t the difficulty, it is the take rate and ROI.

This was in NY. He financed some of the balance through MINI Finance or whatever they’re calling it. I tend to agree with your assessment and, now that I think on it, it does seem odd that they didn’t throw it on a lift and peek at it at least for a couple minutes. I wonder if it’s because it’s the same dealership he…