Likely would have fit in the service elevator but was too large to fit through the doorway into the office where this window is located.

Average interest rate is FIVE percent? What is the average credit score? That’s ridiculous for a new car!

Show up to the airport nine hours early? Why? You know just because you’re not at the airport you don’t have to be racing around the city trying to see every sight. Just sleep in or grab a beer at a nearby bar.

I find it ironic and maddening that the auto industry has the gall to sue the woman who owns the car because the manufacturer of the car built a fucking fire hazard.

It’s an error by the author, because right after that part about ‘junked’ is this:

That’s what surprised me the most about the first sentence of this article. Why is Torch using synthetic?

Yes. I’m the only one that drives my car EXCEPT when I take it to get washed or valet. I hate when they move it - you can never find the exact slot you had it in the last time and it feels foreign for about a week afterwards.

My roommate had this happen basically in reverse when we were in college. Someone stole his bike and he was driving through town a few months later with his Dad (who is very large and scary) and saw his bike. The kid riding it played dumb, but luckily my friend had written his initials on the underside of the seat in…

Abarth is 100% the correct choice. My co-worker bought one and I look forward to hearing him drive away every day. It sounds incredible and nobody is expecting that tiny car to make that noise. I can only imagine how fun it is to drive.

Meh. It snows like once every four years in Oregon and nobody goes to work on those days anyway. Unless you’re driving to the mountain every weekend you don’t need AWD/4x4.

Mazdaspeed 3 are too old now and probably have rusted subframes, rear hatch and wheel wells.

...but also that the car was running on one cylinder at idle, all four only under full load.

A related and also awesome write-up on a similar Alaska road trip:

Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. Even if you had to do it five times to five different people...

Wait... what? Did they ask for more money if you were paying cash?

‘Saving’ your service call outs is a waste - use ‘em when you need ‘em, otherwise you’re paying for a service you’re not using. Also David just spent like $20 on Lyft for something AAA would have done for free.

AAA is a crapshoot. If they call a big service company with a good dispatch, you could be done in 15 minutes. But I’ve waited 3 hours or more before in the same city; just depends on how busy they are at that time and who they call.

I discovered this little trick flying to Boston a few weeks ago. If you stash your bag under your thighs, up against your seat, you can stretch out for days.

Unless you drive a car with an oil filter housing, then good luck getting that off without proper tools. Went to do an oil change on my ‘07 MS3 and a 30-minute job turned into a 90-minute job because I didn’t have an oil filter housing wrench. The seal makes it impossible to remove by hand. I eventually got mine off…

Not to mention the fact that the Wrangler and Camry are not even in the same class. The Wrangler is still getting beat by crossovers - including the Nissan Rogue. Repeat after me: The Wrangler is being outsold by the Nissan Rogue *shudder*