It is shocking that anyone would buy the Mirai. First, stations are not particularly common (and they just closed a ton).

I’m not going to trust a long term owner that doesn’t detail the changes in the ad.

Who’s got that kind of time?

To me, the focus on SMALL cars isn’t really where the focus should be. It should be on CARS.

In this era of distracted driving, you are a braver lad than I am. I don’t even go out on the main roads here on my bicycle.

When automobile registration costs are based on weight (politically a non-starter), you might see more of that.

Lexus LS 400, easy.

I can’t help but notice it isn’t a Ram truck.  If I’ve learned anything, Ram trucks can’t be moved by Tornados.  Especially if they are red.

Seatbelts, kids. They are there for a reason.

People astound me, everyone knows you gate check adults so they go in the cargo hold and that overhead bins are only for carrying on children and little people.

FFS, just leave your seatbelt on when seated.

My dad leased one of these in 1999; it was a hoot to drive back when 370hp was ohmygod-level power in a sedan. (well, to us anyway) Jag’s ownership by Ford helped its reliability, but I’d still be concerned about waking the dormant gremlins after 19 years, and this one’s asking 3x the KBB value. ND. 

Deliberately misleading clickbait titles? On Jalopnik?! You don’t say

Normally I’d jokingly say Nebraska. However, the real truth is... Wyoming. It is a whole lot of nuthin in the Cowboy State. You stop there, you better mean to or you are not gonna be able to walk your way out of it.

*Exactly*. If they won’t play by my rules, I don’t need to buy a car from them. Plenty of other dealers out there. I would have bought that KIA in MAINE if none of the Florida dealers would play ball.

Nothing Boomer here. Boomers keep their Vettes stock and pristine. Maybe chrome wheels (in a stock style) or a slightly louder exhaust, or occasionally that dumb fake wood stuck on in the cabin. But not this.

I really want to write some kind of big cover-all-the-bases article for this kind of thing, but yeah man If you dont have a buyers order in front of you to sign, at the rate you know you are good for within an hour, you just gotta tell them (in a kind but firm voice) “Listen, I’m a buyer at X with X for my trade at X…

I would have been out the door in 30 minutes with a “call me when you get your shit together”. The exception being when I bought my ‘18 Fiata, I was there for a couple hours, but more than half of the time was waiting for them to dig the car out of the middle of a MASSIVE showroom, when half the cars on the floor had…

I would be calling 911 to report a car theft so fast it would make their heads spin. But I have only once ever traded in a car, and I don’t negotiate face-to-face as a general rule.

I could write an entire article on how to not be miserable buying a car, but I’ll sum it up here: