Call me a dinosaur but nothing will replace the sound of a 5cyl like this one. Yes, EV will be faster but just for the pleasure of listening this type cars (and other perf cars) at idle in the morning or hitting the red line once in a while. Ah, progress ...

Hi - ex dealer service manger here. That is true, except for warranty and recall repairs, and parts where cores must be returned for rebuild/repair/manufacturer inspection. Every dealership shop I’ve run, recall parts had to be destroyed on video or returned to the manufacturer, and warranty parts must be inventoried…

I know, I was calling out the guessing at reporting via the Jalop Tesla hate club writers. They speculate on Tesla and plain guess before gathering facts.

Wait, so what happens when his lease is up?

He can hardly turn a car back in with unsupported modifications. Can he just buy it out and call it a day? Somehow i have a feeling Tesla won’t just leave it at that since they wouldn’t even give him the battery core. 

There’s no way any OEM would take on the liability to do a fix like that. Could you imagine the story you guys would write about it?? “TESLA SHAVES OFF CRITICAL COOLANT FITTING, USES HARDWARE FROM HOME DEPOT TO REPAIR BATTERY”. Oh the humanity!

Weird how you wrote an article critiquing others’ egos yet the whole reason this article exists is because of your own obvious ego issues.

Reading all the Twitter coments... that traffic jam is the least of the cities problem. I actually can not make out any accidents in those pictures. Closely parked yes but no real signs of a crash that I can determine for sure. Then again golf ball sized hail while driving on the highway is going to end up all blocked…

It’s usually people avoiding hail, though. I didn’t encounter it so much until the last ten years, as if something is affecting our weather patterns...

I don’t need AWD or 316hp. Can I just have one with 200-250hp and FWD, with a 6spd? With GTI suspension and plaid seats. I’d cheerfully pay $35K or so for it.

What’s slideshow fluid?

Around a decade ago, Elon Musk and Tesla had a great idea. They developed an electric car that was the opposite of what we had come to expect from one. People thought electric cars were slow so they made it fast. We thought they took forever to charge so they developed a way to charge them quickly and built the…

Winter tires for the Cayman, but the Outback has all seasons. Yes yes braking is a massive difference between winter and all-seasons, but I can generally control braking distance myself.

“ban those bike rack carriers that block taillights, too.”

“Sure honey, I’ll sell that car I’ve had since high school to make room for your new family carrier in the garage. Let me just take some pictures and post the ad to the internet.”

The whole point of this article was to say how hard it is to do just what you just asked for.

Stop comparing used prices to new prices. 

Any info. on how the battery holds up after the sun has gone down and the moon has come up, and long ago somebody’s left with the cup?

I need these.

Apples to apples people.  Comparing this to a c6 or c7 z06 is stupid.

Besides the flood and title issue. This is the prime Chrysler era vehicle. Early electronic issues. Early type 9 trans issue. Though being a 2005 is a little better then an 03 or 04 vehicle. Not to mention the full air suspension on the 500 could have issues if hasn’t been updated. I would want a very complete history…