The freshened Lowrider S and new ST will, I think, sell like hotcakes. Especially the ST. It is basically a factory west-coast style custom which I think the market of mid-size bikes has been drooling for.  If I didn’t just buy a Heritage 114 last year, I’d be in line for that bike. Something quick that handles well…

But it looks like a jetski

Sidenote, as a former Triumph rider, how to do you like your Trident?  I’ve thought if I ever added another small bike to my Harley, that looks interesting, although the emotional side of me would want another Bonneville. 

So I can spend $22k on something that comes with everything I want out of the bag that makes me giggle when I short shift it, or spend $22k on something I can ride fast illegally that I can’t spend a weekend on and hurts my back after an hour? 

To further your point, Cycleworld just compared a Street Glide, Chieftain, and R18, and the Street Glide won handily. There is a lot of emotion to a Harley Davidson that doesn’t replicate well in other bikes. I had a Triumph Bonneville I basically outgrew and wanted to look at Harleys. I bought a Heritage Softail 114,…

Krown is phenomenal. I started using them on my Tacoma after the frame recall was done (which was because it had turned to swiss cheese). Its been three or four years and it still looks as good as the first application. I get it done each year.  

See, I think that is smart. Or, just do the system that buzzes the shit out of you. But, for it to be on by default AND jerk the shit out of you is, in best accounts, scary. Worst, dangerous. 

Lane Keep Assist is straight up dangerous. I am in favor of lane departure warning that beeps or buzzes or whatever. But an active system is dangerous because most people don’t know they NEED to turn it off in certain situations. 

If you walk into a bank, you’re paying the 4%. That is not a gouge; that is a retail rate. Banks don’t wholesale rate to customers; neither do dealers. 

And I thought this was going to be an article on the 1989 Thunderbird Super Coupe :((

And remember that the round headlights were a complete flop in non-us markets and they went back to the CB7 style cat eye lenses so it pretty much has no differentiation from the second gen. 

I’m just hoping this is the beginning of the end of Acura’s utterly stupid naming system. Everyone, even people in their 30's, knows what a Legend and Integra are. I have no idea what they sell now beside the MDX because I take a ton of those in on trade. There was the RL and the TL, which became the TLX (I think),…

I’m glad that the dealership I work at doesn’t do a lot of sub-prime.

Actually a pretty cool place of history. Daimler-Benz bought Max Hoffman’s dealership in Manhattan. He was the original importer of the 300SL and other post-war Mercedes-Benz’s. As he was the actual importer, them purchasing the dealership actually circumvents most of the dealer laws.

So, I always just request the cheapest car. I don’t really care, and I often end up getting upgraded anyway.

This. MBUSA owns Mercedes of Manhattan and trust me, they charge whatever they feel like. 

What was posted is NOT a buyers order. It is a build sheet, which means jack. In normal times, a customer wouldn’t assume they’d pay MSRP just because since the law of the Monroney Label customers are accustomed to NOT paying MSRP. Same goes for right now unless he had it in writing on a sales agreement.

Just reading the comments to remind myself of how hated I am, haha.

This will be great for the environment, but I am and probably will continue to still be partial to my 40+ year old Lawn Boys. Best mowers ever made. 

I honestly cannot believe that Panthers haven’t been brought up. Doesn’t really matter the model either. I have had like five different ones in different flavors and years. Was my 1988 Town Car as reliable as my 2007? No, it was 30 years old when I bought it. Was it still reliable enough to take a cross country trip…