I had a dealer ask me during negotiations “how much profit do you thing we should make on this sale”.  He legitimately asked that, pencil in hand to write it down and crunch the numbers.  I said “zero”.  He shook my hand, said “we’re done here”, and walked off to help another customer.  So I went off and bought one of…

The Yugo method

Perfect, thanks!  I haven’t heard this song in decades

I’ve always thought I wanted to see one of these ramps used, but now I’m not so sure. Last winter I was coming down Wolf Creek Pass (sketchier than this one because of the decreasing radius hairpin that would jet a Freightliner into the ionosphere) and saw the aftermath of a truck hitting a ramp, we must have missed…

I loooove old Jetta styling. The steep(ish) nose and the high trunk lid, that didn’t give a crap about what the swage lines were doing.  Somehow it all worked.  

I’m largely in agreement. The simplicity of the dash is what sold me, but I would have to scrape up a few extra bucks to swap out those hideous rental car wheels.

All my Lexus live in Texas

Sounds like we’ve lived parallel lives. I went through the dark tunnel of youth and came out the other side a much better and stronger person. 

I wish I would have had that kind of confidence. I always thought “If she’s dating me for my car, at least she’s dating me”

I saw the picture and thought “ooh, that looks like Kansas City”

also the heat controls were levers between the seats. At some point it was mandated that heat controls had to be illuminated, so VW put a mini spotlight on the dash.

This response is your true article.  All of that stuff about your Jeep is just clickbait.

Yeah, I found out about the bad transmissions after the fact. It didn’t have a hitch, so it was (evidently) not used for towing, and it shifts well for a 16 year old vehicle. Later my mechanic said it looks like it’s been changed, something that wasn’t on the carfax. Still, no car is perfect and there’s a fukton of…

Weird. In my neighborhood a used EX is more money than the FX. Still, I’ve driven both, and have them mentally jotted down on my “next car might be...” list.  Plus I think they’re gorgeous in a “whale shark” sort of way.

I’ve heard the transmissions are weak, but I think we got lucky with this one.  155k on the clock and my mechanic said “dang, that’s a pretty nice car”.  Knock on wood.

Last fall I was shopping a car for my daughter and had pretty much the same requirements. The Rav4/CRV were the focus, but they were closer to 10 for trashed base models. Oddly, we could find Lexuses (Lexi?), Infinitis, and Acuras for less $. So we got her the cheapest car on the lot: 2003 MDX, with leather, heated…

People complain that all cars look the same.

The Cadillac of minivans

I’m strangely drawn to the X3, and especially this one with the 5 speed. But on the other hand I have a totally rational fear of hassle, and this one includes not only the hassle of the lien issue, but the “cheap German car” hassle of having it in the shop for thousand-dollar oil changes and the like.  Sadly, CP.

A rental place once described to me the Toyota Matrix was an SUV.