I hated them when I was working in the shop.  You’d forget about them, reach into the car through the open driver window to turn the key on or to start it and have to quickly dodge the belt before it clotheslined you.

^^ This guy sails^^

I believe they stole the image from Haynes. One guy - Terry Davey - drew almost all of those. https://www.carandclassic.com/magazine/the-work-of-terry-davey/

That anyone capable of thought above a cellular level thought this was real.

What an idiot.  Could have kept it going for a long time if he hadnt been so greedy.  Hell, make it $500 instead of $1 and I bet it’d still be going on.

Hopefully these guys will be there.

I’d like to know where the hatred stems from.

These aint lasting anywhere near 500 landings...

Absolutely, but we all know they have to have some miles on them before eating so they should have at least already started their journey behind the NOT READY signs.

The reception could have been epic, but for one thing.

He’s the very model of a modern major general.

I take some comfort in the knowledge that someone PAID for that listing.

A 2023 Limited in the bay area is showing a MSRP of 73K.

Yup.  These are US brochures with the year footnotes added.  They are incorrect for both markets actually.

There was no MY1999 Focus. First gen was 2000-2007 (very minor refresh for 2005-2007)

Yup. Had one of these 20 years ago. My grown kids still talk about it.

COW!

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE RIDE! HAHAHA!

Also correct. Cost of the vehicle does not negate this, but as you mentioned - it is more likely to occur with cheaper vehicles. Lets say there was no smog cert here - the seller *could* write as-is all over the bill of sale or whatever document they wanted and if it later failed emissions, the buyer could sue and…

The same.