I don’t really understand the appeal of this car. If you want a cheap, practical, efficient car, a Fiesta is cheaper, roomier, and about as efficient. If you want something tiny and fun, why not a moped or a 3-wheeler, or even a proper motorcycle?

Ahh, that makes sense.

Hopefully, the Chinese made parts we buy at our local store were made and tested according with the most important boards of approval (UL, CEN, CENELEC, SAE, ISO, etc.). Because David, one thing I know for sure is that the Chinese will make exactly what you ask for: if you ask for a good quality product, they will…

Like my buddy with a Saturn SL2. He insisted on going with the AAP lifetime warranty alternator. I told him to go OE because it lasted him 14 years. Not the AC-Delco unit but the genuine GM unit.

Good. Bad. I’m the guy with the gun.

I used to have to do “Time at Temperature” thermal analyses on all sorts of underhood parts (rubber engine mounts were my nemeses). In short, we used Arrhenius plots—which characterize a material’s degradation rate at certain temperatures—to see if our newly designed fascias and cooling modules and exhaust packaging…

Of topic but I thought you would find this humorous Tom: went to look at one of those 2015 tdis and not only did they not offer anything better than the 5 Grand off they actually cut that 5 Grand in half. claiming the new brakes and tires it needed after sitting for 2 years:

Very solid points. Though on a well-running 4.0, lots of fuel getting into the crankcase is not often a problem.

I usually check the oil level while hot to eliminate the two options, or at least make sure I got a nice long drive in prior to the check.

My short daily commute to Chrysler used to make my oil look all…

Are you fucking serious?

Nice try, but that’s not what executive order 13526 says.

90% of the Jersey Shore cast was from SI is the joke.

Nah, it’s got Jersey plates. You don’t need to travel out of NJ to find ding dongs like this.

I’m not sure I would agree that 8 spark plugs on a 4 cylinder engine is a good thing.

Wait. I just did some internet sleuthing:

I used to sell cars too and I wouldn’t necessarily agree a big down is an indicator of bad credit. People save for what they want, especially a car. If you really want it and have the means to save, people will save a down for their car.

In addition to exposure being much lower, cars also have fairly well-known and consistent depreciation, which is taken into account in auto loans (and their derivatives, etc.). Where houses and other real estate were typically expected to increase in value.

When my condo in Vegas that was once worth $330,000 (and that…

“Some of those men were fighting for their homes, where they were born and raised”

Nah.