As long as they drive over, all vehicles and their owners are welcome on my lawn. I’ll even share a beer or a Zima, isn’t that what you kids are drinking?

Reminds me of Simone Giertz’s Truckla.

Yes I am speaking of classic hot rods made from pre-80s American iron with fat tires and shiny Edelbrock parts. Your stanced Civic is a whole ‘nother rant.

“If we can’t rip your car to shreds on a bogus traffic stop how will we fight drugs?”

Have you ever been to Hazzard County? Cops are cops.

Why is it that the people who want to get the cheapest price ever are the ones that complain about dealer tactics trying add profit back into the deal? Make a fair and comprehensive offer with some meat left on the bone and be prepared to walk away. If the dealer is making money on it, they will drop the games and…

Salespersons are the sharks of humanity. Every thing they do is predicated on putting in the least amount of energy for the most amount of food. If you are asking for something they don’t have, why engage with you? They don’t care about customer service or the reputation of the dealership. They only care about closing…

“What will it take to get you in this car today?”
“Nothing but if you give me your commitment that when I send you a legitimate offer next week, you will give me a legitimate response. Then this will be the easiest sale you ever made.”

Back in the day, hot rods were built to go fast. Today hot rods are built by guys who were not cool enough to build one back in the day but are trying to relive their twenties and still not getting it right. Look, to each his own, but if you’re going to brag about your supercharger then damn well use it once in a…

You did everything right except set your expectations. The dealer can’t make you a deal on a car that isn’t available. Deals are made on popular colors and configurations. If you want something unusual it will cost time and money.

Disengage the test drive from the purchasing. Decide what cars you want to drive. Schedule test drives, collect pricing, and get business cards of the salespersons you like. Then decide what you want, research pricing, arrange your financing, decide what is an acceptable deal to you, and make an offer via email.…

I did that way back in 2009 using email. I emailed to arrange a test drive and then immediately left. A followup email made a reasonable offer for an out the cash door price on 2 stock numbers from their website which they accepted. The email also said that I refuse to see the finance guy and said that if pickup took…

I like Cake but they missed it on that lyric. LeBarons weren’t really cool, even in 1980.

Most hot rod owners are chrome-loving posers who baby-drive to car shows.
“This things putting out 450 hp!”
“Really, what’ll it do on the strip?”
“Oh I’d never drive it fast.”

Sorry but 250hp pushing 2800lbs is just fine. The Prowler fails the brag test not the drive test. 

Yep, typical GM move. Invent something cool, fail to realize its full potential, and then lose interest while competitors copy and surpass your innovation. GM thought the value was in charging for OnStar as a service but got few takers. The real value is the data and what you can learn about your products and your…

Well VW says it is their most important new vehicle. Of course, that could be more Euro PC greenwashing while they sell millions of petrol cars. One thing is clear, over-the-air updates and feedback metrics are the future of automobiles and this was VWs first stumbling step. As a communications and software engineer,…

I think you misunderstood me. Traffic-strewn streets are not conducive to human habitation so blocking them off improves the life of city dwellers. As for cities in general, they are great because of the incredible diversity of wonderful people. And they suck for the massive concentration of the rest of them.

Urban streets are not conducive to human habitation. Then again, neither is New York City.

So that’s where all the auto jobs went.