Exactly, there’s plenty of people these days that came onto money “easily” or at least quickly and try to throw money at people to get what they want right away. That’s why these are going for $100k over MSRP. And on the side of the flipper who’s on the list and has bought many cars, (at least before these blacklists…

My guess is they had no idea. Probably saw a basically new model and took one quick walkaround, didn’t do their due diligence and just made an offer and stuck it on the lot.

Selling a car with an accident history and without showing a carfax isn’t illegal. Sure if the rest of the transaction would have been legal he would have been screwed because he overpaid, but unless there’s some law in CA that requires disclosure of repaired accidents as long as the title was clean that part was fine.

Well they can certainly decide not to sell to someone, there’s nothing stopping them there. I’m assuming RR is like Ferrari, Porsche, or Rolex where you basically need to get “in” by buying older or lower-end stuff before you’re allowed to get allocations for the really good expensive stuff. If that’s the case, a…

I wouldn’t compare it to rearranging garden gnomes because that still entails trespassing. It’s more like putting shopping carts around the car that’s parked across multiple handicapped spots like a dick.

Ok but points is stupid, just give it a cash value and stop gamifying everything.

I got the first iteration of the ExtremeContact Sports a few years ago since they were quite a bit cheaper than the Michelins but still reviewed really well. Ended up being well over $200 difference, and I thought they were really great. Held up to track use and were a lot more comfortable than the tires that were on…

Perk points?

It wasn’t that kind of car show, it was in a quieter small town in the streets alongside their annual charity festival, in an area where there’s more classic British and Italian sports cars than muscle cars. Not a cars and coffee where Mustangs are bowling for people and everyone’s trying to show off for the gram.

No, Waymo, this is not vandalism. There’s no damage being done. It’s making a point that driverless cars aren’t as smart as you think they are, and they’re doing their part to keep these cars off the road (at least temporarily) where they shouldn’t have been in the first place.

I’m not a big fan of these, but honestly my only experience with one was at a car show. The local dealer got one set up at their stand next to our dealer’s setup, and the cocky sales guy would start it up and rev it over and over for anyone who asked. He was an older middle-aged guy, guess he was just excited to have…

I drive a 335i and thought the Stinger handled just fine. I wouldn’t take it to the track like I have my BMW but on the road it handled plenty good for what it is. For me it lost because of the shitty dealer experience, nothing to do with the performance or price.

So of the alternatives you give, the Mustang has almost 100 hp more and a comparatively worse interior along with only two doors, the Golf R is a compact with less rear seat space and FWD-based AWD system, CTR is a douchemobile with FWD, and the M340i is easily a $70k car these days while the GT2 stinger is $55k w/ 10…

Alfa Romeo Giulia.

I agree, but he’ll be able to live a lot less if he exhausts his retirement account maintaining a Rover or X6 M.

So no American or German, I assume for perceived reliability reasons, and the suggested cars are German (not necessarily unreliable but an 11 year old M car is for sure), British (actually bad reliability), and a car with terrible visibility when the top is up...

I nominate the 2006 Chevrolet Impala. It was everywhere (still is) and yet was a prime example of the lack of any enthusiasm for their product leading up to their bankruptcy.

I wouldn’t say they’re bad, they’re just suffering from the image so if they’re not boomer-owned they’re relegated to buy-here-pay-here buyers and deferred maintenance hell.

I 100% agree and I’m not even the jean shorts and New Balance crowd (NB is apparently cool now so they’re too expensive to buy as a gag).

Obviously on supercars if you’re not changing wheels the OEM tire is likely the best option. However, on a more normal car, there’s a few questions to ask before making the decision.