Don’t know what the franchise agreement says but there is probably something about location or exclusivity, you have to pay for the right to a franchise, you should get some benefits to go with it.

I would substitute “justifiable in the owner’s mind” for “reasonable” but money into mods doesn’t always add value, seldom adds 1-1 value, and often decreases value.

Does this fall under comprehensive coverage? Does the guy have to pay the deductible? How in the hell do you get to the conclusion that the insurance can't was liable at the trial or arbitration level?  Was the guy driving when it happened? (Possible but not likely).

I don’t think you know what evidence means. The only evidence we have that the FSD was on or off was the driver saying it was. If and when the data logs from the car and or Tesla become available we will have more conclusive evidence. You are showing a lot of bias by assuming the driver is lying, he could be lying or…

Seems appropriately priced. I would find a local cheapo paint shop that does decent work, get the thing resprayed, and take it on road trips and to car shows, I think it would excel in both environments. Nice Price.

60s pony cars, 60s and 70s American cars in general. They had big heavy V-8s in front and nose heavy weight distribution. Put slippery stuff on the ground and they would just spin their wheels. Old fashioned snow tires helped, but they were really crappy tires in general, and nothing like the special compound…

There are more cars than I thought, even on this newer, and sadly shorter, list https://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2022/02/lightest-cars-on-sale-top-10.html

“modern" truck

I don’t think it looks that bad for a month dern truck, certainly better than the new GM monstrosities.  But it is overpriced and what is the market,you want a truck to do truck things, lots of better choices, you want a fancy big vehicle to impress people, lots of better choices.  I suppose grandpa who envisions…

I don’t dislike the idea, but the list of cars sold in the US under 2800 pounds is pretty short, Civics, Corollas, Elantras, etc. all weigh 3000 pounds or more last I checked.

I have been screaming it too, doesn’t look like anything will stop the nuclear arms race towards ever heavier and taller vehicles. I need something big so I can see over, roll over the other guy, the other guy’s rig is getting bigger, mine has to get bigger too.

Yes, as mentioned in the article large vehicles get exceptions to safety and EPA requirements, and buyers of cars over 6000 lbs with a business get a substantial tax break, even if it is a luxury SUV never used for business purposes.  At one time something over 6000 lbs was probably a double wheel crew cab pretty much…

I was ready to nice price this despite the "clone" or I guess more appropriate here "tribute" baggage.  The car looks nice from outside, but the rest of it shows a lack of attention to detail to a point where you can't justify the price.  

They still show up at u-pull it lots.  Cheap parts.

I have shopped these for years, and currently have a 924S (narrow body 944), for the longest time rough but running 944s were $3500-4000 cars. They aren’t anymore, nice ones may bring $10,000. Lots of stuff in between.  Prices are generally going up, but they are all over the map. Dealers are asking crazy money for…

Hell no. Reasons already stated, plus factory wheels are painted black too. I guess it is because I remember a time when black wheels meant steelies with no hubcaps, a.k.a my car is cheap and I don’t care, but black wheels are just a hard no, as is the rest of this thing.

Yeah that kind of occured to me as well. I decided not to muddy the waters and n my comment, but the manual wagon thing makes this somewhat of a special case. It will never be like a plain jane early oughts E46 as far as depreciation goes.

Spending a lot of money on a rapidly depreciating expensive to maintain and repair car is not a real good idea.  Nice specs on this BMW longback, but I am out.  Buy your fancy Germans depreciated out or under warranty, the in between land just doesn't make any sense to me. No Dice.

My brother had a 318ti for many years, rust killed it before the mechanicals wore out.  Nice package, but everything has to huge powerful these days, so probably won't see their like again.

Man that interior, decent shape for how old the car is, but the problem is they looked like crap the day they rolled off the showroom floor, and it was all downhill from there.