Make sure your friend has their Poker Face on when you guys try it

The Cheat Sheet points out that former Costco employees say the receipt-checkers are actually there to spot cashier errors, not shoplifting.

Tom, your articles are always informative based on your ongoing experience in the business, and having you here is a real asset to Jalopnik (a win-win). Thanks.

Tom you either talk to so many dealerships that you inevitably find the bad ones, or you’re just really good at finding the bad ones. I sell Fords and we are the only approved Ford Performance and Roush dealer in the area so we get specialized shopppers all the time. If someone asks about an independent PPI, I offer…

Modern tyres may be better, but modern advertising posters not so much.

Who?

Small car, biggest motor.

“helping a company you believe in” and “performing free work for a company because they need more sales staff but don’t want to hire them” are very different.

Right on man, I hate that attitude too. Apropos to your point, I spotted this car on the road this afternoon, and low and behold, it pulled into the same parking lot as us.

That Porsche

Typical gauche predilections of the nouveau riche.

That’s just putting safe driving over pure component wear. Which is not a bad tradeoff at all. Your dad was right, from the perspective of good driving.

Huh. I thought you were never supposed to let your car coast to a stop, and always keep it in gear, even if the clutch is disengaged the whole time. My dad told me it was so I could use the throttle at all times to get out of a sticky situation, if I needed to. This guy probably knows more on the subject than my dad…

Wouldn’t a solid gold Beetle weigh thousands of pounds and drive crummy? Or is it just for show?

Lighten up, Francis.

First things first, this guy is an asshole.

“End of story”

Love that scene! Guy should have gotten an award for the best exposition ever done.

The little guy was kinda funny-lookin’...

I’d just like to point out that this is the entire dealership subplot of Fargo.