Yeah, most of the meets are somewhat respectful of their surroundings. One of the best things about Daikoku PA is it’s nowhere near any residential areas so the loud noises aren’t bothering anyone. The police only intervene when the car park overflows or the noise gets too bothersome. There’s definitely not as much…

Happy Halloween! ♥

Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2015. Only took 11 hours!

Coincidentally, my friend’s Kia Soul will be wearing some stick-on, textured rubber door panels and going as a Cactus!

Reminds me of this...

The local chapter of the SCCA likes to put on a themed season-ender autocross called the Halloweenie. Participants are, of course, encouraged to costume themselves and their vehicles. One of the most memorable was an “LS-Swapped” MR2. The owner had fabricated an adorable 2/3rd’s scale LS from cardboard, complete with…

I will always call or submit an inquiry on an MSRP car over a “call for price” ad.

Incoming shameless plug for Tom’s auto consulting service (and my wagon I suppose)...Tom helped me purchase the above referenced E63 a little over a month ago. Initially, I attempted to do a bunch of the legwork on my own with little to show for it. In comes Tom and not only did he find me nearly the exact wagon I was…

Because it’s a bad business move, the customer is seeing the MSRP first and skipping it because they don’t want to pay MSRP.

Why can’t the dealer post for MSRP then add a submission box for “click here for more savings” or some such? You may argue that it does the same thing, but the customers perceive that “call for price” without any numbers posted, means you aren’t going to be competitive.

On the note of shady dealers, my Mom had the excellent experience of trying to test drive and buy a Alfa Stelvio or Giulia yesterday. Got the whole come on in for price. After she wanted to start discussing price they were trying to tell her the base model doesn’t exist. When she showed him the build sheet off the…

If I see a car that has “call for price” on it, I just don’t bother looking at it any further. To me that is lingo to say either its priced out of what I would willingly pay, or there’s some shady bs going on that I don’t want to deal with.

I think they’re betting on the fact that they’re so good at sales, they think they can just talk you into it. I bet it still works on people like my dad.

I’m from Australia and owned a Falcon Ute, now living in San Diego and driving a Ford F150. The Falcon handled better, that’s about it.

This is a truck for men who sew velcro patches onto their underwear so they can add tactical accessories.

Based on the bumper, this appears to be based on a F-150 XL, which comes with a shitty ass plastic grille. Black plastic is preferred for off-roading.

Part of their new partnership with BMW.

Parking like a dick across 2 slots is part of the manly thing? Even in press shoot they couldn’t resist!

The Yakuza imagine themselves to be the "last Samurai," with a Bushido code and all that that entails. It is rare for gangster violence to involve innocent non-Yakuza persons, and there is, sometimes, a quid pro quo with law enforcement. Yakuza also manage legitimate companies (in past decades, mostly construction),…