The good thing is, they aren’t paying rent, what with living in mom’s basement and all. 

No way. I love the sound of a V10 more than almost any other automotive noise. But the previous owner non-op’d it. Which for a car like this, is a big red flag.

This won’t sell like hotcakes because they’ll price it at $65, and then dealers will add their markup, because that’s what they do.

Chevy Cruze. An uninspired transportation unit built to the lowest possible quality standards. Major reliability problems (with the 1.4L turbo especially) make it essentially disposable.

Who the hell is buying this?

It’s mediocre/compromised as a minivan and EV in every way. Has a fun-ish design that could have been better, but VW chickened out. And it’s $70K?

Don’t grow up to be an editor. You’ll never get a job.

What was your workaround? I’ve been shut out for months.

I live in El Cajon. Believe me, you don’t want a car from a BHPH lot in this city.

state and local officials have been trying to get tougher on dealing with the problem.

Happened to me a couple of months ago.  No idea why.  Seems you’ve recovered at least.

I’m sure that once they take the wraps off, it will be a good-looking vehicle, but nobody is going to buy this to truly go off-roading. The limited wheel travel, and lack of low range are non-starters.  

Trapped in his CT

The Element is going away?  :-(

“I know what I have”

That would likely end with the same result as squeezing blood from the proverbial turnip.

This stinks and the driver should be hit for the cost of the repairs too. But it was a replica bridge build in 1970, so not exactly historic.

So he’s using Elmo’s social media platform to bitch about Elmo’s truck?  Good thing Elmo does not hold personal grudges.

I like where you’re going, but it implies the owner might get the thing back.  How about impounded and sold for scrap, or crushed?

Probably not. Which should be the giantest of all giant red flags.  There are too many people/organizations who will not think twice about ripping us off.  If something smells fishy, it probably is, and we have to move on.