That’s the key - don’t make any false promises. No express warranty obviously (unless you want to honor it for some reason). Will a “needs nothing -this car will perform perfectly for years to come” statement end in a civil suit on a $3000 beater? Almost certainly not. But on a 5 figure car, it might. And while you…

It still seems high, though. The big thing that sticks out to me is the range.

“hey, you know how we had fun with the New Beetle interior, and how fantastic of a job Fiat has done with the retro and cheerful interiors on the 500s? Don’t you fucking dare do any of that shit” - some design executive to his interior team, apparently.

I wanted to say ND, and the mileage is there to back that up....

Oh god. Don’t give them any ideas. 

I though “tickover” was synonymous with “turnover”, as in when you’re starting the car. But I may be wrong.

That was my thought. The list of things it needs is pretty long, but a lot of that is replacing aged parts. It’s more than you’d want to spend if you wanted a bigger project (like a full restomod) but if you just want an old wagon to cruise and tinker, it looks like a decent candidate.

What I would give for it to end like, idk, a Southpark episode or something, where after he wins the election he gets on stage and in a totally normal (as in, not a senile 4 year old telling a story about what they did in daycare today) speaking cadence announces that this whole thing was just a test and 48% (because…

So a bit high in my estimate. Of course there’s the secondary question of components being imported for US assembly and how those would be taxed. That could have some wacky implications - “hey, we can basically build this F-150 just like before but the cost of the wire harness went from $500 to 10 grand”

If we’re taking stabs at what would happen in this hypothetical schenario, here’s mine.

Good point - derestriction of autonomous taxis would open the doors for a LOT of well established companies with (relatively) well established products to flood the market. 

I’ve added the parts I expect to see under the hood for that asking price (in addition to a manual transmission):

“Built to survive stranded for 2 months” is essentially my body type. My ancestors did a fantastic job tailoring our lineage to survive food scarcity and tough times. My body is so fucking efficient at packing away every stray calorie for a rainy day that basically an apocalyptic event is my only shot at a six-pack.…

Yeah, I’m not sure how the reasoning isn’t directed the other way. The 4-door is worse off road and more a flex than a useful vehicle. IF you must have a wrangler and you must have easy back seat access, ok go for it. But if you want a convertible with some off-road chops then get the 2-door wrangler. Otherwise get a…

I guess for me it depends on how I’m using the car. I’ve dealt with broken AC on a few vehicles. In the Ram Promaster van/camper, on long 75mph highway runs, it fucking sucked. In my old Merc, I didn’t mind the commute on even the hottest days because having the windows down for the 10 minute 50-60mph highway run was…

On the flip side, I have a friend that picked up a used, slightly lifted Gladiator with blacked out 22" wheels from her dad’s dealership - I was a hater until I found out it was stick - and when Jeep bros talk to her about it she likes to say how she thinks “it’s just such a cute little truck”. She’s very ready for…

We recently got an AWD EVquinox for $272, and that’s a lot more car. And NY doesn’t even have great incentives compared to many other states. And there were cheaper deals out there if you qualify for all the discounts (like having an EV in the household already. Really GM?). I think the 500e would be a great little…

I agree that there’s a difficult line to draw on safety - a broken turn signal? well no one with a BMW uses one anyway, so just mail the fix-it ticket. A single broken brake light? not sure. 2 brake lights out? definitely a safety issue.

A lot of denials from the dealer that fucked up. I don’t know if this is a reoccurring issue or not, but it seems like if the dealer had offered to correct the problem properly for the customer we wouldn’t be hearing about it. So I’m going to go ahead and believe that a dealer in Texas has been playing fast and loose…

I thought you were going to say “none of them, because people don’t actually want advice they just want you to confirm what they already were going to get”.