That thread Rory started where he told all of us to grow up?  Yeah that’s gone.  LOL

My grandma and uncle worked for Dollar for many years. The answer is that they have their own internal shop for the massive amount of cars they maintain and repair on a daily basis. As such they work with manufacturers to do the recalls in house as quickly as possibly to avoid down time. Imagine you have 150 cars down…

Some OEM’s will authorize large fleets to be able to do their own warranty-grade work (it’s a bit of goodwill to the fleets, as they can claim labour, and reduce downtime).

It still wouldn’t close the recall and would show as open. In some states the vehicle would still be illegal to sell until the recall is officially performed/closed by a dealer. It may be all states, but I’m not sure on that.

Definitely seems strange. Throwing out an idea....Maybe it is faster (read: cheaper) to get the new (used) recall replacement parts from a junker than it is to have the dealer do the work.

Why would a Hertz mechanic be doing recall repairs on Ford (or any brand) cars?

masturbation with a cheese grater....slightly amusing but mostly painful.

Ah - maybe that’s what I was remembering.

I remember going through the BS on base when I was at NAVSTA San Diego - they decided one year that if you wanted base access stickers, you had to get a CA smog check - even if it failed, and even if registered out of state in home of record.

Gotcha - thanks for clarifying.

For some reason I was thinking it had to be same year or newer, as well as an option that was available...but my memory also sucks.

All governments will do this.  Do you think they are going to give up all that tax money gas brings.  Get ready for higher registration and the push for mileage based road taxes.

You both likely have states that use fuel taxes to pay for road maintenance. Whether they do that well or not is a different story. Whether those monies are firewalled or are 100% fungible is another story.

I have to kind of laugh at the comments of “just go to pick a part and get another bed” and “if the engine is toast, just go and get another”

That sounds like the start of a driver’s ed cautionary video.

I love how there is a Cybertruck owners club for something that hasn’t even come out.

I had the doppleganger for this van (only difference was mine was the slushbox) back in the late 90's. There was an intersection near our house that was two lanes merging into one just past the light. We would often find ourselves at the front of the line with a vehicle sitting to the right of us planning to holeshot…

ha ha, yes that is a good metaphor, because i remember riding in taxis and auto-rickshaws in india. except that accidents can and would often happen, often catastrophically.

In a perfect FSD world there will be no stop lights, signs, nothing, just an incredible series of TERRIFYING yet orchestrated near misses...basically like driving in India :)

here’s hoping the slideshows die in 2022

The chyron is amusing:

IDK