Haha, eh? Never heard this argument before. Do you consider 18 wheelers 10 wheelers as well?

Ahhh, that was an extended part warranty though, not a TSB IIRC. There could have been an associated TSB, but that's kind of outlier. Yeah, companies are hit and miss about notifying for those. For my current vehicles I've gotten a couple extended parts warranty notifications from Ford but nothing from VW even though…

Skimmed the paper and I don’t buy the numbers. They didn’t look at actual increases in speed limits, but just increases in the max limit by state and assumed that all roads limits rose similarly. That’s a poor assumption, just because Texas went from 65-85 max speed in the time period does not mean that all of the 40…

If he lives in California they're probably oil fly maggots.

BMW notifies owners of TSBs? Are you sure? I've never heard of any manufacturer doing that. Hell, normally if a TSB exists it's still difficult to get them to admit it even if you're holding a hard copy in your hand. Recalls, sure, they all attempt to notify (some do it better than others) but I'd be fairly shocked if…

Maybe, maybe not. That gets really complicated quickly. Depends on how much control Tesla contracts down to them. They could control all the way down to the material standards and work instructions or they could have that open and just define a general top level spec. Good supplier management would have that control…

Right, it’s a vagary, but typically an OEM is responsible. You won’t hear the ‘GM Ignition Switch’ recall called the ‘Delphi iginition switch’ recall or the ‘VW emissions scandal’ called the ‘Bosch emissions scandal’ because 99% of the time the buck stops with the systems integrator. They’re responsible for selecting…

That’s a class problem across different use cases. Different story. If this were a standard recliner used across multiple portfolios for different OEM partners where the supplier lied about its internal testing to both the OEMs and regulators then you have a Takata like example.

The recliner, which is provided to us by an outside supplier

I’m assuming they worded it this way to try to make themselves look better, but it comes across as a cop-out for crappy supply chain management. No one gives a shit if it's fabbed in house...it's in your end product.

Windows and coats.

Insurance here covers it in the vast majority of cases. Occasionally with low insurance or extreme negligence you’ll get suits to recoup from the estate a value beyond whatever the automobile insurance max limit was. This only occurs when the negligent party is rich because the average Joe’s estate will normally not…

I always found the Willie and Merle combo charming. High times Willie and ain’t takin no trips on LSD Merle were such opposites in message yet got along and performed so well together.

That's a lesson, children, as we roll through this election season. You can disagree with folks without the other person being evil or…

Favorite track that's not on the MotoGP circuit?

Have they never seen the word “bumper” in print?

Around 15% of the US is functionally illiterate. In a weird coincidence they make up 92.3% of YouTube commenters.

It’s to draw folks in. Catch a glimpse of animal action outside the gates to entice you to pay admission.

I see your plan Houston Zoo. Not fooling me.

I don't really watch that market but last time I looked 4Runners from that era in this kind of condition were pulling that kind of price. I imagine the trucks are similar so NP.

No, it does not. The built in codecs have different licensing schemes, the path to market has different numbers of distributors/resellers/etc, and a biggie - UK end prices have VAT built in. Will they extract more out of a market that will pay more? Sure, no argument. Can you currency compare the MSRP and determine…

Right, I mentioned in the first post that the resale price maintenance model was not a good one for the general automotive market, especially when the price changes are lethargic (or annual in the case of Scion). It’s one of the reasons that the no haggle models attempted at Saturn and Scion failed (though not the…

No time to go point-point with all your arguments, but I understand them. In general I agree with your positions on some advantages that haggling provides, but do not agree that an adversarial system is exclusive in its ability to set fair retail prices and some of the others have different advantages at POS.

One…

Comparing a consumer haggling to a Procurement or HR specialist haggling is exactly why it’s an issue. Corporations pay well for employees whose sole job is to monitor markets, understand internal limits, and negotiate for the best possible deal. Consumers 1) don’t have time for that; 2) generally don’t have the…