Yeah, why bother watching the video and educating yourself? In the video it explains that the teams can spend 50 pounds (not $50k) in a weekend on wheel nuts, not that they cost 50 pounds each.  The only “stupid bullshit” is in your post.

Having spent 25 years in the car business, I’d venture a guess that the “sales manager” didn’t really know the difference and thought that his argument made sense. Most sales managers are just the best salesman on the floor and have no management or business training whatsoever.

Many dealer groups will pull stuff like this in the hope that the consumer is too ignorant to know the difference, and they usually succeed because the consumer is just that. If they get caught, they just claim it was a mistake and fix the problem for the one complaining consumer, but they made lots of money on all…

“How about just picking up a damn rake, broom or electric blower?”

Picking up a damn rake is easy. But for people who pay lawn services, it takes 4-5 times as long to rake up, pick up, and haul away lawn debris. Ask your neighbors if they’re willing to spend 25% more every week for their lawn care, and then get back to…

The part that no one says out loud is that the manufacturer appears to be allowed to set the retail price, even though the manufacturer does not sell at retail. The dealer does.

So, if the manufacturer, for some unknown reason, determines that a $50,000 car should sell for $100,000, that is somehow acceptable. But if…

After having been a certified auto mechanic in my younger years, I now restore my own cars and I can tell you that many “mechanics” are guilty of worse things than these do-it-yourselfers are. From electrical tape-wrapped wire connections to beer cans used as shim stock, car owners are not the only ones who shouldn’t…

So, if there are a bunch of idiots willing to spend $200k on a freaking mass-produced Dodge, why are the dealers so bad for asking that much? Are you going to write the same article on the buyers to then turn around and flip the cars for even more exorbitant amounts afterwards? What about the fact that the…

I suspect you’d sing a different tune if you had been a victim of a drunk driver.

“You can’t legislate technology into existence”. No, but you can use it to motivate the innovation required of it.

“For the record?” You mean the GM that went bankrupt 13 years ago and has re-emerged as one of the largest and most profitable companies on earth? Is that the record to which you refer?

So, I’m grasping that your opinion is negative? Just spit balling here. The only thing you didn’t trash is the color.

Having worked for Volvo for many years, I can assure you that every single P1800 broke it’s speedometer on a regular basis. The Smiths speedo, the cables and the angle drive to the overdrive unit were constant problems. I would never trust the stated mileage on a P1800.

The comment about the “depreciating asset” completely disregards the value of actually owning the car. Like going to work, shopping, picking up the kids, etc.

No, no and no. If you overpaid someone, you wouldn’t “own it”. You’d want it back. Regarding “bad PR”, it will be forgotten in days and no one who wants a Honda is going to buy a VW because of it.

None of those older cars had anti-lock brakes, air bags, fuel injection, power windows and locks, cruise control, 5 mph bumpers or even radios and heaters much less A/C nor the myriad of other technologies available in modern cars.

Oh, thanks for explaining that. So, if I have this right, any time I see a cyclist who doesn’t have the right of way, I can hit them? Good times!

Hey, I’m cooperating here!

So, this qualifies as a “life hack”. Pretty low bar you’ve got there. What’s next, was your dishes with dish soap?

Why do you use the words “rim” and “wheel” interchangeably? You’re an automotive writer. Don’t you know the difference?

I guess your burning desire to sound current and use cliche’d jargon is what led you to use “dropped” in your first sentence? Really, the convoy “dropped”? Do you have any original thoughts? Does anyone actually edit your work?