#COTD

It is by design. Not salacious greed as it often is in the automotive industry, by in this case it is by safety design. In modern designs, i.e. anything in the last ten years, everything is designed to absorb impact and break rather than stay rigid and survive but transmit the shock and full deceleration to that most…

well, less visible damage. The crumple zones are probably comprimised, which means a bunch of structural work, which equals $$$.

With all due respect, it takes a lot less estimated repair to total a Hyundai.

Long-term reliability is, like, the 358th most important thing for S-Class buyers.

But nobody who buys this new will still have it in 5 years. The fools who buy them used get to deal with those issues.

Stable condition after being shot in the leg? I would think thank would make one considerably unstable.

Nope, a Mr. Samuel L Jackson from Pulp Fiction.

Umm, the Mazda 3 was still on a Ford platform...

Lmao more fun than these cars... get your head out of your Puke’s exhaust

You and your 3.5 doors don’t belong.

I wanted to say this, but this is Jalopnik. If it’s not old and/or falling apart, it’s not cool, or so they yell at me.

Easy, this one.

If people could get used to a 4cyl mustang, then a v6 truck should come easily.

Rocket scientist isn’t a job title

Haha, me speculate. I almost bought a mint 1969 Camaro SS that some old woman inexplicably thought was only worth $15k. I considered it, and the thought better of it since I would have ended up keeping it and driving the hell out of it and I could t afford to not flip it of I bought it. Told the woman where to consign…

I thought the 917 didn’t sell. Online website says sale at 3million but it didn’t hit reserve during the auction for a similar amount?

If I knew this individual I would now be driving to his house to slap him silly.

It went viral on facebook. I swear to god.

You’re never safe in a city! Garage or no garage. I had my pristine E30 while living in Philly, where I was lucky enough to have a parking spot and garage at our house but still constantly parked on the street in the city. I was very careful where I parked, but I couldn’t escape an idiot supervisor and his crew from…