It depends on the underlying structure of the car. Your photo seems to show a convertible or removable sunroof area, so that car would have been designed to handle crash loads differently. But the Honda in the case was designed for the roof panel to stiffen the upper frame, which was integral to handling the load of a…

Wow, “The defense also argued that Honda’s instructions to weld the roof don’t explicitly prohibit bonding the panel, and bonding was a better repair anyway. In fact, John Eagle Collision’s counsel argued that the shop was ahead of its time in bonding the roof, suggesting that OEMs like Honda would eventually require…

It looks like the shop wasn’t using the recommended method in the service manual. See the excerpts from the service manual linked in the second suit against State Farm: http://www.repairerdrivennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/seebachan-v-state-farm-20170802-complaint-redacted.pdf

For $47mill, I would pay IHHS to crash one OEM welded and one chemically bonded roof and see if there is any determinable difference. I would really really like to see the results.

That ad is like playing Craigslist Photography Bingo:

But there’s a green arrow right there telling you it’s a good deal. Has a green arrow ever led you astray before?

Note this is a gift for his girlfriend, not wife. A gift to a girlfriend comes from your bank account and becomes hers.* A gift to your wife comes from a joint bank account and becomes both of yours, kinda. So when you buy something for a girlfriend, you don’t get the same “Why did you spend our money on this?!?”…

My wife was like that. I once gave her 1000 and told her to go shopping. For herself! She never spent money on herself. When she came home from shopping that day, she had bought two things for herself (maybe 30 bucks worth) and spent the rest on the kids. I knew that was going to happen because it was getting close to…

Was driving a 2005 Mini Cooper S JCW and wife had a (really nicely tuned) Integra GSR, she got pregnant and began fretting about cars. I secretly took the day off work without telling her and traded the Mini in on a 2012 STI for her (she was going to stay home with the baby so figured that I could drive the Integra…

Hell, with a story like that I’d propose to you.

A friend of mine pointed out that by paying cash it also means tying up money which won’t be earning more money elsewhere. But then again he’s a very successful investment banker who’s made several millionaires (and is one himself) and I’m not.

I framed it as, “you’re paying $xxxx per year to alleviate your discomfort.”

I’d be lucky to just get a kick in the nuts.

Why sleep on the couch when sleeping in the AMG GT would be far more comfortable?

Buys cars sight unseen.

There are certainly some cars that were just not fully baked from the factory. This car’s transmission, early BMW twin-turbo Direct Injection motors, Honda V6 transmissions... The good makers figure out thier issues, the bad/tiny Italian ones don’t. Maintenance doesn’t help much with these, you need good karma and…

Prius drivetrain swap.

Don’t hit me. You know you are now fascinated to see how that will work out!

Yes, you are.

Yes, you are!

Liar.

“Italian money toilet”

I’ll help you with a first draft:

This is true.