If he really wanted to get rid of them, I bet Vanderbrink Auctions - the guys who did the auction a few years ago for the Chevy dealer and who are doing the auction that was posted a few days ago for the Minnesota farmer estate - would have been happy to do them.

They probably would have gotten top of the market value…

That’s literally less than my quarterly sales for my eBay side hustle. 

The Land Cruiser appeals to a very small group of very wealthy “old money” types who want to show that they are old money types, but only to other old money types. It occupies the space that the Grand Wagoneer did in the 80's. Most people look at it and go “that’s a funny looking Highlander” but a small group of…

I suspect part of Ferrari’s decision to do this has to do with the fact that they’ve licensed their brand to Puma for a line of sneakers. So there is more of a chance of someone actually confusing this guy’s sneakers with a product they actually sell than putting a VW Thing or Grand Wagoneer in the background of a…

Obviously different states have different laws, but mine (MD) specifically states that you are not liable if you reasonably believed the person was 21 or older.

“Notes: In Maryland, a licensee or employee of the licensee may not be found guilty of underage furnishing if the person establishes to the satisfaction of…

“I was presented with an ID that appeared to be valid” is a defense against being charged with serving a minor.   And I’ve never heard of a sting where they present a really good looking fake - in my area, they send in police cadets who are underage and don’t have any ID.   They want to be able to go to the liquor…

“Get licensed as a dealer” is not always very simple.  It’s going to depend on the state, but in my state it requires a physical lot that meets certain criteria, plus having regular posted operating hours.    It’s basically designed to make it hard to become a car dealer to limit competition for the big guys (who tend…

I used to think that, until I had a beater minivan that I put 2 new tires on so it would pass inspection. It proceeded to throw a rod about 12k miles later, at which point I donated it and I’m sure it was auctioned to a junkyard with a couple of tires with most of their life ahead of them. 

I’m also guessing that at least some of the design is influenced by things like safety and fuel economy standards. 

“I have found that, for example, owner’s manuals for 1998 Mitsubishi Monteros are annoyingly hard to find and often expensive”

Looks like I have a new side hustle.

They sell like half a million Ram pickups a year.  I think that’s pretty profitable.  Especially if you spring for the goofy stitched leather that Torch hates so much. 

Other way around, actually.  They killed the Ram C/V after 2015 in favor of the Promaster City. 

“Voyager, which was used by both Plymouth and Chrysler back in the day, from 1988 to 2016.”

The other 32.7% probability is that it’s David Tracy, driving something he found by sorting Craigslist by Rusty-high. 

I used to occasionally give rides to a couple of the college students who worked for me when I had my ‘06 Ranger.  It evidently took one of them several rides to even realize that there were seats back there. 

The CarFax on the dealer’s site shows it as being delivered to the dealer (in Indiana) in February and being sold in October, so a similar scenario seems likely here.

Not exactly sure what they were thinking, I can’t imagine there are a lot of taxi companies buying cars off the lot in Indiana.  Maybe it was a custom…

Two if you count Fishers, which is basically a suburb of Indianapolis. Although it appears to be a pizza/bar.

So you could knock yourself out and forget about how bad your car was. 

I have a small side business selling on eBay. Even though people who buy stuff off of eBay may think they are eBay customers, they aren’t. I am, because I’m paying eBay fees for selling on there. eBay does do some stuff to encourage people to buy stuff on eBay - run ads, do SEO stuff - but they are doing it because…

Even better, find an Infiniti QX-4.
I have a soft spot for poorly badge engineered vehicles.