Well, some of those temporarily exempt items are of the welded closed cannot-easily-be-removed type, so there’s that too.

The champ also went on to describe a piece of jewelry that wasn’t visible. “[O]ne I can’t really explain where it is–but it’s platinum, so it’s not magnetic. It’s never been a safety issue in the past. In 16 years, I’ve had so many MRI scans and not had to take out the platinum.”

They said he didn’t know how to drive a manual-transmission car, not that he didn’t know how to drive at all.

So crazy. We couldn’t get a license fast enough.

“...he...did not know how to drive a manual-transmission vehicle.”

Why does a 19 y/o who works at an *auto dealership* not know how to drive? There are surely times when he might need to be actually driving on public streets. Say, for instance, someone needs him to run out to pick up a part or even just grab lunch for everyone. Possessing a valid driver’s license seems like it should…

It’s almost like the law was designed this way by... wealthy corporate donors?

Nah, couldn’t be. 

...it’s almost as if we live in a nation with precious little respect or protection for regular working people!

I maybe get the not being able to sue a co-worker, but seems like not being able to sue your employer for damages is suspect, and leaves employees unprotected

How are the banks dealing with DFRP these days with “market adjustments” being applied all over? Don’t they have policies about not lending for more than a vehicle is worth?

Everyone is focused on it being the trade in value. No one mentioned that the dealer has been sitting on this car for 1/3 of its life. Seriously, 14 months of holding a car in this market? There's no fucking way that car is real. 

During the period when GM was on taxpayer funded life support, the local papers were still offering $10,000 discounts on new GM trucks.

In Canada one of our largest retailers is Canadian Tire. They sell everything, kind of like a cross between Walmart and Home Depot but with auto service and parts as well.

Worked for me once as well. Years ago (Around 2008 or so) I was eyeballing a Used Ford Focus as a cheap, reliable commuter car for work. I went into a Used Dealer who had a nice looking hatchback out front. Looked it over, test drove it, and then talked numbers. The price they wanted was way too high. (Knowing that I…

“Dealers also generally inspect every used car to make sure it’s road worthy, replace tires, brakes, etc. They generally don’t need or want the hassle of you coming back with a problem so they fix what needs fixing.”

Thanks. When I saw him post the trade-in value i sighed loudly.... what kind of shody writing is this... my goodness. How does someone get a job writing for a car site who does not understand the basics of what a dealer will give you vs what they will sell it for. They don’t buy used cars to NOT make a profit on them. …

A couple months ago online, I found a used 2021 Tacoma with only 5k miles and a “NO HASSLE PRICE” of $37k. Seemed a little weird that the Carfax showed they’d had it for nearly five months. I confirmed the price three times via email, phone, and in person during the test drive, as well as confirmed total price with…

I mean, the big 3 listed cars like this for years. When I sold GMC trucks in 2019, you couldn’t buy a truck without at least $5,000-$10,000 off of the “MSRP” that GM would provide. Those numbers were just pulled out of their ass to make it seem like people were all getting “HUGE DISCOUNTS” on the actual sale price.…

“Security of buying from a dealer”

Why wouldn’t you make a reasonable offer? As I have said before, a seller can *always* lower their price, but they can’t RAISE it after an agreement is made, and sometimes they do get a sucker who will just pay the asking price because they are too chickenshit to negotiate. I’ve bought cars very well that were…