How? I lived on a farm.

I gotta say crack pipe. But before you crucify me, I'd like some final words. The NSX is one of the cars that I absolutely adore. That being said, there are many better deals out there. Many people that want to sell their NSX (and take such good care of their baby) do not use the same sites such as Autotrader…

I probably should have said this from the beginning. But yeah, it is stupid of this dealership to sue the guy. Suing a customer is probably the most bone-headed thing out of this whole debacle.

This situation requires the voice from the other side here. Many people that do not know how things play out nowadays could just be ill-informed. As I have said in other threads, I hate shady dealers. But this situation is not as cut and dry as people think.

I said the following in another comment.

Watching the cam footage, I do have some questions. When the footage starts, there are many interior components already removed and on the dash. The point where the techs start in the footage make me believe they had already done a lot of diag already. Maybe this is creative editing. Maybe it is not.

OK, I gotta chime through. For many years I worked at a dealership specializing in crazy ass weird concerns that no one else wanted to even think about. First things first, the troubleshooting that comes with ANYTHING electrical are extensive. I mean really extensive. Sometimes 30+ pages extensive. It starts with…

A buddy of mine had an old Merc oil burner. His family loved their older Merc cars. When he turned 16, they had given him a 240d after he passed his licensing test. I used to joke to him that the thing would "Get passed by a school bus. Loaded with kids. Whilst going uphill." He agreed. It happened to him once.

When I worked at a dealer as the used car tech, we brought in a stunning ES with a stick. I wanted to buy it until I inspected it. The poor thing had a sludged engine. Pity.

Guide to changing oil on a Renault Twingo.

1. Remove engine.....

Having everyone have access to TSB's will be a nightmare for dealers. When I worked for Acura, we would get people that would bring in TSB's and demand that they have them done on their car. Now, important safety ones we would take care of our customers. The vast majority, though, we could not do. There were the…

My wife works as a avionics tech/search and rescue coordinator for the US Coast Guard. She has said vehemently as well as I have that they are not looking wide enough. One of the first things they factor are fuel range/engine range. She knows how far that plane can travel and has been insisting the radius is not…

I also nominated the ZDX for the QOTD. Like you, I love the ZDX. When it first came out I hated it. But we had one as a service loaner at the Acura dealer I worked for. It had the Advance package with blind spot detection, ventilated seats, and forward radar. I needed to take it 400 miles away on a trip. The…

HA! I live in southern Alabama at present. But I have a vocal accent that is a cross between British and Canadian because I am from the Great White North. When I started working at the Acura dealer here in Alabama, I would catch hell from my co-workers for my pronunciation. It took 6 months before they finally…

Dunno if this qualifies, but I would like to nominate the ZDX. I worked for the Acura dealer that sits between Tallahassee and New Orleans on the Gulf Coast. During my tenure, I only ever dealt with 2 of them; 1 of those was our service loaner. Funny thing is, I like this vehicle. I flip-flopped on liking this…

Actually, almost every electronic throttle control defaults to a high idle setting. The system has 2 failsafes: triple monitoring on the pedal position sensor, and dual mode throttle modulation. It has to force the throttle closed when needed and open past the default point. In my 12 years as a tech with DBW, I…

I have a 2005 Honda Accord with a V6 and a 6-speed manual that is lovingly referred to as the "Bucket".

My other car is a 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD also with a 6-speed manual that is lovingly referred as the "Beast".

Bonus points to those who can remember where the Bucket and Beast came from.

In New Jersey, it is against the law to idle a vehicle. Yes, if you go to a Wawa in the stark cold of winter and your wife goes inside to get a cup of hot coffee, you cannot idle your vehicle and keep the heat on. Or, in contrast, keep the AC on when it is 100 degrees in the middle of July. New Jersey is strange.

I have mentioned this in a previous comment about the cars I have owned, but I will state it again:

*mules