This is a car that has no market value, so if it’s in good shape with good tires, it will command the minimum price for a working vehicle that is still in good shape : $1,500

So BMW gave Toyota to the Supra and Toyota gave BMW the Lexus grill’s designer?

Move to a state with no front plate.

Again, it could be worse.

The factory pic in the article shows how much is open. The middle part, that likely covers the actual bumper, is blocked off. 

I think they’re also ignoring the possibility of cars “talking” with one another. Humans are unpredictable, I don’t know what the guy the next lane over is planning on doing 10 seconds from now (he probably doesn’t either because most drivers don’t plan ahead at all) and that could cause a collision.

This is probably the correct answer.  Tires were bald/weathered/etc and they were like, “I’ll put some tires on it to sweeten the deal, but I’m not putting a lot of money into something I’m getting rid of anyway.”  And now they can advertise “New Tires!” and people who don’t know or care will swoon.

“These tires are rated for 300.”

I didn’t say you shouldn’t. I said what the best case was.

1st gear: if self-driving cars eliminated 1/3 of fatalities, that would be about 13,000 lives saved per year in the US. That would be a truly wonderful thing.

I’m not necessarily indicting the data, because I do think self driving cars will still be safer enough to be worth pushing (if done properly). But let’s be clear about one thing here. The IIHS is not an independent source. They owe their funding and allegiance to insurance companies. They’re basically an insurance ind…

So then you instantly knock $1,200 off the price so the new owner can get real tires right away.

you don’t know if the seller is that type of luxury owner who isn’t into car knowledge (he probably bought new and drove a Jag for decades after all). Maybe his garage just sold him that tires and made good money ... because they know their customer just doesn’t know.

Westlake Tires = Instant CP, as it shows that if the owner was that cheap on something that critical, they probably cheaped out everywhere else.

That’s nothing. Some COLLEGE police departments have their own BearCats

Not only is the population 70,000, but it’s a bedroom community for Silicon Valley/San Francisco, so it’s a wealthy 70,000.

I wonder how often a police department for a city with a population of 70,000 actually needs a Lenco BearCat.

Perhaps the grille is meant for coupling to other 4-series for longer journeys.

It’s telling that all of their promo photos include a license plate. I’m sure if you asked them they’d say it’s because a plate is required, but I think it’s because visually it breaks up the grilles and looks like a more standard front end design.  Remove the license plate and those grilles look like a huge pig nose.…

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