“What’s the first thing you think of when I say Chevy?”

Its a 2009-2013 Suzuki Grand Vitara dash

Nothing good ever happens when the Eagles come to town.

And I’m just sitting here, reading another Torch mystery, sad to think that this would have been even more awesome had Max Hardigrew been the one to solve this international caper...

“Well there’s the normal one, the athletic one, and the one that is kind of like a shelf. Then there’s Dan. Man has got no ass. None. I’m not sure what to report for him.”

Wow, that was much more interesting than I had expected. Great article.

We need more Torch on Tour articles. Every time you go out of the country or simply away from home, we get something awesome.

When my lease what 3 months from expiring, I got a call from Ford. They said they wanted to meet me to check if they could work a deal on a new car while trading my lease in early. I hadn’t decided if I was keeping the car or getting a new one so I figured why not.

There was this one time when our car salesman turned out to be a murderer.

My story isn’t really similar, but it does involve a venza. My grandparents were lifelong Cadillac people. They bought a Cadillac when they got married, and bought several more throughout cadillac’s shit era (they were oblivious to caddy being shit, but so were most old people). They wanted a crossover, so they went…

Ha! Had the same once. Local dealer started doing the “no haggle pricing”. I was buying a ‘13 Prius C (commute saver!) Local dealer tells me they’ll match anyone, but really it’s no haggle cuz they only make like $50, so no one will beat them. I find a dealer online selling the exact model/options color 3k…

Wife was looking for a Venza and found an excellent price on one, how she wanted it equipped at a Carmax in DC (They sell new Toyotas too). We went to the local dealer/salesman to give them a shot of matching the price, since we ate up their time test driving and poking around. After arguing for 15 minutes that it was…

When looking last year, when I eventually got my Mustang, I kicked the tires on a Honda Accord Hybrid, one of the last 2015 Hybrids on the lot. Now I know, “Who cross shops a Mustang and an Accord Hybrid?”. Well, the answer is that it was something of an olive branch to my wife: “Honey, I would really prefer a coupe…

2013 Focus ST. Had numerous issues with it and wrestled with the dealer and FoA for quite some time. Eventually I got an extended warranty from Ford for my troubles, so I was good until 75k miles.

Dealership employee of nearly 10 years here. I spent 6 years on the sales floor and now I work in operations.

This one isn’t too bad, and it has a happy ending, but when the Dodge Caliber first came out my mom was in the market for a car and thought it looked kinda cool, and would be practical. We hadn’t really seen one yet, so her and I head over to the dealer (I was 16 at the time) to take a look.

so I JUUUUST got done with the hell of buying a car and among MANY of my bad experiences this stood out.

Same thing for me had 40K to spend on a new car I went to the audi dealership in Boise Idaho in my minivan after work. the salesman came up to me and when I asked about this new S4. he looked me right in my ocular sockets and said “I have a good used A6 up front”. when I asked about the interior of the S4 hinting i…

I’ve had two. They were pretty minor.

Yes, this was a learning experience on multiple levels. With that out of the way: