Absolutely on point! I don’t want to just see a blow up engine (interesting enough on its own), but I want the story, and Tracy always takes that deep dive. 

No lie. I like it. But no manual? Boooooorrrrrring.

Please understand, I only do this with vintage cast iron that I want to take to the bare metal before seasoning. Vintage is great, and it’s relatively cheap and easy to find if you look for the deals.

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I know you’re being sarcastic but I have to say some manufacturers do better. I bought two Subarus, new off the lot over the past 5 years, because of how I was treated and how the manufacturer followed up.

Yup, I think that was in the TAL episode too. They were just interested in getting to the deadline of the next month. They’d worry about chargebacks and getting to the next month later, later, later.

I asked my friend Tony (that’s right, Tony the Car Salesman) what the sign meant. He said it meant when they tell you they’re just looking, it’s a lie. When they tell you they can’t afford an extra $50 a month, it’s a lie. When they tell you anything, the only thing that matters is to get them to sign on the line that…

I had a friend who worked at a car dealership a few years ago. He didn’t work there long, but he told me about a sign they had printed up and posted in the lounge for the salespeople:

This American Life did an episode about the numbers games that dealerships and sales people play with manufacturers. They don’t really care if the car comes back either. Sometimes they just need those quotas up enough to qualify for the bonuses and manufacturer incentives. If the car comes back, the numbers still get…

Daaaaaamn, Lawrence. What a story. Wow. That’s crazy.

You have no idea. PK here.

Of course, not anyone on Jalopnik ever!

This is a seriously good point. If you’d let them walk, then followed up with them in a day or two, you might have gotten a sale. At least you’d have treated them like human (I know it was your SM and not you) and calling back would have showed you cared about the customer relationship regardless.

Publishing Nesset’s work side-by-side with that of Justin Rovillos Monson, a PEN America writing for justice fellow who is currently serving 13-40 years for armed robbery attempting to examine both his punishment and his crime through poetry, with no context actually does the opposite of “bearing in mind biases,”…

Even the owner decided it would cost more than the car was worth to repair it.

Doubtful. This is Nintendo’s way. This isn’t a surprise, and I’d be surprised if all of this had not been stipulated and agreed to from Day 1. Keep it under wraps or we walk.

Google has done this repeatedly over the years. Anyone remember The Google Wave that was going to change workflow and publishing? Probably not. But this is their model, and some things don’t work out. They stab stuff in the heart really fast, which is probably to their credit.

Right! Which is why I was highly delighted when this red beastie drove up at a rest area I was at in South Carolina today. I mean when you gotta go you gotta go, so I’m not doubting this driver’s intent, but even I didn’t park my WRX by any other cars. The car had North Carolina tags too.