Being barely over 600 kg, it had about the same power to weight ratio as a mid 2000’s entry level VW Polo.

Reminds me of my 1979 Scout II. It was a “three coater” - put my coat back on and headed for the door. Each time I came back I added another accessory. Got a roof rack, sports steering wheel, and something else I forget for nada. Finally the sales manager said “Give him what he wants and get him out of here.” One of…

That stuff came AFTER they had dropped the price twice already. I saw that the car was on the lot for a few weeks and thought it was weird. I used that to my aevantage and had the price dropped twice over two seperate visits and discussions with the dealer. What I also forgot to mention was they wanted $1000 down and…

Didint someone die on a bridge during Iron Man or one of those marvel hero films, just a few years ago?

kind of a shitty logical fallacy you’re making. life is dangerous. i can make a logical fallacy too!!! farmers need to stop farming because of how dangerous their job is. nothing is worth the life of a person. NOTHING!!

Ah, you had me at “free tire storage.” Seriously, my garage is primarily inhabited by wheels and tires...and one of the extra bedrooms.

The best “free” stuff you can get is once you reach the finance part of the deal. Whatever they come back with just say no. I wanted my Charger, there was no doubt about that. I didnt let them know how much I wanted it however. They REALLY wanted it gone.

but I fear that’s not him taking our advice on how to make the column better but rather a by product of his knowledge of this particular generation of Mercedes.

Well said. Tavarish will maintain till his dying breath that his column isn’t actually an advice column, but rather an information column. But I think I mentioned it on that same Aston martin topic (I’m actually looking at Vantages so it was relevant to me) that unless these topics are worded differently in basically…

I just think the problem is that the comparison is worded as if someone was buying a “boring-ass econobox” should consider this instead. They really shouldn’t.

Somebody photoshopped in some torque.

Got that right!

The last thing the world needed was another company’s version of the Vue.

Cadillac’s version of the Saturn Vue.

And it’s motherfugly, too.

I was with you until the last statement. In what universe does that abomination look good?

That front end looks wretched.

You should be careful using the word “unethical”. It is a heavy word.