3rd Ughhhhhh Chevy commercials. Theyre so ridiculous, poking and prodding “real life people” to say something stupid. “That Impala looks like a BMW!” “I can’t watch Minions 3D in a Corolla lacking wifi!” “Boys who drive trucks are hotter than ones who drive mopeds!” “FUCKING BEARS GUYS, flip your STEEL truck and hide…

I hate that Chevy is using the “hurr dee durr steel is stronger” argument in advertising, because I fear it will be successful in spite of its fallacy. In other words, how dare Ford introduce pansy aluminum to the world of trucks, real men have steel trucks and steel truck nutz.

Then stop listing manual/auto and start listing “clutch pedal: yes/no”.

I work in online operations for a dealership group and can tell you exactly why (long explanation ahead).

Standard no longer means manual with most cars coming as automatics, that can now be considered the new “standard”.

You left out another HUGE factor in Teslas selling well: peer pressure in affluent circles.

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Sweet baby Jesus it’s the second sign of the apocalypse.

Agree. It’s not like we don’t need the money to fix highway infrastructure. And... you heard it here first... oil prices are going to go up someday.

I’d say yes to the first part, at the current price point. The only thing that makes EVs not an option for me is that for the price difference between an EV or hybrid and a regular car, I could buy gas for 10+ years.

While this has little to do with the post today, I do find this level of data analysis very interesting. Perhaps you should do it and post it to Opposite Lock.

Saw this coming when the airlines started merging with each other.

Do I win something for inspiring the comment?

Wow.

When we had our garage, we would often strenuously advise customers not to leave with various problems, but we never told them they couldn’t. We did call the Department of Transport on a couple of occasions and had them send someone to issue a GV9 Prohibition Notice (meaning the vehicle cannot be driven until it’s…

During my service writer years, when we actually DID get dangerously low brakes (happened from time to time) we gave a stern warning and made sure the declined repair was well documented. Tires, too. We never said we couldn’t let a car leave due to low tire wear, but we did say our state cops would ticket you if your…

Back in my days in a shop. if it was a legitimate issue (IE: The pads were down to metal (or less!). An Honest shop writes up a quote, and if the customer refuses, you simply put on the quote that the brakes were not in a safe condition and the customer was informed that they should not be driving and recommended a…

Miss, on YOUR Car, the brakes are in the engine compartment. We’re gonna have to replace that too to get to the brakes.

I’ve seen a customer try to leave without a tire, when they didn’t have a spare in the car because the dealership I was at charged ‘an obscene amount’ for the tire. And I’ve seen someone with brake rotors(plural) worn through and want to leave. Having been on both sides of this issue, I’m sure there are shops that…

Ask to see them. If you don’t know what they should look like, find someone you trust who does.