If you are ever near Buffalo NY you should check out the Pierce Arrow museum. While most of the cars are Pierce Arrow they have some other oddities from defunct manufacturers and a cool collection of early 1900's electrics.

That actually sounds pretty entertaining. I would love to read about an cross country vespa trip. Yes it is not the indented use, but still an adventure.

I personally prefer the separation, but I am coming at this as a tax specialist perspective more than a consumer. In Ontario it normally gets debated every 8 years or so. As we move to a more electronic payment society the lobbies to present items as tax included have weakened. I think with the increased internet…

I think paying taxes is necessary and good but believe any funds taken should be extremely transparent. For that reason I agree with separating it from the purchase price. The “I pay your salary” mentality is annoying but it helps ensure we hold governments to a higher standard.

In Canada there are law groups who demand transparency on taxation. That is the source of the laws where we don’t include tax on the price. It isn’t just marketers trying to get a lower advertised price.

Trucks are also a bit cheaper in Canada at a base level. However the mid trim up are usually cheaper in the USA. Luxury cars (Lexus, Audi and such) are usually less in the USA. In all this is is hard to know what the actual “out the door” price is.

Of the 8 local dealers I have dealt with Nissan is definitely the best. When there was a minor confusion with the sale the sales team honored a verbal agreement with no fuss. The service department was quick and well managed, everyone was friendly and the prices were very competitive. I don’t know if I would buy…

If my high school experience is typical, anyone with a manual car will be requested by all their friends to teach them how to drive manual. This might have the opposite effect you are going for.

One factor to consider is how long a life the tooling was designed for. There comes a point where the quality can drop because of aging machinery.  

I suppose that makes sense, I hadn’t really thought about stretching out gas station stops.  When considering when to fuel I usually think I get almost 400 miles per tank and fraction that off against the fuel gage. Regional reasons could be a factor too. I rarely drive more than 40 miles from a gas station so running…

I really don’t get the popularity of miles per gallon. When thinking of fuel economy use distance is usually the figure that is known. It is easier math to have it in the denominator position. Others might disagree but I find it easier to multiply than divide.

Don’t laugh at the bed liner. I’ve used vehicles with those bed rugs before. My tradesman brother has one. They are actually extremely durable, keep things from sliding around and is a bit cushioned for your knees and cargo.  I get it sounds weird but it is properly tough for many truck users.   

6 years ago I might have bought a Volt if I could have test driven one. GM is prominent in my city because of old factories and the dealerships are large. They would order me a Volt but didn’t want to keep one on hand because there were too many “tire kickers” who just wanted to take a look. To me that sounded like a…

A nice mix of Japanese and American in an extremely practical package.

7 Years, 4.75%, $452/month works out to a purchase price of $32,300. Miata’s currently base at $33,000. Pricing makes sense even if the debt levels are inducing anxiety to everyone reading about it..

I had one that said “I am always recommending **** Ford to my friends and colleagues”

Regarding McLaren’s certified program. Wouldn’t an increase suggest more McLaren owners are trading in relatively new vehicles? That seems like bad news for an exclusive brand. Are people giving up their “investments” or are there normally this many people who daily exotic cars and trade them in every two years.

Throw in a few Topaz articles too and your hired!

I was wondering if Canada had different laws for passenger mirrors. I remember this era of vehicle but don’t ever remember seeing a car that was missing a side mirror. I mean I see one occasionally but there is usually tape over where the mirror use to be.

In that case I don’t think there are any additional taxes included in the American prices the original poster listed compared to the Canadian prices. They both exclude any state or federal taxes applied at a sales level. They would both include any income taxes at a corporate level.