First day reading Jalopnik?

But did they actually have somebody snapping the ball?

They did the right thing AFTER all the bad press. They’d have been happy to not pay out and just have the story go away.

They went with an insurance policy because accountants don’t like uncertainty. With insurance, what they budget for the event is the same whether the kicks get made or not.

In all levels of football, if the ball is snapped before the clock expires, the kick counts.

“successful kicks from 20, 30 and 40 years” 40 YEARS? Proofreader let go?

I’m not talking about every situation. Just this particular one where it was so damn close, the kid was announced as winning, and the rules were not clearly explained to him.

Even if the insurance company wouldn’t cover it, they should have immediately chosen to take the hit and pay for it out of pocket.

No flak from me. You are correct - these hole in one contests etc are usually backed by specialty insurance companies. Just glad the dealer stepped up, especially considering the field is named after them!

Depends on who you think they were serving. I’m guessing it’s the rest of the citizenry who has to deal with Hill’s reckless driving. Also, remember Hill was involved in an assault at a marina last year.

On one hand I think if he left the window down when they asked him initially the whole thing would’ve gone different. On the other hand they went full on crazy as shit when he didn’t listen. As a cop though when someone has tints and they start rolling the window up you have no idea what they are going to pull.

The funniest, or saddest, parts of the whole video was Hill complaining that he couldn’t bend down or sit down fast because he just had knee surgery. If his knees were really that bad there’s no way he could/would have played in that game or any others for at least a few weeks.

Funny how as-is laws are always met with “you don’t have to buy it” for the suffering customers, but the defense from that auto sales industry is “we have to buy it”. You don’t have to buy that clapped out altima, my friends. If you don’t buy it, you can’t re-sell it. If you do buy it, you still don’t have to sell it…

An idea man! Practical, economical, offering constructive criticism & alternate paths. I like where you’re going with this.

So this dealer knows he has a piece of crap, where the crappiness has been actively camouflaged, and misleads and lies to them, and family who is clearly in a desperate state, and they are 1000(sic)% at fault? The professional with insider information who chose to lie has zero blame in this?

Eh, perhaps. But, who knows, this person may be insured to the point where that would be a favorable outcome.

Isnt it some sort of federal law to illegally sell a vehicle that wouldnt pass safety inspections (if your state does it that is)?

Ranko has a nose for rusted out wheelchair accessible minivans.  

As Is sales needs to be banned, at least for commercial dealers. It is one thing for ordinary folks to be selling something as is, we’re not trying to make a profit or run a business, and can’t be expected to be spending time doing in depth inspections, but a dealer who sells every day? They are either selling…

Not that able-bodied people don’t also deserve to not be ripped off, it’s especially scummy to do this to people that need these vehicles.  Worst of the worst.