Same here. For 2016, I don’t think dealers were allowed to order 2-doors for stock, they had to be sold orders. Needless to say, I had to special order my 2-door GTI S (had to have plaid), manual, Performance Package and Lighting. The thing was a unicorn... I couldn’t find one in the entire country at the time. It…

I felt this way about the new Camaro. I saw the concept debut in Detroit in 2006 and was very excited about the car. 4 years later after seeing it non stop in all kinds of media, including the Transformers movie, I was bored of it. It wasn’t new anymore.

I got by for a long time without crashing (dirt bikes don’t count). Then I went down twice in a 6 month period. It definitely doesn’t protect you.

You ride a motorcycle, which means you fit places a car can’t. Splitting lanes get you there quicker, and alleviates overall road congestion getting everyone there quick. Plus, as Sean mentions, it’s safer for riders, especially filtering (basically just splitting up to the front of the line at a light), which…

Incest?

I had a Harley, once upon a time, that wasn’t even that loud, but riding through town once it set off a car alarm. I hate loud bikes... but it made me giggle.

“...but it makes money...”
This is only thing that matters. Dealerships really only have themselves to blame. If it weren’t financially advantageous to haggle, they wouldn’t do it.

And, yes, you can get a piece of paper that provides an invoice price, as meaningless as that is, but it at least provides some sort of…

Nobody went from one Saturn dealer to another because Saturn was much better about not over-saturating the market with dealership. There was one Saturn dealer in my area while most other makes had many multiples within a 30-minute drive (Porsche, Maserati, et al excluded).

Your lightbulb analogy is a bit misguided. It…

Except if you throw a trade into the deal the whole model goes to shit. Then there’s add-ons and fees and holdbacks. And if a customer is cross-shopping brands and not dealers, they don’t give a rats ass that your scion is ‘no-haggle’ because the Nissan dealer across the street sure as shit will haggle.

Missing or misset piston pin rings sounds like a stop drive sort of issue to me. Isn’t there substantial risk that the pin or misset ring could damage the cylinder?

Really depends on how good the tech is and how they’re paid. Flat rate can suck, or it can be a big bonus every job if the tech is fast.

If these cars ever get a meaningful refresh on the interior and a modest bump in power, I’d be all over one.

Like Ferrari with Dino... the original ‘Scion’ badged cars will be worth the big bucks in the future!

Ha... no haggle, no hassle... one of the greatest myths of the car purchasing world. There is ALWAYS room to move, and you can bet the dealer will always move in a direction more financially favorable for them.

Step 1: Don’t.

Yup! Did a bachelor party on the Buffalo National River in Arkansas last summer, we were putting back some tall boys from the airport to the cabin.

I live in NY (upstate, but I believe this is state law), and drivers only have to pull over and/or yield to red light bars (there may be other colors as well, but if there’s no red, you don’t have to pull over). Only blue lights I’ve seen around here are for volunteer firefighters in personal vehicles.

I’m surprised they didn’t have them pull it from the front.

The only justifiable shooting that could have taken place was if the biker shot the truck driver.

That is the cheesiest looking badge I’ve ever seen. I would immediately walk away from any car with it.