I only really have one “positive” dealership experience, where they had me in and out in under 15 minutes. That was buying a Nissan Juke back in 2012. Since then, I’ve bought from CarMax (also pretty quick and painless), and twice from one Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/RAM dealer (a long process, but I never thought “I’m being…

the car has “NO ISSUES.”

I recently left my car running while fueling up because I was worried it wouldn’t start. I had a compromised battery and didn’t want to have to push start it or beg for a jump. I replaced it hurriedly before the temperatures dropped below zero. You presented an argument against leaving a car running while fueling up…

The dealer model is so incredibly broken. I wish there was a way that dealerships could just go away, but I understand that they employ a substantial percentage of the American public so it’s not as simple as pulling the plug. When more manufacturers opt for a direct model, “haggling” will be replaced by good,…

Maybe the seller was just too honest, but the fact that there’s rust has me concerned.  I always want to NP a Volvo, but going with a reluctant ND today because it would break my heart to have this thing rust away under my care. 

The Z8 is a good choice. I still remember very clearly when these were new. They must not have been terribly uncommon, because even my backwater Bimmer dealership had one sitting in the middle of their sales floor. I don’t think it was unlocked, but it definitely didn’t have velvet ropes around it or anything. We’ll…

For me: 150. And that would work for probably 99% of drivers if they’re being honest with themselves. I can’t get enough of the whataboutism from supposedly interested buyers that swear that their weeks consist of daily 300 mile commutes followed by weekends of 4-figure road trips. I completely understanding wanting…

I’d rather spend the $3K on lottery tickets. ND.

I don’t really need a Trackhawk, do I? 

Maybe I don’t understand the market for these, but the price seems to me like “perfect condition” money.  Things like non-functioning wipers and other caveats make you wonder what else is lurking beneath the surface. ND. 

There’s a lot to unpack with Bruce’s situation here. But I’ll pile on with the folks saying that while driving in an impaired state is universally inexcusable, DWI/DUI has become a trojan horse for law enforcement overreach.  And, like everything else, only those with enough money for a good lawyer are exempt from the…

What the f--k is wrong with these people?

The TRX just seems completely pointless. If I understand correctly, it’s designed for bombing across desert terrain at a high rate of speed. In any other conditions, its “features” only get in the way.

Building a vehicle like this is similar to investing in $GME.  Just accept that you’ll never see a penny of the money you invested again. 

It’s a beautiful truck, but I’m cringing thinking about the state of the seals and gears, unless they started it once a month or so and drove it around occasionally.  Cars are meant to be used.  They decay otherwise. 

This has always been my argument against “investment vehicles.” The only way it might make sense is if you could scale it way up. Hundreds or thousands of cars like air-cooled Porsches and E30 M3s, all in a single, climate-controlled place, with a small staff of minders to occasionally start and drive them, change…

I know everybody has different needs for a daily driver, but even my old Nissan Juke, which would sometimes only go less than 150 miles before the gas light came on, never had me feeling range anxiety. I feel like it’s in the same vein as a weekend warrior worrying about truck payload numbers when the most they’ll…

This sounds right, but I think some dealers have started using trade-in guarantees as bait to drive sales. One dealer offered me $2K more for my Jeep than another, for example.  Their gimmick was that trade value was tied into some kind of KBB benchmark.  I’m sure there was a lot of fine print there, on the other…

I basically dealt with this when I bought my truck last summer. The last vehicle I’d purchased had been a relatively painless process outside of the haggling. I thought I had a grip on the standard tactics that dealerships used, having purchased 3 cars over the last 10 or so years. This time around, I couldn’t leave…

Agreed re: Dustin Hoffman, and The Beef’s lack of acting chops.  But clearly somebody out there likes him.  And I think he/his “team” ordered up this s--t sandwich by getting him into the kumbaya Fast Times table read.  He immediately went viral as a lovable goof smoking a spliff and the redemption tour that most of…