Well, I know who the best armed would be...

I originally learned how to shift in my babysitter’s Chevette. She’d stuff too many kids in the car for her to have room for her arm to work the shift lever. She’d have me straddling the driveshaft hump, doing the shifting while she did the clutch part. We’d have like a call and response thing for which gear: “Two!”…

A friend of mine is driving a now 4-year-old Volt, it still returns more than the advertised range. There are reports from the Internets of cars with more than 200K providing their original range—GM was very conservative with battery management.

But if I knew how to make friends with people, I’d be out doing that instead of reading Jalopnik!

Shiny Datsuns and Buicks

Weird, you don’t provide a source for that $35k number for battery replacement. I can’t imagine why.

This ain’t no disco
It ain’t no country club either

Crazy thing is one poster found a 2015 500e with 16k for $9

If you had a good point, I couldn’t see it through your teenager text message-style spelling.

It’s dealer only for a good reason. Swimming with sharks. Absolutely not for hobbyists. All kinds of foul play. By the way, even if you have a dealer license, your Manheim agreement precludes you from buying cars there for personal use.

You’re thinking “used electric Alfa”! I’m not sure Fiat have cracked how to make lithium rust yet, but give them time…

in unrelated news:

Can confirm, buying cars at manheim/adessa is a super fun job! My dealership sold lease returns right up until the financial meltdown of 08. Like printing money.

Tony’s probably happy, though.

I didn’t believe you until you signed the letter Hakuna Matata and sent a fax with an image of your bus pass

If it was a conspiracy it would be a concept SAAB.

James, you sound like a very stereotypical Jalop. And with that in mind, I would recommend building a custom Miata TDI wagon.

Sorry Andrew. I just budgeted $3.5 million for the slowest Ford GT.

$3.5M for an Oldsmobile? CP all day long.

I never knew I wanted something so much in my life as I do that checker.