God, those wheels.

IIRC the Trooper is a body-on-frame design, so cutting off part of the roof shouldn't make it too floppy.

An obscure one: the Mercury Lynx. Because in the 80's Ford decided we needed more Escorts.

Last-minute crises aside, the experience wasn't that bad. If you keep your mouth shut, keep your head down and don't start any trouble, you can get through jail just fine. I can't imagine serving months or years in there like some of my fellow inmates, or like millions of Americans do in prison every day. A three-day…

You've missed the point. Salespeople get paid precisely $0 for spending hours with a customer who can't get approved for a car loan. This manager is at least going to offer them something small. They'll still get paid commissions when they successfully sell a car.

Brilliant. Going to share this with my management team as we have two stores in a similar area, and similar problems with turnover due to difficulty making sales.

Better than $0 per hour.

Inspiration:

Well, I was referring specifically to the interior, not the capability of the car. Job in question is being a comfortable space for driver plus passengers.

It's just the people around here that I'm referring to, which is why I specifically mentioned the area. This is the part of town where people who have a kid buy a stroller the size of a golf cart.

Yeah, they're pretty nice inside. The base models get the job done well, they feel comfortable and solid. The top of the line ones can be juiced up with a ridiculous amount of equipment.

We can barely keep them in stock, as long as the price is approaching $40k. The $20 grand ones? Can't give 'em away.

One of our Chrysler dealers is in a very up-and-coming exurb area. Daily occurrence: "We're expecting our first child so we need to trade in our (2 year old, 25,000 mile, $5000 underwater on the loan) car for a 7-seater SUV. And we NEED heated seats, nav, and a DVD player." "What? No, we don't have any money down."

One of our Chrysler dealers is in a very up-and-coming exurb area. Daily occurrence: "We're expecting our first child so we need to trade in our (2 year old, 25,000 mile, $5000 underwater on the loan) car for a 7-seater SUV. And we NEED heated seats, nav, and a DVD player." "What? No, we don't have any money down."

Neutral: I work in upper management for a dealer group that owns three Chrysler stores and I get to see what's going on.

Leading the charge was Jeep, with a 41% year-over-year gain led by the new Cherokee. Chrysler also saw a robust increase in Town & Country sales, although I'm curious to whom. Ram continued its strong streak and even Fiat and Dodge managed wins on 500L and Dart sales, respectively.

Bravo. This is the Fiero I've always dreamed to build. GT body, supercharged 3.8, 5 speed. Kudos to you sir, whoever you may be.

Actually GM is drawing up their press release for that right now.

If your worst experience with a used car is balking at a $399 doc fee, you've lived a sheltered life.

Back in 2002 or so I bought a 1987 Subaru XT Turbo with only 90k miles from an acquaintance in Connecticut, an 8 hour drive from where I was living. The car had a busted air suspension and he warned me that it needed (automatic) transmission work, but when I'd been visiting and saw the car it shifted fine.