If one wanted to impart potentially nefarious motives - making a necessary, disposable game item harder to stockpile pushes a purchase of said item from the cash shop, if it was ever added...

I’d say it was a smashing success. 

An Audi made an illegal U-turn?  No story here!

story is vague on details.   it said it made an illegal u-turn.  they never mentioned how successful that u-turn was!

The other car got in the way, it should have known to give a loud modded Audi a wide berth.

Wait, an Audi made a quick u-turn without understeering into the opposite curb?

I’ve walked in to a dealership, said “I have a dinner reservation for my anniversary across town in an hour. I need to get out of here in 20 minutes.”

I’m a vendor that works with dealers, and knowing lots of people at lots of stores has been very helpful.

...will probably just send you on a drive by yourself so that they don’t spend 35 minutes in the backseat of a car when they could be doing something else more productive...

Just a quick tip from a long time sales guy, literally none of us fall for the “I have a meeting in an hour” line. We all know it’s a lie, and it’s not going to help you get out of there any quicker because we know we’re being lied to, and just like the consumer, we don’t like being lied to! Just be honest and tell…

I’m gonna pay for Nintendo's online service... Splatoon 2 is my favorite shooter at the moment and it's cheaper than a year of PSN or Live.

Is this sarcasm?

Fortnite, Splatoon, Mario Tennis, Mario Kart, NBA, Doom, Minecraft, Rocket League are all frequently played online.