The picture of the curb rash shows scrapes on the tire itself.  This damage is extremely fresh.  

Seriously, even if they didn’t lose a drop of oil tearing apart the engine IT CAME IN BECAUSE OF AN OIL LEAK. What service department wouldn’t top off the oil in that case? Look, people try to get shit like curbed wheels repaired all the time for free so I understand part of the dealer getting defensive, but the oil…

and doesn’t think he’ll go back to Troy

That’s wild, cause if nothing else, I have heard nothing but positives about the Lexus customer experience at dealerships, from the lounges to the treatment.

Finding panel gaps on a car that ugly is like solving a magic eye poster.

Damn. Not shocked though.

Everytime I look at a teardown of a modern ICE it becomes remarkably clear why automakers are so willing to move to simplistic electrics.

Imagine the outrage and mockery if this happened to a Korean carmaker. But Toyota gets a pass. Again. - FIFY

Imagine the outrage and mockery if this happened to a domestic carmaker.  But Toyota gets a pass.  Again.

The other V35 variations apparently have crankshafts that aren’t able to rotate. The whole engine has to spin.

To be fair, you as a Jalopnik commenter might not be the typical car buyer.

I would argue salespeople actually detract from the experience. They actively make things worse through incompetence.

Salespeople add zero value to the experience. I know more about the cars I’m interested n then they do. They don’t even know the simple things like what they actually have in inventory. Everything they do they look up on the computer, and they are the one thing between me and a good price on a car. If I can actually…

Biggest takeaway......continue to avoid Missouri.

I’m 100% willing to believe they had yellow flightsuits already. The conspicuous blue circular patches....could have easily been added after.

The yellow and blue of those flight suits are an optical illusion, they were actually blue/black, or possibly white/gold.  Nothing to see here, move along, move along.

Everyone loves a “free market” until it’s time to pay people more or lower prices

The one safeguard to prevent service from that coffeemaker was to flag it with a flipped over coffee cup placed on top, which doesn’t seem like much.

Artificial reef is a good option

As a programmer, I’ll tell you right off that it is a BAD IDEA to rely on a OS kill-switch for everything and expect that every application handles it perfectly in all cases.