Gotcha! That makes more sense. I was under the impression they explicitly provided you the contact info of the original owner.

I don't think they have ever had a no accident guarantee, but they won't sell cars with branded titles. To me it's conceivable that people get into minor fender benders everyday and with a quality repair, the care is really no worse for wear and will not automatically suffer some catastrophic degeneration because of…

Pretty sure that's company-wide. Only the "free" warranty is 30 days, but you are allowed no hassle returns for 3 days.

Ok, that sounds more like it!

That's interesting! In most cases, they'll buy any car. However, a vehicle with extensive repairs would go straight to wholesale where it would probably fetch a pretty penny if the repairs were done as well as you mention.

No offense, but I'd be pissed if the dealer I sold my car to gave out my info so that a prospective purchaser could look me up. Seems like a major breach of privacy and for a company, a way to get sued.

CarMax would still be approving any work and when you write an article in a major publication about each time you bring it in, it stands to reason that they are going to treat you differently, whether you realize it or not.

Correct! He mentioned the nearest Carmax is nearly 2 hours away whereas he can nearly walk to the Land Rover dealership.

You won't find a Bang and Olufsen or Burmeister stereo in any Kia or Mazda any time soon, no matter how updated the navigation maps are.

Viscous or vicious?

Isn't that more because of the CVT though? Engine revs up to the meaty part of the powerband and stays there until you let off the go-pedal.

Wow! That looks like a kneecapper off of Saints Row the Third.

I have a buddy that does state inspections and he fails motorcycles with un-muffled straight pipes that exceed noise violation regulations.

The Aisin A340 didn't seem to be a problem in MKIV Supra turbos.

I agree. I still keep receipts from all my debit card purchases and log everything in a paper check register so I get a good solid reminder of how much money I'm spending. It's far too easy to over spend if you have no record of what you are spending.

As basementshow mentioned;

True! Didn't mean to discount it. Hopefully it will serve to push the segment forward. Are they going to limit the number of them that come to North America like they have done in the past? That might be a bit of a non-starter. I seem to remember there weren't a ton of the previous R's available for purchase due to…

Innovation and technology that is not "tried and tested". I say that because while I'm absolutely certain automakers test new technologies, in my experience working in IT, apparently no testing is sufficient enough to mimic end user testing. Cars in the real world always have it harder and things will manage to break…

No, not at all. It's not the end all, be all of warranties, but it is pretty consumer friendly. Sounds like yours was as well.

Makes you wonder what will become of the WRX/STI without a rival to measure themselves to. It was literally a game of one upmanship everytime a new model was released between the two of them. Would Michael Jordan have been as great without rivals like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Patrick Ewing. I'm sure he still…