Nissan does the same. 

1st Gear: In 2018, I flew quite cheaply to Alabama from Dallas, Texas to save about $5K on a 1 year old Sentra Nismo with about 10k miles on it versus the prices I was seeing locally. Dealer sent a porter to pick me up from the airport and the process was about as painless as could be save for the 10 hour drive home. 

Fighting that battle with my LG V20 is what convinced me to give up on swappable batteries. If the manufacturer won’t continue to stock replacement, the aftermarket of replacement batteries is like the wild West, and not in a good way. 

Correct. 3rd gen had 4 wheel independent suspension and the 92-94 SE's got double overhead cams and made 190 hp. 30 hp more than the GXE's with single overhead cams. I had 2 3rd gen SE's  and 2 4th gen GXE's, all with manuals. All of them were fun, but the 3rd gens had a feel of weight to them that you equate with the…

5.5 gen gets clear tail lights and the 255 hp VQ. 5th gen had the non-clear tail lights and the VQ made 222 hp in GLE trim and 227 hp in SE trim.

Isn’t that really only the case with the Cadillac XLR which was a super low volume car with admittedly low parts availability since it went out of production in 2009? Less than 16K sold in 8 years. 

Working at Carmax, I'll never forget some of the worst credit was from "well-to-do" folks. People that based on their income, you'd assume they'd just buy the car cash, but when their credit is run, the lenders are coming back with 17-20% rates plus stips regarding verifying income or other things. 

I’m in my forties and I have credit scores over 780, but when I went to buy my last car, the dealer offered me 7.49%. I was flying out of state to the dealership to take delivery of the car and after making my 1st payment(only because my credit union required it prior) I refinanced for a 2.19% rate. Perhaps I’m part…

That’s an interesting point. And to the author’s point, “In a world of 271 HP WRXes and 241 HP GTIs, though, is that enough?” the SI exists as a competitor to the Elantra Sport (not N), and the Kia Forte GT. All 3 have nearly identical power ratings with the Si as the only one that currently includes a limited slip…

Private party vs retail will always differ due to the overhead a lot needs to maintain inventory. Private parry is assumed to be with no money put in to make the car care saleable/presentable. A dealer will usually at least spend money on a food detail to make the cat look way better than it was. I worked at Carmax…

YES! With “turbo” decals 😁

Right! How many times have we dreamed about swapping a more powerful engine a manufacturer makes, into one of their other cars. This is a significant power bump with what I'd have to imagine is pretty high tuning potential. There wasn't anything wrong with the existing platform's steering, suspension, or brakes. I'm…

Outgoing Z starts at 3,333 lbs per the brochure for the base, manual and 3,362 lbs for the base automatic.

I feel like if the auto companies had it, they wouldn’t be hiding it. In facrw, it would make these targets very easy to hit and would be something they could tout as a selling point.

I see your final point, but I will always care because a Smart car is less likely to kill me in a collision compared to said said F-450. Additionally, lighter vehicles wear out roads less meaning less road construction and presumably fewer bond elections to fix my local roads. 

Ooooo, that is nice! 

They make heated seats where the back doesn’t warm? That’s more like a heated seat cushion!

This is too true. I bought a 1-way ticket to Alabama from Texas to buy my Sentra Nismo, saving $5k vs local options. The dealer I purchased it from had 5 of them at the time. 

Here you go:

That one was great, but I’ve always been fond of the “Danger Zone” commercial.