Funny how neither of those things will actually help you cope with your (apparently many) fears.

This is so unsurprising that I fail to see how this even makes the news.

FIFY.

Wait. You’re saying that a certain percentage of law enforcement officers might have fascist backstory if we look for it? In Canada? The capitol of restraint and passive aggressive politeness?

Subaru has been doing this for years, not just to encourage transparent pricing and no in-the-finance-office surprises, but also discourage add-on mark-ups for models in short supply. As a result, their customer satisfaction numbers are pretty high. In the pandemic, if you can find a Subaru that’s not yet sold, you’ll…

When I had my BRZ, I ran into a couple with a pair of RX8s (his and hers) and their baby (!!!) at a HPDE event.

The dealerships need to employ secret shoppers like other industries do.

I spent 7+ years working at McDonald’s, and we lived in constant fear of “the shopper”. We were a franchise store, but we could get royally screwed by corporate if we got shopped and didn’t meet our criteria. It happened a few times. Managers were…

“According to the letters, one of the aggressive practices that is hurting the image of the Korean brands involves ‘advertising one price online and then marking up that price when the customer comes into the dealership.’“

That’s not just an aggressive practice, that’s literally a crime.

It took until 2022 for Hyundai to be concerned with their brand image? 

That’s actually the normal level of oil consumption, believe it or not. They have an oil pump that feeds crankcase oil into the combustion chamber. I have a Sohn adapter on mine that uses a tank of 2-stroke oil instead. Burns cleaner and doesn’t use crankcase oil.

So the same as the sexual harassment seminars.

First Gear: Question

I was told the dealerships save the consumer money, otherwise I would be forced to pay MSRP.

Adding leather from the factory means adding a sunroof, which removes your helmet room and adds a bunch of weight. In this case, the stripped base model being called “Sport” and the loaded heavy model being called “Grand Touring” are exactly accurate.

Depends on a brand. Some like BMW will let you order from factory and you can customize everything. Others like Toyota will be virtually impossible to order from factory.

Genuine curiosity; are people in the US able to buy a car from a dealership which they have configured themselves? In Europe you will be able to walk into a dealership, pick a model, have a chat and a coffee with a salesperson and he/she/x will tell you about all the packages, options and accessories you will be able…

There was a Ford Maverick posted on reddit that had a literal double MSRP. Sticker on the truck window said $26,650 with a “Market Adjustment” of $26,650.

52 grand for a barely above base model 4cyl pickup with some small options

You asked for a solution to a dealership that pokes you in both eyes.

Yes.

It’s also an globally sold EV Crossover (nominally) it’ll sell just fine.