Same thing with the new cars they sell - it’s beautiful

FYI, CarMax does have some new car dealers, and at least the return policy will not likely apply there (the older return policy already didn’t - I bought a car from a CarMax owned Toyota dealer and had to sign an acknowledgement that many of the policies did not apply to new cars).

For me, it was the Infiniti Q45. The parents of my “girlfriend” in sixth grade had one and it was my first luxury car experience. The 2001 redesign especially appealed to me.

I live in PA and I think the cars are generally in better shape than those in MD or OH (which either only inspect used cars when they are registered for the first time, or not at all), and even better than those in DE (which has state run inspections). That said, the annual inspections are a money suck for owners,…

Even in June, going outside Philly to the DC area saved about $1,000 on a RAV4 Hybrid.  Definitely pays to travel a bit, and it’s so easy in this region.

I think the manufacturers and/or DMV are selling this data, because the calls always seem to peak after I buy a car or when an extended warranty I have is about to expire.

Credit Amnesty with $29 down, per one billboard in my area

I see a handful a day, whereas they were rare a few years ago.  When they are peddled next to used cars and have easy financing (any credit, as one dealer near me says), it’s no wonder.

Not surprised the CR-V Hybrid is on that list. The price delta is about $1,200 over the gas model. The issue has been plant shutdowns (production just started in March), resulting in very short supply. You could barely deal on them when I looked. Of course, I have yet to see one on the road.

That’s their sales model.  Have the Mitsubishi office next to the used car lot and offer used car buyers a new car for the same price.

Because they decided to focus on the bargain segment in the U.S., which means using the last generation to cut costs.

Unless Scottie on YouTube is full of you-kn0w-what, supposedly they have components that are cheap enough that they will fail at 80k or 90k miles (such as seals in the engine).

So 2019 sales were best since 2007? Remind me what was happening in 2007? Oh yeah, we were in a period of economic distress and the bursting of a housing bubble. Seems sales are inversely correlated to economic issues of consumers.

Bingo. This is their business model, and why Mitsubishi lots are often adjacent to used car lots (the Wall Street Journal pointed this out). I see more and more of these (and the Outlander Sports) around my area - at least one or two every time I am out driving.

The MDX Sport Hybrid already has an NSX-variant setup that uses a front engine and rear electric motor.

And Mitsubishis

In the articles I have read about unscrupulous car dealers and tactics like this (overstating income, trade kicking), it has been the usual suspects: the “buy here pay here” lots, Mitsubishi, or Kia.

State inspections done by private garages are always great excuses to pad bills. That said, dealers aren’t the only ones who do this. I had a great private garage I would patronize every so often until one year they did an oil change I did not request (and did not need) when I had my state inspection done. They took…

Mitsubishi seems to be doing inexplicably well around Philadelphia. I see 2-4 of them on the road each leg of my daily commute. Most of them are the Outlander Sport, followed by the Mirage. I’m also now hearing the old “$29 and a job will get you in a new car” ads from a newer Mitsubishi dealer on the radio. The…

My parents have the 2018 MDX Sport Hybrid.  They waited until CarPlay was offered before buying (took a few months to find a car because they don’t make many of the hybrids).  It is deceptively fun.  Put that thing in Sport+ mode and watch out.