Nah, Clarkson is in the wrong here.

You’re making news about them.

I was gonna take Tesla private, but then I got hiiiiiigh

Was waiting for the white flag joke. Not disappointed.

Show me one for around $5k that can physically and legally be driven on the road and I’ll buy it this second.

One with a sunroof.

facility

Temple.

This article is bullshit. Literally nobody has ever been “blasted” with a Klobb. “Missed by” a Klobb often, “tickled” occasionally.

You mean the ones that look like they came from a discount ebay store?

OMG...where’s the soundtrack? You can’t mention how loud it is and not give us that Supercharged V8 music.

Filling in for $kay, congratulations to vbranis for your COTD. I will gift you this Saab which she will deliver as soon as she is reliably done with whatever she’s checking under the hood.

“Well the back fell off.”

Trough

How are you connecting this to the automakers or other companies and making it their fault? It’s not like the residents of the town are the people who built the cars or any of the other products they’ve taken. What did those companies do to provoke this? It's not in the article above - do you know more? 

and I’d argue it was the exact opposite... getting my kid out into the fresh air and playing in the woods was a blast.

While I like Tom’s suggestion, please expand on the maintenance budget.

Does rust just follow you around?

Preface this by saying that I love the stuff you write and the value it brings to this blog Tom. But I have to ask - is that tone how you always interact with dealers? While you’re demonstrably much more intelligent than the average salesperson, you come across a bit, shall we say, unprofessional in the exchange.

Buying this car is like adopting an old dog or cat. You're just providing a nice last few days for it to die in peace.