The Dodge Caliber wasn’t a nice car at all, but it was practical and durable as all hell.  My sister beat the shit out of one for years and years.  All it ever needed was a ball joint and tail light.  I’m not sure she even changed the oil.

The Atlas engines in the Colorados/Canyons had a timing chain on the front and rear of the engine. The one on the rear required dropping the transmission to get to. If it was 4wd, you had to drop the whole front diff and maybe the transfer case, too.

This usually happened around 150k miles. That’s why you see so many…

I wonder if it’ll use the NC750X engine.

A guy I know named Silas took a shit in a bag, then left the bag in his Jeep overnight and all the next day.

But it’s not Glengarry Glen Ross because in that story, the mantra is ABC. Always be closing. As in, once they’re willing to buy... you drop the BS and close.

I have a real love/hate relationship with Harley. I do long road trips (3k miles in 3-4 days) and appreciate their touring lineup a lot.

But I kind of hate the company itself and I for sure hate their dealerships. I also hate their engineering. I get “heritage” and all that but some of the design concepts they hang on…

It’s an awesome bike. And the fact that it came from Harley makes it a miracle bike.

But I’m afraid the dealers will want to charge massive mark ups on it and force the bike to be DOA.

Get online and search around for dealerships refusing to sell anything at MSRP. It’s the accepted norm in the Harley world. Are there…

We don't know that yet. Back in 1918, that's exactly what happened. 

Imagine if they’d made the same truck on a mid-trim extended cab 2wd for $30k instead of playing games with the packaging, trying to get the upsells.

The hybrid was only offered in the crew cab, 4wd 6.0L configuration, though, and cost $50k.

Depends on what kind of tech you’re talking about.

Their engines are air/oil cooled pushrods, which seems old fashioned (and it is) but there’s a definite set of people who like that about them. Kinda like how a TON of Jalops love the old Panther platform for being the last big body-on-frame American sedan.

When it…

It’s not a myth. I’ve been to every HD dealership in my state and of the three that we have, two of them looked at us like we were idiots when we said we rode Hondas and Suzukis.

“You ride crotch rockets?”

“No, my Bandit is just a standard motorcycle. Her CB500 is too.”

“So... they’re crotch rockets?”

They were completely…

If they’re not, they’re young SOA cosplayers. My wife bought a used Indian Scout from an HD dealership and not only did the flat-brim-cap-wearing finance guy run down her bike the whole time we were discussing payments, he also wanted us to pay 10% down and 10-12% interest.

When we balked at that (we both have 800+…

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the education part. When I got mine, we were taught that long term is what builds a company and that in any business deal, each party needs to walk away happy or you’ve failed. We were taught how to analyze problems (case studies) and streamline production lines (lean six…

Who, in their right minds, would do this?

I don’t see how you could call yourself a car guy and not have an opinion on the Chevy vs Ford truck debate - even if you DO realize how dumb it is.

I had a 2016 BRZ and the detail that kills your argument is this:

It’s not that the car is just slow. It’s EXCEPTIONALLY slow compared to today’s market. There’s lots of slow cars that still sell well. But even those cars can embarrass an 86. (A Hyundai Veloster beats the 86's 0-60 time by a full second.)

Throw in the…

You should be wearing those “space suits” no matter what bike you’re on or what you’re doing, BTW. Being on a Goldwing instead of a GSXR doesn’t change the fact that you’re on two wheels and totally exposed.

A Miata has doors, a roof and a floor. Seatbelts. Airbags.

Bikes don’t. (Except some high-end Wings have airbags.…

“Motorcycles are dumb!”
--  Guy who’s never ridden a motorcycle.

I LOVE these bikes. I was THIS close to getting one last summer but wound up getting a used Electra Glide Ultra Limited just because it had the same features for about $7k less.

But I tested the DCT Wing and it was a life changer. I can see myself trading up to one in the next 5 years or so.