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Nuevo posted:You'd think he'd, you know, look at the door with his eyes and see it's not rippling like that, but he probably thinks the phone is capturing what's really happening for ✨reasons✨ "It proves we're in the matrix and nothing is real..."
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Truly, dealers perform an essential service to the car-buying public. My ops manager's mom has dementia, and about a year or two ago she was in the starting stages of it. She'd brought her 2015 Explorer (or Edge, not sure) to the dealer for an oil change, and was talked into trading it in for a new one Right then and there. The SUV was bought new, paid off, KBB value was something like $12.5k. They gave her $5k credit on trade-in. It took everything he had for her son not to drive the new one through the plate glass windows of the dealership. He contacted an attorney to see about elder abuse... who said there was nothing he could do because her signature was on everything, and there hadn't been an official diagnosis.
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randomidiot posted:This. Your warranty is valid at any Toyota dealership in the country you purchased the car in. Man, it's almost as if dealers are a bad thing. Honestly, they keep doing poo poo like this, it only drives the manufacturers to dissolve the whole thing at some point. Disgruntled Bovine posted:Truly, dealers perform an essential service to the car-buying public. Indeed.
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Raluek posted:i was looking at something like these before, dang shoulda thought of that for prime day. how well does the dual lens thing work? can you switch the screen to showing one / the other / both, or is it split screen all the time? how rigid is the "semi-rigid" neck on those? i assume that means it's bendable but holds its shape? Sorry I missed this- yes, you can switch to one/the other/both, but it doesn't do a reasonable "crop" and instead just hamfistedly squishes two pictures side-by-side. It's still very usable, just goofy. And yeah - it's semi-bendable shape holding like a piece of wire is crammed in the middle (as I expect it is)
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Darchangel posted:Honestly, they keep doing poo poo like this, it only drives the manufacturers to dissolve the whole thing at some point. I'm sure several manufacturers would already like to nuke their dealerships from orbit. The dealerships, aware that they're about as popular with consumers as herpes, have passed laws in every state to make sure you have to buy through them.
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SlapActionJackson posted:I'm sure several manufacturers would already like to nuke their dealerships from orbit. The dealerships, aware that they're about as popular with consumers as herpes, have passed laws in every state to make sure you have to buy through them. And they're ALL owned by the same 4 or 5 people.
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Dealership laws are so blatantly corrupt I almost can't believe they're still a thing. I mean, corruption is mostly the point of the political class so I'm not that surprised but still. I guess it's good that it's mostly limited to cars and not all goods and services.
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Galler posted:Dealership laws are so blatantly corrupt I almost can't believe they're still a thing. I mean, corruption is mostly the point of the political class so I'm not that surprised but still. I guess it's good that it's mostly limited to cars and not all goods and services. Dealership laws are also entirely state level, and while dealers aren't rich enough to matter as big donors in national politics, they ARE rich enough to buy the right state house/Senate committee chairman.
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sarcastx posted:Sorry I missed this- yes, you can switch to one/the other/both, but it doesn't do a reasonable "crop" and instead just hamfistedly squishes two pictures side-by-side. It's still very usable, just goofy. And yeah - it's semi-bendable shape holding like a piece of wire is crammed in the middle (as I expect it is) nice, this is good to know. i was worried about the opposite, where it was permanently split screen (or fullscreening one would just give you a half). i take it that you like it overall?
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Skill issue https://twitter.com/RyanErikKing/status/1682798668431147009?t=zaQ3SGqz1-CmOYWYubDW6w&s=19
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Did they think it was a Cars & Coffee or something?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Skill issue Uhhhhhh.... that cant be just put down to cold tyres.
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That has to be a stuck throttle or some kind of mechanical failure or something Or the driver had a stroke
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Skill issue OK, who swapped the Porsche with a body-kitted Tesla at the pit? 
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Midjack posted:OK, who swapped the Porsche with a body-kitted Tesla at the pit? Can't fool me; that's a Mustang.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Can't fool me; that's a Mustang. There's a Mantawitz in there somewhere.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Skill issue Looks like they put a mismatched set of tyres on. Just trys to leave the road at the slightest application of throttle
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That Porsche twitches on the initial attempt to accelerate, the driver seems to have reacted and then tried again a few seconds later where the Porsche becomes fully commited to sliding out and off the road. Seems like something failed or the rear wheel wasnt properly mounted during the stop?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:That Porsche twitches on the initial attempt to accelerate, the driver seems to have reacted and then tried again a few seconds later where the Porsche becomes fully commited to sliding out and off the road. I know cameras make cars look slower than they really are, but that thing wasn't under any sort of power. It's a mystery but doesn't look natural.
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SlapActionJackson posted:You should complain to Toyota NA about that. Oh, I have. It sounds like they are "aware" that the dealer has been doing this. I am sure that the failson that took over after dad died 5 years ago is the reason. Never was a huge fan of them since their sales tactics were real pushy, but they had what I wanted.
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Raluek posted:nice, this is good to know. i was worried about the opposite, where it was permanently split screen (or fullscreening one would just give you a half). i take it that you like it overall? Yeah only had the one reason to use it so far, but it did its job perfectly!
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I was driving behind this truck yesterday. When I passed it, the support wheels were still a good 6" off the ground, so I don't think it was just an unbalanced load.
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Given the general state of that truck, I’d imagine the airbags on the right side are blown out.
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MrYenko posted:Given the general state of that truck, I’d imagine the airbags on the right side are blown out. This
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It's time to start taxing large cars out of existence so the industry can finally start making little guys again. https://twitter.com/autocar/status/1683704886712492032?t=adR50rxN4Kc2Q99BfQ570Q&s=19
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so loving stupid aaaaaaaaaaa
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's time to start taxing large cars out of existence so the industry can finally start making little guys again. Wasn't the Honda E kind of poo poo? I remember people complaining the dash-wide display had a really poor refresh rate and was actually unpleasant to look at and stuff like that. Also, wasn't it only sold in countries that already tax the hell out of large cars? I don't think it ever came to the US.
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ishikabibble posted:Wasn't the Honda E kind of poo poo? I remember people complaining the dash-wide display had a really poor refresh rate and was actually unpleasant to look at and stuff like that. There was hate because Honda watered down the original concept:  Plus it was too expensive for what it was.
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They are also enormous. Same size as the same generation Honda Civic E: my photo doesn't convey it very well
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freelop posted:They are also enormous. Same size as the same generation Honda Civic Here's one with a Miata for scale 
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freelop posted:They are also enormous. Same size as the same generation Honda Civic Just because they are bigger than they look, doesn't mean it's a good thing they are being replaced by something even bigger.
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ishikabibble posted:Wasn't the Honda E kind of poo poo? I remember people complaining the dash-wide display had a really poor refresh rate and was actually unpleasant to look at and stuff like that. It's definitely not kei car sized but not big either. It probably suffers from the same thing as the Ioniq 5.  It's a hatchback civic behind it.  My Fit also has a hidden leak somewhere in the trunk but at least there's just a spare wheel there lol. mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Jul 26, 2023 |
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ishikabibble posted:Wasn't the Honda E kind of poo poo? I remember people complaining the dash-wide display had a really poor refresh rate and was actually unpleasant to look at and stuff like that. Dashboard aesthetics aside it's a perfectly fine vehicle for cutting about in. A bit too expensive but then it's a seemingly standard EV mark up for the industry considering there's a £34/38k Vauxhall Corsa EV 
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mobby_6kl posted:
I read this several times and can’t parse what word is missing to make this a readable statement.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I read this several times and can’t parse what word is missing to make this a readable statement.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I read this several times and can’t parse what word is missing to make this a readable statement. Leak. Oops 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's time to start taxing large cars out of existence so the industry can finally start making little guys again. loving hate the focus on SUVs.
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