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1 hour ago @ Hooniverse - Last Call- Take it to ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Not my generation.

8 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - 2011 Hooniverse Car of... · 0 replies · +1 points

You are nominated for redaction of the day!

13 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Cracked.com examines 9... · 1 reply · +2 points

Hm, not in Detroit. The average speed on the freeways here is about 75, and you can still count on getting passed if you're doing 80. [That's miles/hour, Imperial friends.]

13 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Jake's Rotten Rental C... · 2 replies · +1 points

Wait, they offered the 2.7 in the 300? Seriously?!

13 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse "Are These ... · 1 reply · +2 points

Wow, interesting stats.

The way some dealers seem to handle this is if a model is discontinued and they still have one or two stragglers, is to move them over to the "Used Car lot". Sometimes, they'll even title the vehicle so it truly it is a used-car; other times, they just move it over to the used-car lot while it's still on the Manufacturer's Statement of Origin-- and hence not even truly a used car.

Sidebar: M.S.O. is the legal doc (in the USA) for a new car before it's titled. And that's how you sometimes see a ten- or twenty-year-old "new car" still held by a dealer, like the Buick GNX that was still unsold until 2009 (link). Sometimes I wonder if some really serious car collectors "buy" a vehicle from a dealer and leave it on MSO without titling, registering or insuring it... but, of course, you couldn't drive it on public roads without a Dealer plate, and it would be illegal.

Any car-dealership types.. feel free to set me straight if I've gotten any of this wrong... and I'm not a lawyer...

20 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Weekend Edi... · 6 replies · +1 points

I thought that was only an Aurora powertrain-- always learn something new around here. Question of the moment-- how many totally V6's did GM have in production concurrently?

20 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Weekend Edi... · 0 replies · +4 points

Motion seconded.
The Pontiac Tempest (1987-1991) that parks near my local sandwich shop needs a little love.
Asüna Sunrunner FTW!

20 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Asks- What'... · 0 replies · +1 points

That might have been a good application for putting the spare-tire in the crumple zone, actually.

27 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse "What the T... · 0 replies · +1 points

Think of it as an extended work of performance art.

28 weeks ago @ Hooniverse - Hooniverse Asks- What'... · 1 reply · +2 points

A "communist ruler"-- measures in Metric?