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We were in a meeting and this guy sees a muscle car in the Google street view and says, "That's a nice...what is that, a Fastback?" I lost my mind. It wasn't even a Ford, much less a Fastback. 

Is there a protocol to taking his man card for getting a Dodge Charger and a Ford Fastback confused? 

 
Look if were going to use seat comfort as a way to justify purchasing a F’n Subaru were going to have to close this thread….
I'm using as a way to further justify NOT buying a Subaru.

 
We were in a meeting and this guy sees a muscle car in the Google street view and says, "That's a nice...what is that, a Fastback?" I lost my mind. It wasn't even a Ford, much less a Fastback. 

Is there a protocol to taking his man card for getting a Dodge Charger and a Ford Fastback confused? 
Mustang fastback?

 
Saw frost yesterday morning and realized that the Porsche only had straight water in it after the engine replacement  :oops:

Thankfully the temperature hadn't dropped enough to freeze yet, but it did mean I had to go over to my coworkers house as it was getting dark and drain the cooling system with the car still on the trailer.  Of course, it then decided to be non-cooperative and refused to bleed once I put coolant in it.  Ended up having to pull the upper radiator hose and fill through there to sort of prime the water pump, but at least its done.  

Now the car just needs an oil change.  I think based on the points I accumulated earlier this year, if I just make one timed lap on both days of our last race of the year, that'll be my third consecutive class championship, which would be a good way to retire that car.

 
DAMNIT.  After less than a week, the new drive by wire assembly crapped out again.  This one didn't feel right from the get-go.  Guess I get to limp my car there again tonight after 10:00 when the traffic dies off.

 
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So Mrs. Supe drove home in her CRV EX-L with everything but navigation on Saturday night.

We originally had an out the door price after a fill-in sales guy said that we had the friends and family discount. Before we went back to close the deal, we talked to the sales guy at the dealership her brother works at, and he quoted $1000 less out the door.  

So, we go back to the dealership.  At this point, I'm tired (because I had to change the f'ing truck tire in their parking lot Friday night after running over a wheel weight in their f*cking lot), I'm obviously hangry, and Ohio State is losing, so I'm not a happy camper.  I make a bit of a shit fit about how their salesman lied to us, and maybe happened to do so loud enough for some of the surrounding people to hear.  After some convening in a room with their obviously unhappy sales manager, they honored the lower price.  

What I failed to mention to them was that the quoted OTD price from the other dealership included the $500 toward Mrs. Supe's trash heap, but they signed off on OTD price matching WITHOUT factoring in the trade in.  So at the end of the day, we actually saved $1500 off the price we had previously agreed to (essentially giving us a $1000 trade in on a non-running 13 year old car with 143K on it...), which is something like 3 grand less than the national average, so she got a screaming deal.  It was one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had in a dealership, though.  Our sales guy was fine, but everyone else there was slow as shit and a colossal bunch of assholes.  

 
customer service in general is pretty terrible these days, sometimes I wish the economy would tank again just to put all these fuckers back on the street..(right after my 401K doubles and then I convert it to cash)

we were scoping out some tile at floor and décor (the one in my former hometown was pretty good) and we watched as this 60 year old lady was trying to pick up some of those bundles of tile and there were 3 employees just standing around looking at their phones and you could overhear one say (20 more minutes) - we went over and gave her a hand and then left.. but it seems this is the norm with the service industry right now, no one gives a fuck because its raining cash...

 
raining cash?   where.  Service sux because the workers don't give a f*ck period.

 
by raining cash I meant the overall economy is pretty strong, spending is up, people are buying shit regardless of how bad the people that work there treat them..

 
by raining cash I meant the overall economy is pretty strong, spending is up, people are buying shit regardless of how bad the people that work there treat them..
I know.  But service has been going down for quite a while because there is no accountability and the buyers accept it.  Very few people will cancel the transaction because the sales help are a-holes. They want the merchandise and tolerate the crappy service as the unfortunate means to the end.   Sad really.

 
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