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3 hours ago, Rodent said:

When the BMW Z8 was introduced (with huge markups), a dealer principal somewhere in the midwest USA was quoted as saying that you can shear a sheep many, many times, but you can only kill and eat it once.

What does your dealership do about "mandatory" dealer-installed stuff on the high-demand vehicles?

The only vehicle we have any "mandatory" adds on is the Super Duty truck. They are in such short supply, and allocation is so weak for these in Canada, that we will not retail sell one of these trucks unless the customer is somewhat local (meaning we'll get future service business) and they do something in the business office; finance/lease, or extended warranty, or maintenance package, etc. Luckily, I run the fleet department so we don't have to worry about that stuff. 

Other than that, no mandatory extras.

1 hour ago, cobraman said:

Wow !  That sure is not true around here. Are you having trouble getting the Maverick and Bronco ?

Bronco is sold out for at least the next year. We're getting a lot of them, but everything is pre-sold. 

Maverick's are arriving on a regular basis. Most are pre-sold, but we are getting stock units for sure. 

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Saw a base maverick yesterday. Steel wheels and all. Looked great in base trim. Once they are fancied up they look just like anything else out there. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Sam I Am said:

If you strap your brand new 82 in flat-screen to the top of your jeep....

Here they would have a huge trailer to haul the TV on.........

Posted
1 hour ago, JollySipper said:

Here they would have a huge trailer to haul the TV on.........

And an f350 jacked up blowin coal with black painted windows. Lol. 

Posted
19 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

Just saw this last night, first time I’ve seen a “Safari” 911 in person!

 

Dang. Even has the 911R tail lights. 

That's awesome.

Posted
4 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Dang. Even has the 911R tail lights. 

That's awesome.

Yeah, I rolled up a couple cars behind it at another light and spotted the tail lights and silhouette and thought I was seeing things, then I noticed the BFGs and the extra altitude, so I had to get a pic!

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Got out of the house and went to Point Reyes Station, on the Pacific Coast about 35 miles north of San Francisco.  Frou-frou weekend tourists and entitled bicyclists (oh, so many).  Nonetheless while looking for parking I came across this beauty.

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The thing I liked best: this piece of rolling art was USED!  A small bit of rock pitting on the front, there was minor denting above the driver's door latch, the dashboard was weatherchecked and the seats needed to be reupholstered.  It looked just like what you'd think a 65 year old car would look like if you used it as designed.

As we were leaving the town my wife said there was an old car coming around the corner in front of us but before I could get the cell phone camera into action, it was past.  A Citroen Traction Avant in near cherry condition, all black with grey interior.

Now for more pedestrian vehicles, this one from in front of the Home Depot in my town.

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Interesting pair I spotted last night. You don't see many of these older LTD Crown Vics on the road like you used to. As for the second pic, sorry for the poor quality, it's a screen grab from my dash cam. Not sure what kind of car it was, but if you look close you can see the cords showing on the tires- and little wonder why! I hurried up and got around that piece before one of those tires blew.

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Posted
13 hours ago, Suburban_Hooligan said:

saw a huge wing with a Miata bolted to it

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That wing is wide enough he should have clearance lights on it. 

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Went with my boss to an auction preview on Friday and saw this poor old dog:

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Complete car with V8 and power brakes; originally white over gold, but very very rusty. Roof, C-pillars and panel below back window were all rotten :(.

Sold the next day - top bid $8000

 

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On 1/30/2022 at 9:16 PM, ChrisBcritter said:

Went with my boss to an auction preview on Friday and saw this poor old dog:

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Complete car with V8 and power brakes; originally white over gold, but very very rusty. Roof, C-pillars and panel below back window were all rotten :(.

Sold the next day - top bid $8000

 

Looks like a poly motor under the hood... You could bolt on hemi heads and an intake to those....

Posted
On 1/30/2022 at 8:16 PM, ChrisBcritter said:

Went with my boss to an auction preview on Friday and saw this poor old dog:

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Complete car with V8 and power brakes; originally white over gold, but very very rusty. Roof, C-pillars and panel below back window were all rotten :(.

Sold the next day - top bid $8000

 

Torque Flite transmission and power steering too..

 

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Saw these at the local transmission shop today. The transmission in my Grandmother's truck took a dump earlier in the week, and the shop had it done today. Is the 'Stang a Mach 1?

 

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