# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/general-discussion/8.md?page=33 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 34 --- ## [Big discount for a little problem?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/big-discount-for-a-little-problem/194759)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/big-discount-for-a-little-problem/194759 "2024-04-25T01:56:35Z")
Have you ever purchased a used car and got a big discount from the seller b/c of what turns out later to be a problem needing only a very simple fix? --- ## [I finally saw a Fisker, but I wonder if I will see any more](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-finally-saw-a-fisker-but-i-wonder-if-i-will-see-any-more/194403)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-finally-saw-a-fisker-but-i-wonder-if-i-will-see-any-more/194403 "2024-04-24T18:42:39Z")
… in view of the massive amount of negative publicity about the company and its Ocean E-SUV. As you may recall, Fisker disappeared shortly after introducing one of the first EVs–the “Karma” model. In June, 2023, they … --- ## [Mr Boffo learns the real lesson of the self-driving car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mr-boffo-learns-the-real-lesson-of-the-self-driving-car/194782)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mr-boffo-learns-the-real-lesson-of-the-self-driving-car/194782 "2024-04-24T16:40:31Z")
--- ## [I find myself searching for the magic button to deal with the "gotchas" that continue to](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-find-myself-searching-for-the-magic-button-to-deal-with-the-gotchas-that-continue-to/194766)
**Author:** [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-find-myself-searching-for-the-magic-button-to-deal-with-the-gotchas-that-continue-to/194766 "2024-04-21T21:51:33Z")
this is nuts. nuts-nuts-nuts-nuts-nuts --- ## [Cincinnati man bought 350 lbs. of nails. Scattered them on roads](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cincinnati-man-bought-350-lbs-of-nails-scattered-them-on-roads/194697)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cincinnati-man-bought-350-lbs-of-nails-scattered-them-on-roads/194697 "2024-04-20T13:29:14Z")
--- ## [A.I. cars wiithout windows?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-i-cars-wiithout-windows/194756)
**Author:** [@Keith-Al](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Keith-Al)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-i-cars-wiithout-windows/194756 "2024-04-19T17:00:47Z")
Anyone hear of a car without windows? An acquaintance tells me she saw a mobile sculpture - it looked real boxy, something a sculpture artist would create - traveling down a road that didn’t have any. She didn’t say anyt… --- ## [Alfa Romeo gets slapped-down by the Italian Government](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alfa-romeo-gets-slapped-down-by-the-italian-government/194741)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alfa-romeo-gets-slapped-down-by-the-italian-government/194741 "2024-04-18T22:19:27Z")
Alfa’s new, smaller E-SUV will be manufactured in Poland, and the Italian government has ruled that it cannot be named “Milano” because it is not made in Italy. Apparently Italy has stronger Truth in Labeling regulation… --- ## [Classic cars re-made as EVs?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-cars-re-made-as-evs/194740)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-cars-re-made-as-evs/194740 "2024-04-18T22:16:47Z")
Would it bother you if a car owner turned their classic Chevy into an EV? Yanked out the gas engine and inserted an EV engine w/all the trimmings? That sort of thing seems to irritate some classic owners, and I’m w… --- ## [Money making idea for car sellers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/money-making-idea-for-car-sellers/194415)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/money-making-idea-for-car-sellers/194415 "2024-04-18T20:23:00Z")
Instead of the potential car-buyer paying for an inspection, what if the seller purchased the inspection themselves before putting the car up for sale? The inspection would be obtained from an independent inspection se… --- ## [Breaking this New York City law could cost you up to $2K in just 3 minutes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/breaking-this-new-york-city-law-could-cost-you-up-to-2k-in-just-3-minutes/194700)
**Author:** [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/breaking-this-new-york-city-law-could-cost-you-up-to-2k-in-just-3-minutes/194700 "2024-04-17T13:57:30Z")
Make sure your car isn’t left idling for more than 3mins in NY city. --- ## [What are some tips you’d offer to someone hearing impaired while driving?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-are-some-tips-you-d-offer-to-someone-hearing-impaired-while-driving/194727)
**Author:** [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-are-some-tips-you-d-offer-to-someone-hearing-impaired-while-driving/194727 "2024-04-16T13:42:44Z")
Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a great Sunday evening. I’ve become profoundly deaf over the years which has both had a negative and positive impact on my ability to operate a motor vehicle. . My situational … --- ## [Goodbye to the boot, hello to "Barnacle"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodbye-to-the-boot-hello-to-barnacle/194724)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/goodbye-to-the-boot-hello-to-barnacle/194724 "2024-04-15T23:32:42Z")
NYC is among the municipalities that are currently testing this device on vehicles that are illegally parked and/or that have a large number of unpaid fines. --- ## [Photo Speed camera photo](https://community.cartalk.com/t/photo-speed-camera-photo/194719)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/photo-speed-camera-photo/194719 "2024-04-15T14:22:56Z")
Suspect that the Photo Speed Van operator was sleeping. Always trying to be as unobtrusive as possible, I did not have the siren sounding until the EV approached the next red intersection. Presumably had the operator b… --- ## [Playing a game while driving a car?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/playing-a-game-while-driving-a-car/194721)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/playing-a-game-while-driving-a-car/194721 "2024-04-15T02:41:32Z")
It seems cell phone games are becoming available involved w/recreational car driving. For example this one, where you & partner drive car from location to location following instructions and answering questions: Goo… --- ## [The RX350 G Poodle S](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-rx350-g-poodle-s/194720)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-rx350-g-poodle-s/194720 "2024-04-14T20:14:21Z")
TawnChur “Sweet Ball” guides Youqing home after a blood delivery. (TawnChur knows a dog biscuit awaits.) --- ## [Is it worrying that "Unmitigated disaster" used to describe Tesla's recent car sales?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-worrying-that-unmitigated-disaster-used-to-describe-teslas-recent-car-sales/194662)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-it-worrying-that-unmitigated-disaster-used-to-describe-teslas-recent-car-sales/194662 "2024-04-14T19:32:59Z")
“Tesla sold just under 387,000 vehicles in the first quarter, down 20% from the prior quarter and 8.5% from the previous year … The final count falls short of Wall Street’s expectations for 457,000… Though analysts had … --- ## [My favorable review thanking DiscounTire](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-favorable-review-thanking-discountire/194593)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-favorable-review-thanking-discountire/194593 "2024-04-13T16:56:17Z")
Transporting blood platelets to a Denver hospital emergently, (redightsiren), I ran over something that flapped against themergencyehicle’s left rear wheel well. Soon it dislodged. In the rearview mirror it appeared to… --- ## [5-year-old boy walking onto highway barely missed by work pickup truck](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-year-old-boy-walking-onto-highway-barely-missed-by-work-pickup-truck/194698)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/5-year-old-boy-walking-onto-highway-barely-missed-by-work-pickup-truck/194698 "2024-04-13T13:43:52Z")
Bravo, Will Gunter! Tremendous, life-saving reaction! Somehow missed the child and did not lose control of the pickup. --- ## [I hope that "Renegade" is okay](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-hope-that-renegade-is-okay/194704)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-hope-that-renegade-is-okay/194704 "2024-04-11T14:56:19Z")
Our friend–Terry–who goes by the screen name of Renegade, has been absent from the forum since early February. You might recall that he had previously been inactive for a few months as a result of health issues, but he … --- ## [Nice SUV on the beach. (Could not stop laughing.)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nice-suv-on-the-beach-could-not-stop-laughing/194702)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nice-suv-on-the-beach-could-not-stop-laughing/194702 "2024-04-11T14:45:33Z")
--- ## [Dear Car Talk Philosophy Question:](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-philosophy-question/194681)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-philosophy-question/194681 "2024-04-11T04:57:40Z")
Today’s question is “Is it ok to have leftover fasters after the job is finished?” In a similar vein, if every single part of a car has been replaced, is it still the same car? This question has been debated for ages. … --- ## [Can I do transmission fluid change meself? Used 2023 RX350h. 67k](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-do-transmission-fluid-change-meself-used-2023-rx350h-67k/194497)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-do-transmission-fluid-change-meself-used-2023-rx350h-67k/194497 "2024-04-10T23:44:01Z")
Cheapest I found was $350. They say they do not back flush. Thank you. --- ## [A lot of bad driving, it seems](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-lot-of-bad-driving-it-seems/194650)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-lot-of-bad-driving-it-seems/194650 "2024-04-10T19:45:21Z")
A few days ago, I came upon an overturned vehicle on a local street. There was no other vehicle present, so I had to wonder how the driver of a late-model small crossover (possibly a Corolla Cross?) managed to get into … --- ## [Remove back seat from 2023 RX350h. Cause error code?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remove-back-seat-from-2023-rx350h-cause-error-code/194651)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remove-back-seat-from-2023-rx350h-cause-error-code/194651 "2024-04-10T12:45:22Z")
After an emergent transport of blood platelets to a Western Colorado hospital, they had 17 empty blood boxes to go back to Denver. Somehow fit all in. Uncomfortable driving 250 miles with driver seat more forward and s… --- ## [On street parking](https://community.cartalk.com/t/on-street-parking/194680)
**Author:** [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/on-street-parking/194680 "2024-04-10T00:20:06Z")
remember when this was allowed? i dont see bike lanes so maybe its an old pic? im sure most cities \>50k pop would not have this but SF is different i suppose. --- ## [Classic car repair hobby? Good idea or not?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-car-repair-hobby-good-idea-or-not/194548)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-car-repair-hobby-good-idea-or-not/194548 "2024-04-09T15:11:47Z")
I recently heard an argument that spending time and money to repair old cars is illogical. Those resources would be better allocated by junking all the old cars & buying a new or at least newer car. The counter-argu… --- ## [Tesla settles with engineer's family who claims Autopilot caused is fatal accident](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-settles-with-engineers-family-who-claims-autopilot-caused-is-fatal-accident/194688)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-settles-with-engineers-family-who-claims-autopilot-caused-is-fatal-accident/194688 "2024-04-09T04:53:42Z")
--- ## [Advantages of pricey cars?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/advantages-of-pricey-cars/194359)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/advantages-of-pricey-cars/194359 "2024-04-09T02:29:26Z")
I’m inclined toward basic econobox designs, but while reading an article about the older Mercedes SEC’s, got to wondering what are the main advantages of pricier cars like this the owner’s like so much that it makes i… --- ## [Repurposing old car parts](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repurposing-old-car-parts/194667)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repurposing-old-car-parts/194667 "2024-04-08T17:26:08Z")
Has anyone here engaged in this pursuit? I haven’t, but such a thing seems possible. Here’s a couple of ideas, but there must be more. Might be done just for a high school student’s science fair project. A carb… --- ## [Why is my post grayed out?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-my-post-grayed-out/194592)
**Author:** [@GrandMarquis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GrandMarquis)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-my-post-grayed-out/194592 "2024-04-07T23:35:16Z")
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