Piston Slap: The Butterfly Effect
Earl writes:

Hi Sajeev, here’s a question for you and the best and brightest here. ”How might your life have been different had you bought a particular car?”

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  • SilverCoupe My wife had wanted one of these, but I influenced her to get a "big" car instead, a Mini Cooper S. I found the Abarth too rough riding, though the one we test drove had had its suspension modified by its owner.
  • SPPPP I am not thrilled for the inevitable false positives. Though that's certainly better than false negatives in the abstract - but people are supposed to be paying attention anyway. Seems like one more step toward a robotic, commoditized future. Bleh.
  • SPPPP I like it, though price seems a bit high, especially for an automatic. But it's in CA, so it's probably par for the course.
  • Arthur Dailey Incredibly we have 2 employees who own Fiats. A 500 and a 500L and they both have had positive ownership experiences. However they are also both skilled maintenance mechanics, trained in Europe, and perform much of the maintenance on their vehicles themselves.Perhaps that is the key?
  • 28-Cars-Later I'll bid $600 but that's my final offer.