Love at first sight

I’ll never forget buying the prettiest car I ever saw in a showroom. It was a used 1997 Jaguar XK8 coupe, light blue, with an interior that was just beautiful. Here’s one for sale now.

What I didn’t know was I’d only drive the car around 1,000 miles during my short ownership. It was an electronic glitching nightmare, and the dealership couldn’t rectify the issue after endless trips in for service. So the next time you fall in love with a car, you better do your homework and check out the CarInspection.com Score (coming soon!) before forking over your hard-earned money.

Came across this interesting listing recently for a 2010 Toyota Venza. As I studied the CARFAX, I noticed something you don’t typically see: three “service contract claims.” These happened several years ago, but those are the kinds of details that would be great to know about before buying (also note these early Venzas had a lot of recalls).

Mode 6 is useful to help solve mysteries around codes not popping up in typical diagnostics (check engine light included) when a vehicle isn’t running properly. Here’s Sherwood Cooke doing a great job explaining Mode 6 and its usefulness.

Here’s a Honda beater being brought back to life by Alex. People love these resurrection-themed videos, and I’m no exception.

I once had a Chrysler exec tell me recalls used to be about getting people back to the dealership to show off the new cars to them while they wait for theirs to get services. Just feels like a lot more stuff goes wrong these days with the newer vehicles - maybe history is repeating itself?

Thanks for reading everybody!

-Paul