Topic: Big Guy, Small Car: 2015 Nissan Juke SL AWD

[MJMontreal]

I don't care that one is 'available.'  It should be standard.  Why the hell would I pay $290, plus installation, for a facking arm rest?   

As long as it is available at a reasonable cost, I am fine with that. My Yaris does not have a telescoping steering wheel and I would probably not buy another car that doesn't. Driving the Yaris long distances gets on my nerves, I can't find a position where either my arms don't tire or my legs are too close...

[NormT]

Our Buick Encore, now returned off lease, had a single armrest for the driver only. I thought it was a perfect setup for the driver and nicely padded for 8 hour days in the saddle, fellow owners and prospective buyers on the buickforums thought it was a no-go. Having sat in the passenger seat thereb is no problem sharing and being able to reach the armrest with the driver. Mostly because of it's length combined with the passenger's seat usually sets further back than does the driver's seat it works out perfectly!

[Noto]

So you'll buy a worse product out of spite? 

Absolutely.  100%.

...and now to address that you think that the Juke/CX-3 are superior products...

[Jaeger]

I don't care that one is 'available.'  It should be standard.  Why the hell would I pay $290, plus installation, for a facking arm rest?   

The question is why the hell you would pass on a vehicle you otherwise fully intend to purchase for want of a $290 accessory that even the most pathetic wimp should be able to negotiate as part of the deal?  Or is this nothing more than an attention-seeking hissy fit tantrum?  Both are rhetorical questions, by the way.

[OliverD]

I don't care that one is 'available.'  It should be standard.  Why the hell would I pay $290, plus installation, for a facking arm rest?   

The question is why the hell you would pass on a vehicle you otherwise fully intend to purchase for want of a $290 accessory that even the most pathetic wimp should be able to negotiate as part of the deal?  Or is this nothing more than an attention-seeking hissy fit tantrum?  Both are rhetorical questions, by the way.

Maybe it's just one more excuse for him not to buy a vehicle at all. 

[Jaeger]

I don't care that one is 'available.'  It should be standard.  Why the hell would I pay $290, plus installation, for a facking arm rest?   

The question is why the hell you would pass on a vehicle you otherwise fully intend to purchase for want of a $290 accessory that even the most pathetic wimp should be able to negotiate as part of the deal?  Or is this nothing more than an attention-seeking hissy fit tantrum?  Both are rhetorical questions, by the way.

Maybe it's just one more excuse for him not to buy a vehicle at all. 

Reminds me of the Monty Python bookshop sketch.

[SaskSpecV]

I don't care that one is 'available.'  It should be standard.  Why the hell would I pay $290, plus installation, for a facking arm rest?   

The question is why the hell you would pass on a vehicle you otherwise fully intend to purchase for want of a $290 accessory that even the most pathetic wimp should be able to negotiate as part of the deal?  Or is this nothing more than an attention-seeking hissy fit tantrum?  Both are rhetorical questions, by the way.

Maybe it's just one more excuse for him not to buy a vehicle at all. 

Beat me to it!

It's like a la carte pricing on the airlines.  Sure it sucks that you have to pay more for something you think would be included in the price.  But if it keeps the base price lower, and gives you the option to "upgrade", how is that unfair?  OTOH, would you be happier if they made the armrest standard but increased the MSRP on the Juke by $250?  What about the consumer that strictly wants the lowest price, but doesn't care about an armrest? 

It's a different story for equipment that can't be easily added/modified later (i.e., transmisison), but a bolt-on armrest is a dealbreaker?

[Fobroader]

I am 100% for a la carte option when it comes to cars. It should be like when you ordered a muscle car,454 big block V8 with a big 4 barrel carb, 4 spd manual, low geared and locked rear diff and heavy duty suspension with no other niceties please.

[Brig]

Reminds me of the Monty Python bookshop sketch.

 

C: Ah...oh, I know! 'Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying'.

P: No, no, no, no, no,...What?   WHAT???

C: 'Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying'.

P: 'Ethel the Aa--' YES!!!YES!!! WE'VE GOT IT!! (throwing books wildly about) I-I've seen it somewhere!!!   I know it!!! Hee hee hee hee hee!!! Ha ha hoo ho---WAIT!!   WAIT!!   Is it?? Is it??? (triumphant) YES!!!!!! Here we are, 'Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying'!!!!! There's your book!! (throwing it down) Now, BUY IT!!!

C: (quickly) I don't have enough money.

P: (desperate) I'll take a deposit!

C: I don't have ANY money!

P: I'll take a check!!

C: I don't have a checkbook!

P: I've got a blank one!!

C: I don't have a bank account!!

P: RIGHT!!!! I'll buy it FOR you! (ring) There we are, there's your change, there's some money for a taxi on the way home, there's your book, now, now..

C: Wait, wait, wait!

P: What? What?!? WHAT?!? WHAT???!!

C: I can't read!!!

P: (staggeringly long pause; very quietly) You can't...read. (pause) RIGHT!!! Sit down!! Sit down!! Sit!! Sit!! Are you sitting comfortably??? Right!!! (opens book) 'Ethel the Aardvark was hopping down the river valley one lovely morning, trottety-trottety-trottety, when she met a nice little quantity surveyor...' (fade out)

[Jaeger]

^^^ That's the one! 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I am 100% for a la carte option when it comes to cars. It should be like when you ordered a muscle car,454 big block V8 with a big 4 barrel carb, 4 spd manual, low geared and locked rear diff and heavy duty suspension with no other niceties please.

I miss those days.



Plain Jane with a 396.

[Fobroader]

I am 100% for a la carte option when it comes to cars. It should be like when you ordered a muscle car,454 big block V8 with a big 4 barrel carb, 4 spd manual, low geared and locked rear diff and heavy duty suspension with no other niceties please.

I miss those days.



Plain Jane with a 396.

Too bad most of the mindless sheep that are the majority of the car buying public are more concerned about bluetooth, armrests touchscreens and automatic wipers then they are about the actual things that make the car stop, turn and go.  That Chevelle is all shades of awesome!!!!

[Sir Osis of Liver]

It's too bad Ford wouldn't bring back the Mustang LX. All the good bits, and none of the fluff. Great bargain too.

[Fobroader]

The problem is there is far too much safety and soundproofing crap that has to be included to make a cheap car available.

[Jaeger]

Too bad most of the mindless sheep that are the majority of the car buying public are more concerned about bluetooth, armrests touchscreens and automatic wipers then they are about the actual things that make the car stop, turn and go.  That Chevelle is all shades of awesome!!!!

Amen.

[Ace]

I challenge anyone to find an uglier car than this.

[Fobroader]

I challenge anyone to find an uglier car than this.

Easy Peasy

[Ace]

Shirley you jest ! Do you really find the BMW & Land Rover uglier than the Juke 

[Fobroader]

The Evoque is overstyled and the BMW came from the school of gelatinous, shapeless blobs design school. The Juke is at least unique.