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Originally Posted by tranzformer
I guess that depends if you finance through Toyota/Scion or go through your local bank/credit union. Some dealerships make more on the finance end of the deal than the actual sale of the car itself. If they get paid by you through cash or a bank/finance company they really don't care. They get paid in the end. If you finance through them they will make a few percentage points off of you depending on the loan amount and length. They can always repossess your car if you don't make good on the loan, so I'm not sure they are worried about the risk. Money now = more important to them.
Health insurance isn't a good analogy as it is more complex and not as straightforward as the goods driven market. I work in health care and can tell you that uninsured people tend to pay quite a bit more than those who are in an HMO/PPO. The HMO/PPO is able to work out group discounting/rates that the average person is unable to do. Now if you go into medical bankruptcy/unable to pay your bills, the hospital might be willing to work with you for a payment plan that ends up being less than the "cost" they billed you or just write it off. However the "cost" of medical care really isn't easy to determine as crazy as that might sound to some people not in the field.
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You didn't get it...that's fine.
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Originally Posted by old greg
Unpossible. I'd be absolutely shocked if it was even 5 lbs lighter. The FB16 will be an FB20 with thicker cylinder walls and/or a shorter stroke crank. Odds are it will be the former, and even if it were exclusively the latter the FB20 crankshaft will only weigh ~20 lbs to begin with.
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Is that what Subaru does for their smaller displacements? That's shameful
. Do you have a source? I'm actually very interested in that information.