It wasn't part of your list but we had a good experience at South Hills Subaru in January 2022. I had emailed a sales rep about a Forester coming in in a few weeks. I didn't negotiate and paid MSRP with them matching the carvana offer for our trade in. We showed up at the dealer and were out within 45 minutes with our new car. I wish all car buying could be that easy.

Two possibilities to get under MSRP without haggling:

1. Costco auto program if you are a Costco member
2. If you donate over $500 to ASPCA you can join the Subaru VIP program which gives you 2% under invoice if I recall correctly. However, not all dealers are participating currently. It's best to call and ask if they are participating in the VIP discount program first

This subreddit is full of about of obnoxious people who refuse to answer questions, I don’t know why they bother to comment. It’s almost like they don’t understand community. Obviously you could look at the map but you wanted to hear what PEOPLE were doing for the fish fry not dots on a map

Really? Outbacks are the 'higher end' model. The Outback starts at $5000 higher than the Crosstrek.

My first job was as a Tops stock boy

Haven’t been since Covid but st valentines was the best

The South Side has a lot of good places and I'm a resident. Here's some of my favorites:

1. Dish, High end Italian
2. Cucina Vitale, BYOB, High-end Italian and fantastic weekend brunch
3. Cafe Du Jour, BYOB Amazing owner and staff
4. Streets on Carson, Great small plates
5. Columbian Spot, Nice to change it up and get some Columbian food
6. Sultry F&B, BYOB but will soon have liquor license
7. Carmi Soul Food, I Love their stuffed pork chops.
8. Carmella's Plate and Pints
9. Le Petit Cafe & Grille, really nice local place
10. Little Tokyo Bistro, best sushi around
11. La Palapa, Great Mexican restaurant
12. Nadine's, you just have to experience grabbing breakfast after going to ALDI
13. Birmingham Bridge Tavern, great place off the beaten path
14. Thai Me Up, love grabbing lunch there

<jingle>Tops never mops. Look at their floors....</jingle>

Why on earth would you want to, when email is an option? Serious question. Assuming faxes would work (which, whatever, that may or may not hold in some cases but clearly not all), was there some benefit?

We used to put them on our son's hockey helmet whenever he scored a goal.

Several tens of billions of dollars of military equipment would disagree.....you can also be anti-war without being pro-russia, there were plenty of people that disagreed with the war in Vietnam but weren't necessarily pro-communisim/ pro-VC etc.

Minor point about Kroger, but Giant Eagle didn't keep them from moving in. Kroger used to operate in Pittsburgh but left the area completely in 1984 following a strike.

This guy uses carfax

I legit had my fiancé take mine on the brick wall outside our apartment. iPhones (or any phone) do crazy shit these days, put it in portrait mode and just have a friend shoot a ton and then pick the best. Do a couple outfit changes too- like take a jacket on and off

I bought multiple cars via fax between 2007 to 2019. Though, obviously not from the dealer where you worked.

Outback yes Crosstreks no

Was on every bottle under the sink when I was a kid.

We don’t have a fax machine? It’s 2023? Have you bought a car in the past ten years

Corner stores in PA can't sell booze. That's the bread-and-butter of corner stores in other states that gives them the margin and foot traffic to sell groceries. That climate is changing, with various gas stations selling beer now, but those gas stations are bars, legally. That can't be cheap to get the license for.

Do you want one now or in the near future or wait for a 2024? Dealers may have 1 or two available. I wouldn’t expect to get much money off it’s the fastest selling vehicle in America and extreme low supply.

I bought my last car from #1 Cochran Subaru in Monroeville in 2014. The experience was excellent, and their service department is also.

I think it’s a bit of the Sheetz vs GetGo thing too. There is a philosophical difference involved when locating stores in urban settings.

I worked in the car business from 2007 to 2019 and I can assure you that any customer request that arrived on our fax machine (the number to which was not posted anywhere) would've gone straight into the trash, if it was even found at all amidst all the junk the banks and vehicle wholesalers would fax to us.

Online is THE way to shop in this day and age.

My general rule of thumb, for starters, is check Google reviews. Any dealer with less than 4.5 stars isn't worth the time. I say this because I've dealt with lower-rated dealers before and it absolutely sucked.

Car dealers deal with the government. The government is behind the times. Fax is still very much a thing.

Philly is yuk enough