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Posted as a joke in threads about dealer add-on fees and subscription car features.

The TruCoat scene from the Coen brothers' Fargo, in which car salesman Jerry Lundegaard sells an irate customer undercoating he never ordered.

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@torstenvl Dec 2022 Makes a joke

on HN thread GM charges mandatory $1,500 fee for three years of optional car features

I sat right here and said I don't want any TruCoat! We had a deal, here, for $19,500! You sat there and darned if you didn't tell me you'd get me this car, these options, without the sealant, for $19,500! These guys, here. These guys! It's always the same! It's always more! [this video]

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@ellisd Nov 2023 Makes a joke

on HN thread The Anthropogenic Salt Cycle

> ... TruCoat. You don't get it, you get oxidation problems. It'll cost you a heck of a lot more than $500. [this video]

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@bambax Nov 2023 Makes a joke

on HN thread Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of OpenAI's reinstated CEO

If anything happens after we shake hands, I walk. Paperwork or not; book or no book. I don't question the (un)fairness of it, or the game; just the name. Your guy sounds like Jerry Lundegaard [this video]

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@tantalor Dec 2023 Makes a joke

on HN thread Carmakers Plan to Make Basic Features Subscription, Despite Widespread Backlash

They install that true coat the factory, there's nothing we can do. But I'll talk to my boss. [this video]

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