When Lorelai talks to Christopher outside the Gilmore mansion, he’s sitting on his motorcycle. He implied that he got rid of it to buy his Volvo, but apparently he didn’t.
I thought I had finally caught Christopher out in a direct lie, but when I went back and read through the script again, he never actually says that he sold his motorcycle – it’s all jokes and evasion to make Lorelai think that he has, that he has changed. But ta da! It’s the same old crummy, irresponsible Christopher as before. He’s such a weasel with his words that you can’t pin him down.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 