I second Hagerty (just got off the phone with them-updating my policy). They never asked me for an appraisal on either of our cars they insure, I just told them what I valued them at, and they quoted me a price. They didn’t even flinch when I increased the value this year by almost 2X per car (They are insuring a 1974…

We paid $9K for an off lease with 29M miles, and other than the “stop safely now” error (dealer fixed it free of charge since it happened 21 days post purchase) it was a great car to own. Not ever having to visit a gas station when commuting was quite the unexpected perk. Sadly, we moved to the Midwest and needing…

Holy shit, are you for fucking real? Are you really going to make a crack at my expense for getting a genetic mutation based cancer? Or are you just so butt-hurt about [fill in the blank] that you are compelled to pen the most offensive remark I have read ever read just because someone happened to acknowledge that 400…

100% agree, and would add that there needs to be language that prevents the maker from stripping range down to meet that “affordability” target. I owned a Focus EV, bought used, and the limited range was great for our application (40 mile round trip commute) in the summer, but with HVAC on for the rest of the rear it…

As an X’er, I’ve become so cynical that I now expect economic event to devastate 80-90% of the US population once every dozen years or so. The early 90's recession, the ‘07-’09 Great Recession, ‘20 COVID... I’m not ready to go full tinfoil hat and say it is designed by the capital class to be this way, but Burke…

I’ve shared my health issues here a couple of times; in the fall of ‘17 I was diagnosed stage IV-a colo-rectal cancer w/ peritoneal metastasis at 38 and am currently experiencing no evidence of disease. The only reason I am sitting here typing this is that I was well insured and had and HSA with a $10K balance…

Most people with ‘dartingd’ user names are bigoted smooth brained narcissists.

When I was in college, parking was $800 per year, and each semester was 14 weeks, so an effective rate of $100 per month (pass was good all year, but 95% of people left in the summer). The lots that pass got you access to varied depending on when you bought the pass. In some cases your assigned lot could be a mile to…

You forgot HU-16 Albatross.

I recall an oldest brother of my best friend getting one as a graduation present in 1988. I was mesmerized as an 10 year old.

I get that and you get that; for others we need to speak a little slower so they can still follow along.

Or overtly racist.

Why are you so scared of the word racism? You are also aware that something can be classist and racist at the same time (meaning that they are not mutually exclusive)?

They also directly impact lower income people of ALL races.

Excellent Read, Erin. As a new Detroiter I appreciate reading about the history of the area, and the impacts of that history in how things are still playing out today.

If I can get my parts run to Toledo (unubtanium in the form of Budd disc brake rotors) knocked out Friday, can I come in a modern slush box (it is a wagon)?

Am I the only one that cannot locate a tail pipe on the Maverick?

Fleet sales?

I recently, for reasons I’m not getting into, had to retake both my written and drive examination, at 41 years of age. Let me just say this, the testing is not rigorous enough for most practical applications. For example, there is no night driving testing, all of 1.5 minutes of interstate driving, and no railroad…

There is nothing that makes me abandon a site faster than slideshows. Why? Because it is a blatant, obvious, and shallow attempt at increasing clicks as the slideshow is COMPLETELY FUCKING USELESS for the reader.