As an insurance adjuster, I can’t tell you how often I look at total losses and the customer is upside down on the loan. GAP insurance is a great thing for anyone financing through Santander, they seem to be one of the more willing lenders in the subprime market. Unfortunately my last territory was ripe for the…

As a Nationals fan about to marry a diehard Cardinals fan, these are a great way to piss her off while I’m on lunch. Please keep them coming, we’re due for like 65+ more.

Most people wouldn’t know where to even jack their car up from. I can't tell you how many rusted out rockers I see that are dented or have bent pinch welds from people putting the spare jack in the wrong place...

I just got a Fitbit Blaze when my healthcare provider offered 60% discounts for logging 3500 steps a day for 3 months. It has excellent battery life, regularly 6 full days with at least an hour of GPS tracking and wearing all night to track my resting heart rate. That's the big thing for me, the comfort and ease of…

I just got a Fitbit Blaze when my healthcare provider offered 60% discounts for logging 3500 steps a day for 3…

Not required, some states allow you to pay a DMV fee and forgo insurance on your car. Plus the government doesn't require you to buy a car in the first place. Can't compare auto insurance to health insurance.

That thing has some major structural damage. Either the upper gusset is swayed over or the apron crumpled at the front. You’d be surprised how much damage is caused by even “minor” impacts now, especially on cars like this that are designed for the street first and track second.

I was at the game Tuesday where they gave up a grand slam in the 8th and ended up winning by a score of 8 to 7. You’d think the Cubs just won the World Series, not barely beating one of the worst teams in baseball. Now that I live in Chicago, I can fully understand why people hate these fans. I wore my old Nats jersey…

My fiancé and I had to unexpectedly put our dog down about a month and a half ago. Shelter told us he was 2/3 maybe when we got him a few years back, the vet told us he was closer to 10 and riddled with cancer. That said we were distraught and went and adopted another dog 3 weeks later and took that dude back like 2…

I wrote in the comments a few weeks ago that I could see his happening. The Japanese manufacturers could be starting to merge into a new big 3. Toyota/Subaru/Mazda as one, Nissan/Mitsubishi/Suzuki another, and Honda staying on their own. Where’s my Ron Paul meme when I need it, it’s happening.

In my hometown the cops made the national news a few years back for pulling over a cyclist. He was riding faster than the posted speed limit, but it was in VA. I never had an issue with cops but State Troopers did love to point the radar at my FR-S A LOT.

It’s disappointing, but I went into the season in October not expecting to make it to the Cup Finals. I think next year will be a much better go round, some of our younger players will have more experience and the Trotz and Mac can shore up the D-Corp. I wasn’t pleased at all with the trade returns we got, at least…

I had no problem fitting a 47" tv and sound bar in the back when I had one. The only thing I had a hard time doing was fitting a 3rd person in it, but as an apartment living city dweller I had no issues fitting anything I needed in there.

When I worked at a body shop in Virginia, a company in North Carolina called Alternative Emblems would buy our old nameplates and emblems off damaged parts. They have a bunch of people who retape the emblems and sell them to body shops for like $20. They came to all the shops in my group and gave us a pink string to…

Virginia State inspections are completed by private business, but the State Police are tasked with enforcing compliance. I was at a body shop once that the Troopers showed up to take away stickers they had already purchased, apparently they were keeping track of who was signing off on recent inspections for cars they…

My uncle taught at Rowan University for a while in the late 90's, so I go to visit eastern NJ a few times. Now that I live in Chicago, I can say that Illinois is probably worse than Jersey since it’s a 15 hour drive from the Atlantic, and anyone impressed by Lake Michigan is just some weirdo Midwesterner...

I purposefully took a job in Skokie right off the Edens so I can take all highway back to my place in South Loop, right off the highway to Van Buren. Stop and go on the major roads doesn’t bother me, but it takes me just as long to Cicero and Belmont because heaven forbid the stop lights or stop signs be arranged in a…

Completely agree, here in the US big chassis and big motor are still the luxury standards. Unfortunately people are leasing 4 cylinder 5-series and CTSs, so displacement is being replaced. In my opinion, if a V8 isn't an option, it's not worth my $50+k, but increasingly the turbo mills a moving vehicles off the lot.…

I laughed when my boss told me I was going to be working in Skokie. Then I got there, and it’s diverse, as long as you’re Eastern European, Jewish, or Asian...

A 1972 El Camino SS. It was my first car, we picked it up for $800 running, but in need of lots of work. My dad had just gotten rid of his race car and was itching for a project. We had it for about 3 months, made sure it was mechanically sound, but then the worst happened. I’d made plans to take auto shop at my high…

I was 23 when I bought a 2012 FR-S, and my payments were much lower than my last car since I finally had a job and credit. I sold it to move to Chicago for a better job, but as soon as I move back east I’m getting a 10 or so year old luxury sedan that will serve me fine until home ownership/family life dictates a…