I agree we need shorter sets for opening acts. But what we really need are more co-headlining tours with no openers. I saw Brand New and Modest Mouse together in Chicago back in 2016, each band got roughly an hour and a half set. Concert started at like 7:30, I was able to walk back to my apartment before midnight.

I’ve always thought part of the reason full size pickups and SUVs have seen prices rise so much since 2009 was due to CAFE regulations. Raise the price on them to make more profit per unit, but sell less units to help meet CAFE. Apparently people don’t mind paying $60,000 for a truck, so maybe that wasn’t actually why…

I’m your sons age, so your point is exactly what my grandfather told me while I was growing up. My wife drove her Camry to 260k miles before we decided to get a newer (safer) car. We could easily afforded a small luxury SUV, but wanted a small hatchback since we could put that extra money each month into savings and…

For what it’s worth, premiums vary a lot based on limits. That premium seems cheap, but those limits aren’t high. $25k for property damage? Better not be at fault for an accident that totals a car or two.

My wife and I bring in more than $350 a day and I can’t find a justifiable reason to spend $30,000 on a car... Except our most recent dealer experience, which made me want to up the budget to luxury cars just to not deal with sleazy salesmen. Hopefully 2017 Hondas last a long time so I can stave off the next dealer…

Something I’ve been wondering about with these is what are they programmed to do when faced with deer/raccoon/random animal crossing their path. Most humans attempt to avoid the animal and end up causing a crash that’s worse than if they hit the animal. Are these cars going to just run over them, or are they going to…

I hate speed and red light cameras as a driver. That said, as a homeowner who’s yard backs up to a road through my city, I’m trying to find out how to get a speed camera added by me. The sign changing the speed limit from 35 MPH down to 25 MPH is on my corner and at peak times of the day, drivers regularly go through…

Can confirm. I totaled a 2013 S550 in 2016, car only had about 36,000 miles. Window sticker in glove box said it was $115,000, three years later it was only worth $46,000.

I believe this. I just finished working an insurance claim on a G90, and I honestly can’t see how a sensible consumer would choose a 7 Series/A8/S class over this car. Not only was it less complicated from a repair standpoint, but the difference in interior quality was far less than the price gap would suggest. I can…

I only do that when I’m trying to total out a car... for the most part “recycled” parts, as upper management likes to call, are decent 70% of the time. Sometimes it’s cheaper to buy new though, used doors factor in glass, handles, trim panels, stuff that they could take off and sell separate from the metal shell.

Yep, the data is based off the average from what insurance paid out for those parts. As an adjuster, I can tell you those prices definitely change depending on the market. When I worked in Chicago , used pickup truck parts were far more expensive for shops to buy compared to where I work in Virginia now.

Depends on you definition of luxury. If comfort is you definition then a Yukon XL Denali is pretty luxurious. Much nicer to spend a long road trip in than an X5 or Q7 in my opinion.

I run an insurance drive in at a Cadillac/GMC/Buick and I’d say 70% of the GMC models on the lot are Denali trim. The Terrain is mostly SLT and there are a few SLE Sierra extended cabs, but it’s mostly Denali Yukons, Sierras, and Canyons dominating now. The Buicks are all too trim levels too, and the new Enclave is…

In Virginia we have a separate registration fee for hybrids and EVs to help make up the difference in what they don’t pay for with using less gas. People who buy those cars are usually pissed when they find out, I’ve heard some coworkers complain about being “punished” for driving a hybrid. I’m actually a fan of this…

My wife and I bought a 17 Civic EX hatch with the CVT to replace her 07 Camry last January when it hit 250k miles and needed over a quart of oil each week. The last car I owned before that was a 2013 FR-S that I sold when we moved to Chicago in 2015. I have to say, some of the roads where I used to drive the FR-S are…

I wish more people would understand this. The lines in place have been roughly the routes we’ve used for 150+ years in most places, and they’re not owned by the federal government. Post WWII we decided to expand the interstate system versus beef up rail and it’s far too late now to look back and complain or compare us…

We rode the train that follows the 95 corridor for New Years, simply because when we factored in the cost of parking at our hotel in DC, it was cheaper to take the train than drive the 200ish miles. Most people on our train were headed for NYC and most of them seemed like people who A) Couldn’t afford a plane ticket,…

To be fair that is a hard thing to gauge in any car. I can’t tell you how many time I forget I’m next to one and run my rear wheels over it. That said, the damage looks minor, but that’s pretty significant for carbon fiber. The rocker panel should have a feasible repair, but I’m 99% sure Mclaren will say that door…

GQ did a article a few years back about how fashion designers love hockey players for that reason. In real life they’re actually quite slender/closer to average fit guy build than most pro athletes.

Same age. I used the money as a down payment on a brand new 2013 FR-S instead. My local dealer has a used on in stock, they called my dad and told him to tell me about it, but that ship has sailed.