I turn 30 next year, my wife has given me a $10k budget (pending a pregnancy coming first) for a 3rd car/project car. 5th gen Preludes are high on my list since my first car was an 89 Si and this is that car taken to the next level. It’s between that and something old with 4WD for Lowe’s runs and trips to the beach…

As much as I enjoyed driving my friends 95 Prelude, I love the interior of this generation because it reminds me of my 89 Si. It was so simple and focused, the 5th gen Preludes would be perfect if they had pop-up headlights.

I’m watching the game with my wife and in-laws between the Steelers chocking. Wife saw this and cringed, so her dad replayed it and yelled “Tib fib!” Wife broke tibia and fibula back in middle school playing softball with dad as the coach, so they have a weird fascination with watching pros break their legs.

First thing I did before we moved was sell my FR-S. Company gave me a brand new Cruze that didn’t have the name plastered all over it so I could do what I wanted. In winter I’d sometimes park the car halfway up the snow banks that would pile up on sidewalks. The most I “paid” to park was when I’d know it was a long…

When I lived in Chicago I covered the northside for auto insurance claims, I refuse to pay to park while on the job. Usually I’d just double park, a few times near a fire hydrant, just long enough to take photos. If it was a total, I’d have to park a block or two away and walk. Right before I moved back to VA a…

Yeah that $19.50 a day rental turns into $30 real quick with the taxes and fees. I have an 87 year old customer at work who’s mad at me (insurance) because I won’t reimburse her for $900 worth of CDW and additional driver fees. I told her she needs to bring it up with Enterprise since some young recruit talked this…

I’ve really been holding out for Japanese Classics to get a Prelude Si 4WS, since I had one for my first car and sadly let it go back in 2008. I only live an hour from Richmond, it may be time to take my wife up there to check this out. I’ve got a birthday coming up and may be able to convince her to let this an early…

I see an Option 3. Going on. C7 stays around for a roughly 8-10 year lifecycle while this comes out as a separate Corvette model that isn’t called the C8. Depending on the performance figures I don’t see why starting price isn’t around the $150k mark to provide separation from the ZR1, but to also undercut completion…

Exactly. Richmond is farther, but it takes almost the same amount of time to get there than the beach on a Friday afternoon. My wife and I actually go to Funny Bone in Short Pump, on the west side of Richmond, more often than the Virginia Beach location because it’s less of a headache. We’re talking 31 miles vs 90…

Hampton Roads problem is we’re too military and too “divided”. The amount of people who move here and are already a fan of another major team is a big problem, but another is the James River. People on the north side of the river generally stay away from the Southside since it’s a hassle to deal with tunnel traffic…

It’s not standard, but is most common. My father in law just got a 2019 Enclave and had to get a trim level higher than he planned when looking at 2018s because captains chairs weren’t available on the lower trim anymore.

Its mostly for those of us who travel with the dog, not just kids. If my wife and I go somewhere, the only option is for the front passenger to hold her, or she gets to lay down in the back seat. Once baby seats are back there she can’t lay down, and neither my wife nor I are planning on holding a 45 lbs dog in front…

I’m about to be in the same boat, my wife refuses to take 2 cars to the in laws 30 minutes away... Although our “second car” is my free company car with free gas, but heaven forbid we take advantage of that anywhere on the weekends or out a kid in it! Dog isn’t allowed, I’ve already had to explain to corporate once…

Agreed. When we bought a policy last year through the insurer I work for I let my wife handle it since it was her car and she was at the dealer about to pick up and needed proof of insurance to drive off the lot. She got the employee discount and I thought the price was too good to be true. I look at the policy and it…

I forget which industry magazine I read it in, but they said around he 2015 model year was the longest projected lifespan. Essentially cars models from 2014/2015/2016 we’re going to have the longest lifespan of mass produced cars, and models built after that would slowly start to have a shorter lifespan due to the…

You’d be shocked at how many of my customers are carrying $1000, or even $2000 deductibles. Also, you’d be shocked how many people don’t have rental coverage. “Full coverage” just means you have liability, comprehensive, and collision coverage, offer at the state minimum. That’s how you get low rates when you switch…

Yesterday I wrote an insurance estimate for an E350, minor damage to the plastic bumper cover on the left rear. Easily repairable, until I saw in the mirror the car had blind spot warning sensors. I had the tech pull the bumper, sure enough the sensor was right where the damage was. MB, and most OEMs state how much…

In our state the payment is issued to the lien holder. Legally, unless you have the title in hand and in your name, insurance doesn’t owe you any money at all.

It was a Maxima. I don’t know what his situation was with the dealer, I just get the insurance valuation and the loan payoff amount from the lien holder. I’d assume he has a very high interest rate or negative equity from a trade in. The car was probably $35k new, so $17k after 3 years isn’t absurd when you account…

I’m not privy to the exact details of what he financed, but he let on that his payments were roughly $650 a month. So. $55k for a Nissan Maxima that probably stickered for $35k in 2015. Car was ragged out and had over 110k miles so it was worth a lot less than a comparable Maxima.