What’s funny is my father in law wanted a Tacoma and couldn’t bring himself to spend almost $40k on it since a Lariat F150 was going to be the same price. His issue was the full-size trucks were too large to fit in his garage with their other car. He ended up getting a great deal on a new Buick Enclave and with the…

I’m not sure about all of these, but some work based off the amount of data being transmitted. How they differentiate Facebook from Google Maps or Apple Music, I’m not sure. I work in insurance, my company doesn’t offer a product like this yet, but considering how large we are I’m sure they’ll be rolling something out…

I sold my 2012 FR-S a few years ago because I got a company car. If they do make a second generation and offer it in this color combo, I’d put down the money and take an allowance instead. But the likelihood of that happening and convincing my wife to let me go back to a 2 door are slim. As it stands $30k+ is way too…

Definitely the right answer. My wife and I debated the Fit or a Civic hatch when we bought our last car, went with the Civic due to space/layout of the trunk without dropping the rear bench down. I personally think we could have gotten away with the Fit, but I definitely appreciate the power of the 1.5T even if it’s…

He ran into the interstate medium towing 20k pounds of trailer. Accident twisted the cab, frame, and bed. Plus other goodies, repair cost was over 75% of pre-loss value so in my state that’s a total loss.

They’re a niche product which helps. Mainly they’re fairly reliable and long lasting. They’re highly customizable and easy to rebuild, so it’s not unheard of to have 500k miles and have few issues. With new 1 ton trucks getting to six figures if you need to tow a lot these things used start to look like a bargain.

I totaled an 06 Chevy 4500 (Kodiak) recently for insurance. He had a 5th wheel on the back to use it for work, but had the interior done up like an Escalade. Chassis had 190k+ miles, but he’d rebuilt the engine for $15k about 40k miles ago. I couldn’t believe our market valuation came in at $45k. These trucks hold…

If only my wife wasn’t a prosthetist... almost half her patients lost limbs in motorcycle accidents, so I’m not allowed to have one. I’ve had my eye on a V7 and Triumph Thruxton for nearly a decade now, but Specialized road bikes have to keep me going for now.

I went on the Chevy Blazer configurator recently when I saw one on the street. To add a sunroof you have to add the package that includes 22” wheels... I have no interest in running low profile tires on a crossover. This is part of what drove my wife and I to Honda, you choose the trim level with the options you want…

My wife and I considered the Si, but ended up with a 17 Civic hatch instead of waiting for the Si. The biggest factor was she didn’t want to be stuck with a stick since her commute now includes a long stretch of stop/go traffic due to construction. We’re about 2000 miles away from the warranty ending and I’m seriously…

My wife and I chose a Civic hatch over the new CR-V. Same passenger seating area, but we gave up some cargo area for the extra MPGs. My mom has a 2018 CR-V that she’s lucky to break low 30s on the highway, whereas we took a trip up Virginia’s eastern shore last summer and were able to average 49 MPGs. It also didn’t…

I’m going to say, I actually enjoy driving my wife’s 2017 Civic hatch with the CVT more than I did my FR-S 6MT when I had it. The Civic handles great for FWD and has way more torque, so it comes off the corner smoother at lower RPM. My wife drove the car for nearly a year before I showed her what happens by turning…

My wife wants a CUV or smaller truck, but we’ve almost halfway through the payments on our Civic and I can’t bring myself to add on that extra debt for the few times a year we need a truck. Luckily for, me my dad lives 10 miles away and has a newer Sierra 4x4 I can borrow anytime so I don’t need to rent a truck unless…

I think that mostly depends on the dealership group. This one constantly has high turnover, whereas the Audi and Mercedes teams are more veteran. In my area it seams like the luxury makes, along with Honda and Toyota keep people longer, whereas the American makes and especially Nissan are constantly changing. I do…

They need to do concierge service, because I’ve never been to a Hyundai dealer with any kind of waiting area that would be comfortable for more than 15 minutes. Separating the brand into different dealers would have been a smart move, I know quite a few people who chose an A6 or E Class over a G80 because they didn’t…

My wife and I have agreed we can go up to a CR-V or RAV4 when we have 2 kids and her salary goes up enough to offset the difference in monthly payments. The problem won’t be needing room for the kids as much as it is space for her work stuff. She has to carry prosthetic legs to hospitals and PT offices so with two car…

Right? I love the new design language, but even an Explorer is out of my price range. Between mortgage and student debt for the wife, we’ll be lucky to afford anything over $30k in the next 10 years unless we want to live paycheck to paycheck. I don’t know how my friends do it, but they have kids and automatically buy…

I work for a large insurer in Virginia. We don’t have language in our policy (at least as of last summer when I last wrote a claim for off roading) explicitly stating off roading damage isn’t covered, so we’d be acting in bad faith if we denied a claim for a vehicle being used for its “intended purpose”, which the…

Not necessarily. It’s definitley lacking in the torque dept and the gearing was more set for driving on curvy roads. Going up to the mountains for a day was nice since keeping it in 3rd/4th gear had you around 6000-7000 RPM and right on the edge of the speed limit. To autocross I’d probably have to keep it in 2nd gear…

I did a slalom course with my 89 Prelude Si back in 2006, but nothing since. The most fun I get to have now is driving random rental cars in the snow when I visit wife’s family for Thanksgiving.