And existing homeowners are finding that the insurance companies would rather drop a whole state than deal with those incredibly costly properties.

I am legitimately curious how this movie is going to do. I was a fan of the books and the movies, but by the end of the fourth movie I was pretty much done with the series. I really have no desire to revisit the world of Panem or to see Snow as a protagonist. I think the book was decently well-received though so I…

Yep. The information is a bit dated, but back in 2018 the average household income of a Quattroporte buyer was $790k. The only person I know who has owned one lives in a 20,000 sq ft mansion and also has a Ferrari, 911 Turbo, Lamborghini Urus and a Mercedes GLS. Depreciation is probably in the bottom 1% of things he…

Came here to say this. You wouldn’t catch me on a cruise at all, but a gigantic ship like that is not going to be helping in the search, nor does it make sense for them to basically cancel thousands of other vacations because one person was a drunk dumbass. 

That’s a big maybe. No life jacket means that there are very likely no bright colours to look for. I hope they do find the body, for the family’s sake. But realistically, this person is gone. 

Maybe they’d find his corpse floating in the water, although given those waters the sharks might have gotten to him first. 

The makers of these cars know their customers. A lot of these vehicles are likely leased and written off as a business expense. That is why the manufacturer and customer don’t care. 

I’ve had multiple Escalades over the years, they get exponentially better with each generation. I plan to pick up a 2015+ next year, and happy to have the first owners take the 60% depreciation hit

If it was accidental or criminal I could see the ship going a bit more all out searching or at least staying put for investigational purposes, as it stands the Coast Guard is far better equipped to cover the area and can do so far faster and retrieve them, dead or alive, than a cruise ship in rough seas. Makes sense…

Not to be awful, but what, exactly, should Carnival do when some idiot decides to jump off one of their lifeboats into plainly obvious life-ending waters? Drag the thousands of other paying customers into a pointless search for the missing passenger? I hate cruises just about as much as possible, but to blame Carnival…

Could have saved us 16 pages of clicking and just said “Luxury cars that don’t quite cross the ‘exotic’ threshold depreciate a lot”

Well, this is the big secret, this is how i afforded a Jaguar. Mine was a low miles 16, and i got it for 21,000$

Not to be heartless but with 8 - 12 foot waves, an unsupported person (no boat, no life raft, no lifejacket) was dead minutes after they hit the water. There will be no body to find. 

it’s like saying “no offense, but...” and then saying the most offensive thing they can muster up

Does this automatically mean they make smart used car purchases?

Losing $90,500 on a Maserati over five years breaks down to about $50/day. And that’s before fuel and maintenance costs. Holy h3ll.

Appeal? They have the right to, but at this point that would be a dumb move, enough PR damage has been done and dragging it out will only make things worse, and likely more costly. They’re already $35m worse off than if just paid the $1m up front, just shut up and pay up, go back to screwing people over.

I have had Progressive, Farmers, Geico and now State Farm in the past 15 years. State Farm is the cheapest with the best coverage. When they start getting ridiculous on pricing I will switch (just like I did with the previous insurance companies). It’s like what I did back in the day with Dish and Direct TV, just flip…

“...respectfully disagree with it and will explore all available legal options, including appealing the verdict,”

So state farm, just to rephrase, this is standard operating procedure and how I should expect to be treated by you?